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This wall of my bedroom is pretty much done, with a cheap-but-capacious dresser from Ikea, Elfquest prints, decorative bark balls bought on the street in Porto Alegre, and the etched mirror bought at Tribal Route during my recent visit to Mumbai. The merino sheep is from last summer’s trip to New Zealand, but he’d been stashed away til now because I was afraid my Colorado roommate’s dogs would think he was a toy for them and summarily dismember him (as they do with all their toys). And he’s way too cute for that dismal fate.

Looking out into the living room, you can see the poster of Lakshmi that Yuti and I bought on the street in Mumbai. I had said to her: “I’d like to buy some god posters,” and we ran into an ambulatory poster vendor as soon as the words were out of my mouth. Yuti was amazed; there are plenty of street vendors in India, but she had not ever seen someone walking around selling posters until I apparently summoned him with the mere thought.

The rubber tube “frame” came with the poster, the whole thing cost about $2.50. I could probably frame these in glass and sell them for hundreds of dollars each at a trendy shop in San Francisco.

My New View

^top: The 180-degree panorama from my 9th-floor balcony. Quite a change of scene from suburban Colorado!

I returned from India (Oracle Tech Days in Hyderabad, visit to friends in Bombay) to Denver the evening of March 29th, spent a lot of that night packing, was in the Broomfield office the 30th. The 31st I loaded the car while my portion of the house had its move-out clean, had a final massage from the ever-amazing Chris Downing (who also helped me load the big, floppy cartop carrier onto the car), drove to my boss’ house for an evening of good company and good food, and stayed the night there. Hit the road at 7 the next morning to drive to my new home, a one-bedroom apartment in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco.

The friend who had planned to make the drive with me had a last-minute work emergency, so I drove those 1300 miles alone. And it wasn’t bad, even with some weather the first morning, except for the hour or so in Middle-of-Nowhere, UT, when I feared I would run out of gas. I took it in fairly easy stages, 10 hours each of the first two days, which enabled me to arrive in the city by 11 am on Saturday. Did my move-in inspection, then Jeffrey Taylor (a long-time videoblogging buddy whom I got to know while he and John were living in Paris, they now live in SF) arrived to help me unload the car.

^ Here’s a corner of the living room the first day or so, after Jeffrey and I had got all the stuff moved in but nothing was set up yet.

It was a beautiful day, and the benefits of this top-floor apartment were immediately obvious: a view, and lots and lots of light.

I didn’t own much stuff in Colorado, so little that it would have cost more to rent a truck than it would to replace the few sticks of furniture I had. I gave away the king-sized futon (which had been a gift to me in the first place), the dresser, and the small shelves, brought only what I could ship in boxes, carry in suitcases, or load in the car. This included the twin memory foam mattress and the Shaker desk, which has now become a dining table.

^ For the moment I’ve “extended” the single mattress with a folded quilt, to have an idea how a queen-sized bed will fit in here, and to show off the new razai (cotton quilt) I bought in Bombay. Again: lots of light!

^ The opposite corner of the bedroom a few days later, after Jeffrey and I had been to Ikea and I’d unpacked all my boxes. I’ll need more shelving, the plan is to fill out this wall. Note the lovely etched-glass mirror, bought during the recent weekend-long shopping expedition in Bombay with Yuti. I don’t have (or want) a lot of stuff, but every piece carries memories. Also bought a new stainless steel masala (spice) box, but I’m using it for jewelry.

Aside from not wanting to spend a lot of money, I have no desire to fill this small place with big furniture. I’ll get a simple queen-sized bed for the bedroom, then the twin mattress will become a day/guest bed in the living room. Got some folding chairs for dining/sitting, a couple of wooden chairs and a table for the balcony (very nice place to enjoy a drink of an evening). I’ll keep an eye on Craigslist for other stuff, but there’s no hurry.

This is the first time in my life I’ve had a place entirely my own – no family or roommates, so I can do exactly what I want with it. I’m going to take my time and enjoy the process.

