We dropped our bags off in the room at the Hyatt in Santa Clara California— and while it was a nice room it looked a little on the small side for three guys— so I checked with the desk to see if I could book another room but the hotel was full.
We’d opted not to rent a car for this trip since we’d be working and we assumed we’d be able to walk to various options nearby— when I saw the SF Forty Niners football stadium literally five blocks away I knew we would be in trouble— stadiums are notorious for killing any competing food business so after asking around we decided our best bet was to eat at the hotel bar— remember I’d just eaten at the Hyatt in South Carolina where the food was literally next level.
It was apparent from the frozen pizza and the somewhat limp salad that this Hyatt hadn’t gotten the message. This was bad hotel food, not inedible, but bad as in overpriced and underwhelming. Next to me at the bar was a fellow who had come in for a software convention and he was remarking that there was absolutely nowhere to get a cup of coffee around here. There was a PEETS ™ Coffee Shop in the hotel lobby but apparently it closed early on Wednesdays. I wasn’t thrilled with them as the prospective coffee supplier as I’d had PEETS ™ in the past. Most hotels have free coffee in the lobby, this one didn’t. It had all you could drink cucumber water but that was it.
The Weather outside was sunny but very brisk— in fact I’d call it downright cold. It was nice to see Palm Trees but not nice enough to sit outside.
After Dinner we had a quick meeting to discuss our plans for the next few days. Traveling with my sons is on par with traveling with Veronica— they are so much fun and easy to get along with it’s always a pleasure. They had work to do with their vintage comic business, and they also had work to do with MARVALEOUS, the startup comic book company we are all heavily involved with.
We laid out our plans for the week, we’d get some sun, get a lot of work done and then prep for the show on Sunday.
More next week.