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Last week in pictures

Greg Swan — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:56:42 +0000

We took Grant to the opening preseason Minnesota Vikings game (and first game back at the Metrodome since the roof collapsed)…

Had some fun with the kidz…

This is a bus stop…

This is a “meeting place”…

I went to New York for work, and Jenny tagged along…

And so did these yahoos…

And so did Batman…

And a shot of Ground Zero just before Hurricane Irene…

Meanwhile, the kids were perfectly happy at Nana and Papa’s…

And we discovered these Vikings upon returning home…

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Greg in NY

Greg Swan — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:49:06 +0000

Was in New York this week, had a great steak at the Capital Grille and stayed at the Grand Hyatt at Grand Central Terminal.

The Hyatt’s hotel room desk chair was a B-.

The chair had great lumbar support (my primary measurement of a desk chair), arms and 4-spoke wheels. Premium webbing on the chair back is always a plus.

Drawbacks included no height adjustment, no arm adjustment and these ugly rub marks where the chair has scraped on the desk over the years.

And a quick TP report for my pal Ed. I call this the “tuck and roll.”

But here’s the craziest, most backwards way to receive a hotel fax I’ve ever encountered:

I got a voicemail in my hotel room informing me I had a text message.
In order to retrieve this message, I needed to call the operator.
I called the operator and nobody answered.
Upon my automated checkout at the lobby kiosk, the system again informed me I had a text message and printed out this slip of paper.

The paper told me that I had a fax and to get it at the front lobby desk.
At the lobby desk, they called the business center to inquire about my fax.
I was told to walk up two floors to the business center to retrieve my fax.

Posted in From the Road Tagged: business chair report, New York, tp report

Greg & the City

Greg Swan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:50:40 +0000

I’m in NYC for the umpteenth time this year. I suppose I could check Dopplr to see how many times, but it’s been a lot.

Staying at the W New York on Lexington this trip.

The room is the size of a converted laundry room in a one story bungalow.

Here’s a TP report for my pal Ed:

Damn clumsy, if you ask me. But he’s the expert. And, I had trouble EVEN FINDING IT!

I’m going to start my own series on desk chairs. For business travelers, the chairs provided for travelers are the very most important part of a hotel room. I often go an entire stay without turning on the television, but I’m rarely in a room for more than 10 minutes without powering on my laptop and sitting at the desk for at least 30 minutes — and sometimes for hours and hours at a time.

The W Hotel NY gets a D+ for their desk chair. As you can see from the photo above, the chair has absolutely zero lumbar support. It’s virtually an “L” shape and although it does have height adjustment (thus the +), after sitting on an airplane for 3+ hours, I’m going to need more than a basic L curve to sit here for more than 5 minutes at one time.

Posted in From the Road Tagged: business chair report, New York, tp report, w hotel