Oh, I’ve also ordered a dozen cushions to fill the cushion covers I bought on this trip to India – going back to my hippie roots, everyone can sit on cushions on the floor.

The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-18: SF, CO

used to own and love this poster, pretty sure I didn’t pay this much for it at the zoo itself http://bit.ly/65BfFK
@KathySierra the trick is to look like you’re sharing all, while actually concealing much.
@nonstick that was more like Not Safe for Human Eyeball Consumption
@vdotw hey, mine came with a warning. 😉
Back at DIA, glad to be escaping to warmer climes
I asked for warmer weather, not quakes. Y’all settle down out there!
the people you see wearing pyjamas in airports are generally the people you’d be LEAST interested in seeing in their bedroom wear
@NomdeB I use SkypeOut, gives me a local number to dial and then I’m on Skype rates (plus cell minutes).
bummed I didn’t think to buy the Economist’s Christmas issue while it was out. My subscription is still in Italy.
@johnnysunshine I usually see them in airports. Reminds me of the time I saw an American woman in a Jakarta supermarket in curlers…
@ringae I see a lot of American teenagers in PJs at Heathrow, always makes me cringe for my country’s public image.
what is the message of PJs in public anyway? I’m too busy/lazy to get dressed I don’t give a sht what the world thinks, I’m comfy?
@bubbva thanks! Looking forward to seeing my multifarious Bay Area gang.
@NomdeB I seem to be simplifying my life by shedding relatives. 😉
(No, I’m not killing them!)
If I’d known I’d have status on frontier by now, I wd not be flying united today. Paying for a bag and last-priority boarding
@ringae not an Italian, certainly
Landed sfo. Waiting for my bag.
C’mon Bart people I have arrived. That means we can leave!
Omg Harvey fierstein in fiddler on the roof. I. Must. See.
@llcrowe me, too.
Great evening carousing with @Schlomo @jeffreytaylor and John. Bit of a headache this morning, but I’m smiling.
On my way to Daly City for #clswest Looking forward to seeing old friends and new. Sorry @saraford and @rohrer won’t be there.
@hemantmehta even atheists can be ignorant, especially under heavy propaganda
@tehduh and you lose points for just running a check. It’s an absurd system that hurts the consumer
#clswest interesting points on online trust and reputation – what’s out there today sucks. (Amazon ratings are a gd example – v abusable)
Will be speaking on comunity video #clswest Shd be fun – saw a lot of faces light up when I announced it. I’m in sudha & irene’s session
Did v little of the talking in my #clswest session on video – more useful to head from the 30 people in the rm, we’ ll be collaborating!
sorry I had to duck out of #clswest early – another monster headache. But, as expected, was excited and inspired by soe many awesome folks
@VespaDee you’ve reached me. What’s the question?
after a stimulating #clswest yesterday, enjoying a lazy day off today. I may nap.
tried drinking less caffeine today in case that was contributing to my headaches. This led to nap, chocolate, and appetite.
Countries Beginning with I Coffee Art http://bit.ly/7WozW9
Note to self: do not ever again take BART from SFO with luggage. Arm still sore from hauling suitcase up steps at destination.
I guess yesterday was No Pants Day on Bart. That would explain the gang of people we saw coming out of a station in their knickers
Moved over to The Mosser. Like the funkiness az long az it’s not too noisy. Took a while to find drawers – under the bed.
love being in a place where I can walk and walk and walk
final version w slides, downloadable m4v available: Nick Solter on Developing on OpenSolaris (CommunityOne)- Sun Video http://bit.ly/vvH9c
downloadable m4v now available: Debugging and Diagnosing Interesting OpenSolaris Kernel Problems – Sun Video http://bit.ly/7m7P41
downloadable m4v now available: Porting Applications with OpenSolaris – Sun Video http://bit.ly/7lrSxp
New! Probing Database Applications with DTrace – Sun Video from CommunityOne http://bit.ly/60Ieli
