REPORT ON HOTEL
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All systems are go. I was there today for the pre-meeting inspection.
The two rooms are joined, and set up. A big square, with 15 tables (45 chairs, 3 each) around 3 sides -- the tables just fit. The front wall has no tables, but if there are leftovers on Saturday after they set up weddings and such we will get 3 more.
I have asked for the doors to be unlocked at 7 a.m.
When you arrive at the hotel, walk in to the lobby, and turn LEFT. Go down to the end of the hall, and just before the bar & grill ("Miami Mike's") our rooms are on the right. Should be signed "Head-Fi".
We are reasonably close to the front door, and we have a set of mens' and ladies' rooms in a little alcove just outside our rooms, which is great. On top of that, we are right by Miami Mike's -- Mike himself has invited us all to eat there (of course, he wants the money) and he's a DJ, "likes headphones", and will drop in. There's a little door right in to the bar from our room that he wants to open -- we would have our own private entry to lunch (I said no).
Miami Mike's actually makes great burgers and wings and such, but it is hotel priced (except during happy hours and such) ... of course it is RIGHT THERE, five feet from us.
I'm going to eat there since it's close, and the hotel would like us to spend money, etc.
Anyway we can also think about it for dinner, although we can actually walk to Macaroni Grill (right in the next parking lot), where we ate last year. We can make a reservation late in the afternoon when we get a headcount.
For lunch you can walk across two parking lots and you are at Taco Bell. Not quite as close as Burger King was to the last NY Meet, but there's no street to cross (I was nearly run over twice). On the other side of Route 10 (you'll need your car) you will find BK, Mickey D, Wendy's. Next to Macaroni Grill is Chilis Mexican (chain). Other choices abound, including the fantastic Golden Touch diner (I thought maybe it was a massage parlor when I first moved here, given its name, but no, only burgers and milkshakes).
See you there!
