RJ Auburn - One Step Beyond

So for the afternoon I met up with Ken Rehor for lunch in Little Italy. Ken knew of a place there that he has gone to for the last 15 years or so and it was indeed very good. After that we headed to one of the pastry shops in the area and got some really good chocolate cannoli and espresso.

After pigging out we started our trek back to our respective hotels. Sadly at this point the rain started and we were having a hell of a time getting a taxi (at least I got good use out of my hat and coat!) . We decided we would just walk towards our hotels and see how it worked out. In the end we ended walking all the way (about 40 blocks) to Ken’s hotel and I hung out there for a while as my feet were killing me after walking all morning.

We spent an about an hour geeking and looking at pictures of antennas. Yes antennas…. He showed me telcodata.us and after playing around to see what kind of CO ran various phone numbers we saw a link to pictures of all the cell phone towers in Santa Cruz county! This entertained us in ways that normal people should never understand ;-)

After a while I decided to head back to my hotel and relax there for a bit. I had been hoping to get uptown to the museums but by this time they were all closed. That will be my first task for tomorrow!

Just dropped by the Apple store in SoHo. It’s a very nice layout. Almost the same layout as the SF store with some minor modifications. I was able to get a new Power Adapter to replace the one I lost this week at the show. Sucks to have to buy another one but at least I had a emergency spare at my hotel to get me through the week.

I also got to see the iMac G5. They had a 17″ model on display. Very nice, I am going to have to order the 20″ model when I get back from my upcoming trip to Orlando.

Time to explore the district for a while. Maybe I will catch some lunch in a bit and then head uptown.

Well blah… It looks like it’s going to be a rainy day today. As I woke up
this morning it was pouring rain like crazy. I decided to get a rain coat as
I do not have much of anything with me. I figured I would run by Macy’s for
something. Of course when I arrive and it’s raining like crazy I find that
they do not open for another hour. There does seem to be a H.M store across
the street. They had some good priced stuff and I was able to pick up a coat
for certainly less than I would have at Macy’s so maybe that worked out for
the best anyway. Of course as I am leaving the store the rain starts letting
up… My luck ;-) It still looks like it’s going to be raining off and on
all day however so the coat wont be a waste.

Just found a cool bakery that has really good chocolate croissants and I was
able to use the cellular data card to get online.

Next stop will be the Apple Store in SoHo. I may walk around for a while in
that area and then try to get uptown to at least drop by the museums and
stuff.