roadtrips

Pole Fun

Moby Vip

Portland Gang

You Should Stay At SLS Hotel

I am a loyal Starwood customer and will always do my best to stay at their properties. The W Westwood is my favorite hotel on the planet, but due to the popularity, the rates have become too extravegant, so for many of my LA trips, I have stayed at the Hotel Delfino. Great location, good bar down at the Viceroy and you can't beat smelling the fresh ocean air. 

This trip, I had a conference in Hollywood so needed something closer. I chose the SLS. I made the right choice. There was a nice hip, cool feel like the W. The attentive staff is ALL about the little things, like learning your name when you pick up your car, having staff open the doors for you, handing your bottles of Evian before you start your day, being friendly and interested in chattting, having the entire place smell GREAT and having rooms that are cool, convenient and fully function. I

n the room, the beds were very heavenly-esque, the plasma TV was ensconsed in a huge mirror and when off, you didn't even know it was there. The "office" was beyond the bed, perfectly aligned with the television. Nice. Stay hot Starwood, i'll be back!

Shintaro Is A Must Visit Hollywood Sushi Joint

This was a fun dinner w/friends. While Maria was amped from seeing her friend Tamara shouting "fuck you, love you beaattch," - their newly created term of endearment (that got milage all night long) The group straggled over to an amazing Sushi place called Shintaro. Thanks to Bill/Maria for ordering AMAZING food...ok...up until the briny, salty, "monteray bay aquariumy" uni. Literally, Shintaro, "had me until uni." Highly reommend going there if you want a fun place, great atmosphere and tasty food.

 

(Fun group includes Susie, Maria, David, Rob, Jason, Rod, Bill and Roman)

Roosevelt Hotel Pool Bar In LA

Had a great time post OMMA connecting with some great people in the industry, former colleagues from MySpace and Fox and some new friends. The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood has a great poolside bar.

 Hip feel, good tunes and a great place to people watch. Drinks were great, service was so-so and the bar tab slid 18% onto the check without a peep.

Fun at Sundance

If you are ever in Palo Alto, Sundance: The Steakhouse is a must. Great food, great service, amazing ribs and fine dining all around. Sundance has been part of the Stanford football tradition for years and is a mainstay for Palo Alto dining. Strongly recommended.

 

Waxy Wax Is A Great Name For Scott Waxenberg

Scott Waxenberg our fearless sales leader calls himself "Wax." Former colleagues have called him "Whacks." How about Waxy Wax?

 

It's always nice to put big huge projected pictures of team members (provided it doesn't embarrass them too much!) Here's one that I used this week in some company meetings.

 

In the center of the picture is a friend of Wax's that played football for University of Michigan.

Go Blue! (What is up with the turtleneck, big shaded specs look?)

Hanging With Roman Alemania At The Viceroy

Great to connect with Roman at The Viceroy with Rob and Jenny. Was great to spend the evening redesigning the future of fine dining and discussing the power of social media. The most entertaining was the stylish dancing from "The Office Party." All were disappointed that Roderick couldn't find the time between shopping, working out and cruising the Internet to join.

 

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