An audience of two

Sunday October 01, 2006

The turkey died of dehydration
Off to the Hilton for the "State of The Union" address.

My fears about the food were partly justified. Trying to feed 3,000 people at one sitting is extremely difficult. As my friend Jan remarked, the turkey appeared to have died from dehydration.

Unfortunately the pastry chefs don't suffer from the same restrictions and had produced a rather splendid assortment of confectionary. I suspect I've just eaten at least a week's recommended intake of saturated fat and sugar.

Another thing that US hotels seem incapable of doing is ordering enough decent beer. I have never yet been to a hotel bar that ran out of Budweiser or Coors, but good luck finding a decent beer half an hour in to any event. There must have been one case of Sierra Neveda for the whole room. Given that they were asking $8 for a beer that cost less than $1 you might think that they'd stock up on the product with the higher profit margin?

Managed to catch up with a few old colleagues today including Barton Fiske, Phillippe Muller and Bernhard Strobel. I also met Erik Fischer for the first time. That's the great thing about events like CEC - you can work with people for years but there are so few opportunities to actually meet up and chat.

Best overheard quote from the evening: I was in the bathroom, saying goodnight to my kids.

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