Scottsdale Princess
I’m blogging this from the balcony overlooking the pool, bar, hot tub and 4th hole of the hotel golf course. Scottsdale is a really nice place! I ate at the Whole Foods Market where I had my choice of BBQ type dining, sushi, Pan Asian, hot buffet, seafood selections, etc…in the grocery store! I had a glass of Cabernet with my marinated beef strips. That sure beats the samplers I used to get at Kroger’s the last time I went in a grocery store…in 1983.
I’m out here at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess for a NAREIT Law and Accounting Conference. It’s both good and bad….good as in it’s at a great hotel with a 4 star Mexican restaurant (??) in a great city. Bad…as in Rhonda didn’t come with me this time as it’s spring break for Brad and this weekend is both Easter and Beth’s birthday. Also, bad as in the flight out here was really rough with 22 mph winds at takeoff and a bumpy ride all the way. Bad plane rides don’t really bother me, but all the folks around me were really suffering. It’s spring break for a lot of folks and both flights were completely full, with Delta taking volunteers to be bumped with a $400 travel voucher. The seats in coach were so crowded that I didn’t even get my laptop out on the almost 4 hour flight from Atlanta to Phoenix. I instead listed to “books on tape” (actually books on my iPod) and podcasts. I had planned to clean up old emails during the flight.
I have a pretty neat setup now for traveling with my Macbook Pro. I carry an Airport Express that I hook into the hotel’s Ethernet connection, then create a wireless network. With this setup, I can sit on the bed or balcony or anywhere close (even at the pool at the current hotel since my room is right over the pool) and still have internet access. If that doesn’t work, I carry a very long (30 ft?) Ethernet cable as a backup.
A family just came to get in the heated pool and the son did a jackknife without even testing the water…..I was that young once…