new! SourceJuicer BoF at OSCON – Sun Video http://bit.ly/6FrPCZ
m4v download now available: Observing Applications with DTrace – Sun Video http://bit.ly/4qo9SH
now downloadable in m4v: Porting USB HID Device Drivers between Linux and OpenSolaris – Sun Video http://bit.ly/5kG8Sw
downloadable m4v now available: Drivers in the OpenSolaris Operating System – Sun Video http://bit.ly/5Q1ifJ
sometimes, to really get things done, it helps to be in an office where you don’t know anybody
lost and found: downloadable version of ZFS Boot in S10U6 – Sun Video http://bit.ly/89sbqq
lost & found: downloadable versions of ZFS: The Last Word in File Systems Parts 1, 2 & 3 – Sun Video http://bit.ly/4nWM3f
doing video housekeeping today, in case you couldn’t tell
@standaloneSA thanks. Any other #SysAdmin events I should be aware of?
@pschow working on it. Anything particular you’re just dying to have video of?
@pschow Heh, that’s too easy: http://bit.ly/8T5oYS
@pschow …but please be more specific if you can, what else do you need to know about COMSTAR?
@standaloneSA thanks. In fact we’re good buds with USENIX, I’m just organizing a couple of BoF sessions for FAST in Feb.
some days it’s okay to do fiddly stuff that doesn’t require much brainpower (but nonetheless needs to get done)
long-lost downloadable version: COMSTAR Tutorial: Convert a Sun Server into a Fibre Channel Storage Array – Sun Video http://bit.ly/6oxAFF
@bubbva I can’t imagine you doing such a thing on purpose, and accidents are forgivable for reasonable people
Sorry I won’t get to see my kid before she leaves for Aus, but I’ll probably go see dear friends in NM instead for holiday wkd
more still-relevant video from my archive: Fibre Channel Concepts – Sun Video http://bit.ly/5m3zGK
Waving or drowning? Drowning, I think.
Becoming an OpenSolaris Power User (C1 West version) – Sun Video http://bit.ly/4zhFFe
head exploding again. Not with headache, just with stuff I need to do. On the upside, that stuff includes book a lot of exciting travel
Early start tomorrow to get to sun’s menlo park office to teach another videoblogging workshop… And do a zillion other things…
Night of stress induced bad dreams makes waking up easy, but lack of sleep will not improve this day.
Have no idea where to look for the Sun shuttle at menlo park caltrain. Anyone?
@adamsbaldwin how about including the many of us who are not under god?we’re still Americans.
@jimgris cool!
Have caltrain prices gone up? 6 from sf to mpk seems like a lot
@romyilano ugh. I’m hoping to get rid of my car altogether – car payments + parking in SF just not worth it.
The Register Grid Engine is the first workload manager with support for applications created using Hadoop http://bit.ly/8xRdyd
trained more people in video at Sun this morning, sent them off with cameras & mics. It’s fun when trainees are excited to apply knowledge
@vococreative no, but extremely active in my high school’s alumni community: http://bit.ly/5fu7P3
@bklein34 not that I know of so far. Now booking Hyderabad, St. Petersburg, and Beijing!
considering another epically insane trip. Anyone been on the Trans-Siberian? Recently?
okay, okay, I’ll fly. But not Aeroflot.
@johnnysunshine Nice when you have unlimited time, but that’s not my case.
@bicyclemark when in April? I would leave St Petersburg ~Apr 15, need to be in Beijing ~23rd
Today required chocolate, but I had foolishly left it in the hotel room.
Fog outside caltrain windows as we rocket down the peninsula. This train is expensive, but it’s clean, comfortable, and on time. I can deal.
@deirdresm not to worry, I’ll likely be back soon!
@ThinGuy pleasingly fast.
planning my next savage odyssey, includes two new airlines (Finnair and Air China). Anyone have anything to say about those?
Trip sketched out, I’ll have to tweak dates & book tomorrow.won’t be hard to fill 10 days in India. May be almost 3 wks in Beijing – wher!
Okay, so at the end of two weeks almost solid of early starts, I slept in. I don’t feel guilty.
@jmleray ma l’immagine Giapponese a fondo dell’articolo cosa c’entra? Mah.
