Adventures

Ok, so I've finally got some time to sit and blog. This may come out in 2 posts because it will be fairly disparate topics (I feel like GHC deserves its own post).

The last couple of weeks have been interesting (and they're still going!)

- The last two days of my client gig I've been on for the last year. Unfortunately everyone else was swamped, so it was sort of anti-climactic, but nice to finally be done with it.
- Stayed at the Super Swanky Nines Hotel of Portland, rocked out with my Starwood status (first time it really felt like being Platinum had extra sweet perks)
- Drooled over and then consumed Maple Bacon Donuts from Voodoo Donuts
- Recruiting at Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing. Met some interesting ladies (I can very much see how a schoolteacher with a tech background would fit in well at Accenture, whereas other Tech companies at the conference would struggle to find a place for her)
- Started an HCI meetup at GHC via Twitter and had about 20 people show up
- Presented on "Innovation in Enterprise" for about 50 people, had great dialogue with the group and a couple of comments that it was very well received
- Saw my step brothers Neil Young Cover Band in Portland
- Brunched at Vita Cafe in Portland
- Wandered around Portland with said band and enjoyed Coffee at the original Stumptown and some crazy shopping
- Seattle Adventures with my Step brother: Caffe Presse (awesome French Cafe), a Free VIP show of We Were Promised Jet Packs at The Triple door, Oyster Happy Hour at Elliott's, Cocktail Happy Hour at Zig Zag Cafe, Dinner at Barrio, and after dinner drinks at Canon.
- Flew to ALASKA to hang out with Lindsey. Saw Moose within 5 minutes. It's apparently freakishly crazy windy for Anchorage at this time of year. Saw Andrew Bird play (awesome) and went to an open mic at Taproot.

All around Awesomeness :)