Firstly, dispite various enquiries about my intention to boom the hotel. Don't worry Iam just typing drunk (well it is friday night)

Personally Iam going for the room with a rock garden in it...hehehe

http://www.hotelnikkosf.com/page.asp?pid=16

Below ; despite the advertisement, no rock garden can be seen

I think it's a huge advantage staying in the actual conference hotel. You only have to walk drunk and not drive drunk - the "Law of Averages" becomes much easier to handle.

BTW, I've stayed at a Nikko once (Bangkok), and it was pretty classy, but very reasonably priced. But you don't want to know what "niko" means in Arabic.

> no rock garden can be seen

You just reminded me of something funny that happened to me during the ATypI-Rome conference: the hotel I had found (on the web) said it had a roof-top pool, and I even remember seeing a photo of it. When I got there, the first thing I saw behind the check-in desk was an overly-prominent photo of the roof... with a huge flat area where the pool was supposed to be! I asked the guy "What happened to the pool?", and he says "We never have the pool." Very suspicious, I say.

hhp

Since I love only an hour away and I don't drink, I plan on staying at my place

Anyone interested in carpooling from the South Bay?

This is a board of mixed messages, Iam intending to "boom" the hotel and your looking for people who "love" near you to share a car...hahaha

When is TypeCon? What is TypeCon? Is it a hard hat zone?

a) This July.

b) A type conference, education, party, auction, gallery, schmooze, brainstorm, festival.

c) Only if Mr Downer takes his shirt off again.

Indulge.

http://typecon2004.com/

Below ; despite the advertisement, no rock garden can be seen

Is that a rock garden behind that sliding door?

Maybe it's just a rock-patterned carpet...