@jmleray io in fondo dell’articolo vedevo una piccola immagine erotica giapponese (di quelle antiche). Forse l’ho immaginato. 😉
got so much to do I don’t even know where to start. Coffee, please start working!
another epic trip booked: 6 weeks on the road to Hyderabad, St Petersburg, and Beijing, bringing back tons of new content in multiple langs
did I mention I have a very cool job? (Actually, I have about 3 jobs… pay is not commensurate, but the perks are awesome.)
now downloadable: ZFS Discovery Day: Understanding the Technology – Sun Video http://bit.ly/8pgUlo
this week trained a Java User Groups liaison, SDN manager, and green software consultant in video. Helping great stuf happen whenever I can.
now translated and subtitled: Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09: RAC in Zones & Quorum Monitoring – Sun Video http://bit.ly/5l0fcx
RT @pancrazioauteri: In Italy, if you sell PVR with integrated HD, you ==pay EUR 28.98 / 250GB capacity. Money will go to copyright holders!
SF hosting a math congress, mathematicians in nametags all over. Saw one named Hilbert. Probably not a descendant.
Forgot til this moment that @Rohrer should be on the same flight back to DEN. But she’ll arrive way later to sfo than I did.
Got here way too early but this gives me time to enjoy my sfo ritual: dim sum and beer
Not going to NM this wkd after all, prob a good thing. I should probably sleep for 3 days…
@KathySierra this is only a problem for parents who wish to pretend that, unlike themselves, their children have no vices.
@missbhavens you never asked. And we’re all expected to conspire in maintaining the rosy delusion.
Argh. I know this guy who just boarded and don’t remember why I know him or who he is. I need a face recognition upgrade
@bklein34 seems like these things always devolve upon the parents
The little girl seated next to me who thrashed chattered and sang thru the flight… No doubt many wd find her cute…
@missbhavens that’s okay, no one would have told you
Maybe govt shd get out of marriage altogether. Make a contractual commitment 2 raise any kids, leave it at that…
…because human relationships are way too complex to legislate.
@msgilligan many legislators and voters want life dumbed down for them. I learned long ago that it’s very hard not to fit in the checkboxes
I would like a way to see a family tree of who else my followers follow. Might give me a clue as to why they’re following me.
CO Girl Geeks will be mentioned in the Denver Biz Journal in Feb. @creepyed must now help me organize an event, bcuz it’s all her fault!
RT @dboyll: Italy wants to regulate online video content; Google says it’s a bad idea http://ff.im/-eouBS – it’s a horrible idea
a good way to wake up: slowly, in my own bed, with coffee, a laptop, and good wifi.
I may actually be home in CO for a month now. Then again, I may not.
http://bit.ly/90bVe7 If they know their loved ones are suffering hideous tortures… then how can they be happy in Heaven?
Next CO Girl Geeks dinner will be Feb 17 Wednesday in Broomfield. Check FB group later for details.
@adamsbaldwin Ah, yes, Paul – that misogynist, anti-sexual son of a bitch has a lot to answer for. Christianity cd have been fun but for him
@adamsbaldwin Nope, learned about Paul in religion classes in the missionary high school I attended. Then I thought for myself.
@adamsbaldwin I have been a mother for 20 years.
@adamsbaldwin as far as I recall, Paul wasn’t all that enthusiastic about marriage, simply said it was better than burning.
@adamsbaldwin while I appreciate the kudos, merely being a mother doesn’t make me a hero. I’ve done a decent job of it, but many don’t.
@Zee I have no skin in this game, but are Technorati’s rankings still believable?
@Zee last time I looked (been a while), blogs had to be enrolled to be counted so, like Alexa, the rankings were skewed. I cd be out of date
@Zee but what proportion of bloggers do pay attention? Is it just us social media geeks? We don’t count as much as we think we do.
Italy wd become only Western country in which it is necessary to have prior government permission to upload video. http://bit.ly/5SBtid

