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Events / NHC 2013 Hotel?

« on: February 05, 2013, 04:21:41 PM »

The Philadelphia Downtown Marriott has already sold out.
The AHA has noted that its next hotel is the Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown, but it has not yet posted booking information on its registration W-WW page.
Looking at my AAA Tourbook, other hotels in the vicinity include the aforementioned Residence Inn by Marriott, the Loews Philadelphia, a Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia Center City, and a Hampton Inn Center City.
I have managed to register for the entire conference, and shall be motoring (from Chicago). I am seeking somebody with whom to share a room for Wed-Sat (or Thu-Sat) of the conference.
The last time I was in Philadelphia, I found an unmetered parking spot two blocks away from a subway station. I parked the car there, rode the subway to my events, and checked back on it the next day (moving it slightly). Obviously, it was still there, and hadn't suffered any damage.
I'll be checking this thread for more information about parking. Thank you.

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Events / Re: AHA NHC Hotel accommodation

« on: June 01, 2011, 12:14:30 AM »

Hello again, everybody.
I just moved on my flight to San Diego. I had to pull back to the 15th, because Southwest's airfare for the 16th went up, but its fare on the 15th went down.
I have sent both a PM and an E-Mail to hunderdog indicating my willingness to share the room with him for the 16th & 17th. It is still available for the 18th. I suspect it will be in demand by then.
As it is, I am staying in southern California through the 28th. I'll be going to Los Angeles (Pasadena) to cover the CONCACAF Gold Cup™ Soccer Final on Sat., the 25th.

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Beer Travel / Tokyo?

« on: May 10, 2011, 01:31:39 AM »

There are lots of solid beers available in Tokyo (& Yokohama).
I link to some beerworthy English-language World-Wide Web sites on my regular bookmark page.
But I'll break out these two:
1) Boozelist (Chris Chuwy tries to annotate what beers are on tap at scores of beer bars in Tokyo [including the Tama region] and Yokohama.)
2) Japanese Craftbeer events ("Beerkat" [Rei-chan] denotes upcoming beer events, at beer bars, and detached venues.)
Baird has two brewpubs in Tokyo: In Naka-Meguro and in Harajuku; and a third brewpub in central Yokohama.
If you want more venue suggestions, please request them here.

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Events / AHA NHC Hotel accommodation

« on: May 10, 2011, 01:12:36 AM »

Hello, everybody. I am Steve “Pudgy” De Rose.
I am attending this year's AHA NHC in San Diego, CA.
I post here and now because this year, I managed to book a room at the Town & Country.
But $139 | night hotel rooms put a damper on my enjoyment, and a crimp in my budget.
So I offer accommodation in my room for one person who is willing to share this room and halve the price on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
I have not yet booked my flights. At this moment, it looks as though I'll fly into SAN on Thursday morning, arriving at 11:00 am {Southwest}. But this could change to Wednesday or Tuesday, in which instance I would need to share a room at the Town & Country for that night(s).
If there is anybody out here looking to lower their hotel cost, please respond here, or via a private message. Thank you.