Out to the villa
My flight from Sydney to LA landed right on schedule at LAX but that is pretty much where the convenience for the rest of the day. I arrived at the Customs and Border Protection barrier to find that...
View ArticleDeparting for the US
Up early this morning to do final bits of packing before heading off to Sydney Airport late morning. The South Western Cabs taxi arrived about five minutes early which meant that I was actually in...
View ArticleArriving in ORD
So I tried to get myself as organised as humanly possible so that I could sleep as late as possible before the car came to pick me up in the morning. Sleep unfortunately was spoilt by a phone call...
View ArticleFood: Graham Elliot
Tonight after work we headed off to the Chicago restaurant of Graham Elliot – contestant on Top Chef Masters and judge on US Masterchef – with a couple of my colleagues. I had been looking forward to...
View ArticleDana Hotel home away from home
So up late this morning before I decided to head on out to do a little bit of sightseeing around the near north of the city. I must say I settled into my home away from home in the Dana Hotel quite...
View ArticleMore of the Top Chefs
After last night – which was a total shit of a night - work today but a bit of a treat with a lunchtime meeting catered by the kitchen of Marcus Samuelsson – yet another Top Chef Masters contestant....
View ArticleAn elevated perspective
Today I had a little time off work so I headed out to check out one of the Chicago Architecture Foundation tours – this one called Elevated Architecture: Chicago’s Loop by Train and billed as: Explore...
View ArticleHawaiian fusion
I kinda was a bit worried when I head that tonight the plan was to join colleagues at a restaurant called Roy’s – and even more worried when told it was a Hawaiian fusion restaurant – but my fears...
View ArticleDeco delights of Chicago
I got up early this morning and headed off to the Art Institute of Chicago to have a quick wander around as I killed time . I was amazed at the fact that there was a queue to get into the building...
View ArticleSFO>SYD: Qantas Airbus A380
Only because Oprah had been using an A380 for promotional purposes – the A380 does not normally fly out of SFO.
View ArticleArriving in SF
So after a fairly restless night (because Chicago went through daylight savings transition last night and I was paranoid about iPhone alarms not working again) I was up early and grabbed a cab out to...
View ArticleTime to head home
Up early this morning because I had a work meeting and then just before lunch I checked out of the SF Le Meridien and we headed up to Marin County. We started with a drive over the iconic Golden Gate...
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