I seem to be going thru a process of examining everything society automatically assumes to be good and saying Really? Are you sure?

@missrogue #femanomics – umm, there’s me. Been doing online marketing since ~1992. By my definition. http://bit.ly/V9OUa
@missrogue just haven’t been very good at marketing myself. Maybe that’s the big difference between male and female online gurus #femanomics
@missrogue don’t forget @lskrocki , queen of all our social media platforms at Sun.
is it my imagination or is bit.ly dropping a lot of link stats?
@lskrocki uh, no. I don’t see that as you. But you could go with a plain leather color. I like my red Coach bag
@NomdeB how about non-parent?
3d avatar from the first row. I am gonna have such a pain in the neck
Avatar is nice to look at but all the seams and devices of the story are visible
Why does every large life form /except/ the Naavi have two sets of forelimbs?
Borrowing quite a bit from Elfquest, too
vaster than empires – wasn’t that a Ballard story?
He manages to sound like a US marine most of the time, but every now and then I can hear the Aussie
Busier than I had planned to be this weekend, but that might be a good thing, allthings considered.
my kid’s hitting the road again, via Austin, going to Australia to work with horses. Let’s see how her Aussie adventures turn out
some new followers are probably completely, if unintentionally, misled about me. e.g., just because I mention Ayn Rand don’t mean I like her
an exploited foreigner is more likely to have picked your succulent olives than a well-compensated Italian. http://bit.ly/7t8Teh
@lskrocki I’m managing to beat up mine pretty thorughly, but it still looks good.
Brunetta Calls for Law to Force Stay-at-homes to Leave Nest at 18I was 30 and still couldnt make my own bed. http://bit.ly/8PTnBG
related to current news on why young Italians should leave home, an old piece of mine on why they don’t: http://bit.ly/4F2TL1
@darrenmoffat I’ve got a videocamera warmed up and waiting for you 😉 #zfs #opensolaris
@hemantmehta most women I know would gracefully accept the compliment. But, then, my friends are mostly ballsy women.
new blog post On Love http://bit.ly/4FHvUQ
Italys real unemployment rate is more than 10.7 percent, according to Bloomberg calculations… http://bit.ly/6Fb8Px
@bubbva not at the moment, but I’ll be back. And we can exchange dinners – I’m a good cook, too, when I have someone to cook for
@iamsrk then you’re a work kind of person. Nothing wrong with that
@missrogue I was terrible at flirting in my 20s, was hoping it would get easier now!
@bubbva sounds great! I’m coming over!
poor Ross. 3 flights delayed, baggage fees raised without announcement… and she’s considering becoming a flight attendant?
@nonstick you go, gal!
Twitter Tools seems to have insurmountable problems, so I’m having to try other methods to do a weekly digest of my tweets. Ugh.

The Twitter Diaries: 2009-12-20: CO, San Francisco, Menlo Park

  • watching the sun rise in Colorado. Woke up at 5, actually, but managed to go back to sleep til 7. Now lazing with coffee before time to pack #
  • Loved “Invictus”, except the sometimes too-intrusive “stirring music.” Didn’t need “soulful, uplifting” ballads to make the point. #
  • @jeffreytaylor tooting your own horn is hard for a lot of people, but a very necessary skill. in reply to jeffreytaylor #
  • @storagebod I have a jar full of those, sitting in a garage in Italy… in reply to storagebod #
  • “Please note the anti-Christian bigotry.” http://bit.ly/7aTcue #
  • violating my own rule about wearing easy-to-remove shoes at the airport. At least I’m not wearing the bra that sets off the metal detector #
  • @storagebod nor me! We don’t even have ikea in Colorado in reply to storagebod #
  • @NomdeB I’d pay a bit for fb if that gave me a setting to globally turn off all the game crap. in reply to NomdeB #
  • @ElaineEllis what did you expect? The best antidote wd be Buffy in reply to ElaineEllis #
  • ROME — Italian news reports say Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been punched in the face at a rally http://bit.ly/7cugYF #
  • “sex, thighs & “Videocracy” – a documentary that takes a harsh look at a system perfected thru Berlusconi’s TV empire” http://bit.ly/8x10HH #
  • flight will be departing 15 mins late, but we’ll probably make that up in the air. <sigh> Was hoping to arrive early. #
  • I suppose it would be inappropriate of me to say that my daughter has always had great taste in men… #
  • …and shoes. #
  • Berlusconi punched in the face with… a model of the Milan Duomo? or possibly brass knuckles. Bossi calls it terrorism http://bit.ly/61ICja #
  • whoa, sitting right in the draft from open jetway. If I was Italian I’d be running away screaming. Actually feels good – sweater too warm #
  • damn. Stepped in mud in the parking lot, now I need to polish my lovely new boots. #
  • okay, time to close up the laptop and get ready for boarding. Hey, I pretended to work on my presos for this week… #
  • If I’m not tweeting at all, I’m likely asleep or driving. If I’m tweeting a lot, I’m in an airport #
  • Damn. Really didn’t want this flight to be late. #
  • Wish someone wd move and let this couple sit next to each other instead of in sep rows. Their chatter will drive me mad. #
  • RT @montemagno: Sunday dec. 13: Twitter is exploding about berlusconi http://bit.ly/6zGOBO heh heh #
  • Listening to Irish music, since I’m already twitchy. The High Kings FTW #
  • Landed sfo. Waiting to deplane, my least favorite part of every trip. Along with waiting for a bag, which j also must do… #
  • Was that convo in the plane really that banal, or was I in an incredibly bitchy mood? #
  • @mschoenu as long as you don’t imagine that you’re giving birth *to* Berlusconi in reply to mschoenu #
  • @mschoenu probably a very good thing… in reply to mschoenu #
  • RT @michellefabio: Made in Italy Chocolate Basket & Mega Mix of Moleskine : Menu for Hope VI Bid Items http://bit.ly/6zwUWF #
  • new videos from “ZFS Discovery Day” on Sun Video http://bit.ly/19B0bm #
  • Relaxed. Happy. I like this city (SF). In spite of the lack of sunshine. #
  • @bubbva I’ll be in MPK weds and thurs – teaching videoblogging in the mornings, meetings n stuff in the afternoons. See you then! in reply to bubbva #
  • Google’s “one login to rule them all” for Gmail, YouTube etc. turns out to be a REALLY BAD idea. Way too easy to delete the wrong thing. #
  • @saraford congratulations! Not that I had any doubt… in reply to saraford #
  • @saraford I’ll be going to NOLA just after Christmas, through New Year’s in reply to saraford #
  • @adamsbaldwin I and many others emphatically do NOT need religion to give meaning to our lives. in reply to adamsbaldwin #
  • @dboyll ws were told you’re in the conf center. We’re in the Lobby and don’t know how to find you #
  • Tis the season to be jolly. So we’re having a scotch tasting. #
  • “USA is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t provide some form of “Universal” health care coverage to citizens” http://bit.ly/5039o1 #
  • Good things happened today which can ultimately be traced to Twitter. Social media ftw!z #
  • Vegging listening to music while riding the Sun shuttle bus back to SF. Needed this break. My brain hurts #
  • another busy, busy day begins with a 7 am meeting. #
  • I’m the only woman I’ve ever seen on this Sun shuttle. What’s up with that? #
  • Feeling overwhelmed. Where are my minions? #
  • Almost at Sun mpk. Now to fetch more AV equip than I can possibly carry in one trip – to train others #
  • @willsnow I can imagine. No fun for the rest of us, either. But many other cos can now benefit from the awesomeness in reply to willsnow #
  • @ben no, don’t have minions yet, but I sure need them! in reply to ben #
  • “In these 15 years Italy has lost economic competitiveness in comparison to other western countries.” http://bit.ly/8Zc72U #
  • “one in four Italians has an account on Facebook making it the second most visited website in Italy.” http://bit.ly/7fq03X #
  • @bubbva don’t know yet it’ll depend on how the training I’m doing goes but probably yes in reply to bubbva #
  • A productive, busy day. Time now for some R&R #
  • who the hell authorized jackhammering on the street outside my hotel at 11 pm?!? #
  • …and this on a night when I was already really, really tired. Hotel asked the crew, they say they’ll stop in 20-30 mins. Yeah, right. #
  • @jscarp what? whoa! Virtual contact at least, I hope? in reply to jscarp #
  • the busiest day of this week is over, strategized w new boss’ boss yday. Fun stuff to do, but a LOT of it. And I wasn’t exactly slacking b4 #
  • today is a bit calmer – only have to teach a class, film a short video, meet with video editors, and then go pub crawling… #
  • And for the evening: recs on good Indian food in downtown SF? #
  • @vdotw yes, and I have no problem wishing people joy on their important days, even when those are not particularly important to me. in reply to vdotw #
  • “There are only two mantras: yum and yuck. Mine is yum.” Tom Robbins #
  • @jscarp yay! in reply to jscarp #
  • @jscarp so you’re going for that Persis Khambatta sexy bald alien look… #beatcancer in reply to jscarp #
  • I hear jingling #
  • just had occasion to remember this coffee video I did years ago (along with an article on Italians and coffee) http://bit.ly/6IzsqS #
  • Tutorial: DTrace by Example http://bit.ly/4Pe96X #
  • RT @italylogue: It prolly shouldn’t, but this amuses me: Statuette used to hit Berlusconi does brisk trade http://bit.ly/5q9S7o #
  • had to change rooms due to continued drilling on the street outside my window. Now on an interior light well, hoping to sleep late in the am #
  • in a quieter room, managed to sleep til 8:30. Hooray for sleep. #
  • Coffee, pain chocolat, and oj at cafe de la presse. Now a walk in this very walkable city. Later, meetings and maybe look at apts #
  • @pizzocalabro well, one of the nine is you. That’s a net gain. in reply to pizzocalabro #
  • RT @pizzocalabro: Via @ggreenwald: This, from John McCain, is extreme, jaw-dropping hypocrisy even for the Senate http://tr.im/I0N8 #
  • “With or without the mistletoe, I’m in a holiday mood…” #
  • one more meeting, then I’m going out for a walk #
  • Resting at starbucks after looking at apts. Too soon, really, but I wanted to start getting ideas #
  • bloody hell. Corp travel more than doubled the price of my hotel from what they displayed on the website. And of course I’m in hold hell #
  • ‘I stand by Tiger’ pretty much sums up what most Europeans think of this truly American spectacle.” http://bit.ly/6k0Udm #
  • Sun Christmas Carollers – Sun Video http://bit.ly/74byrS #
  • going to check out of my downtown hotel shortly, leave my bags, and go browse Chinatown for some silly presents #
  • @smattoon there’s a Blue Bottle near my hotel, but it’s closed today : ( in reply to smattoon #
  • Hangin at starbucks in front of Chinatown gate, waiting for John. Took a nice photo for a pair of tourists. #
  • @dboyll ate good food there the other night, thanks! Today’s objective is dim sum. in reply to dboyll #
  • Had excellent dosa at Udupi Palace last night. And caught up on bollywood hits #
  • Gonna have to start charging for taking people’s pictures in front of Chinatown #
  • “vulgar epithets… against magistrates, supreme court …for rejecting the PM’s efforts to pass custom-made laws” http://bit.ly/62Q8xK #

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