Where In The World Is Sum1?

Austin, Texas

Date: Week of March 11^th


Locale: Austin, Texas


         This week finds me in Austin, Texas delivering about the same class I delivered in Quebec last week.  Fortunately, it wasn't near as cold in Austin as it was in Quebec!


         All went well in delivering the class, I was able to answer every question they asked, and helped them with some things they hadn't been able to do before.  The firrst day of the class started off a bit different though.

         I had driven to the training site when I arrived Monday, and as expected, it was a huge place.  So I called my customer contact and left him a voice mail asking where to be in the morning.  He never returned my call until the following morning as I was leaving the hotel.  It was then that I found out that the training site wasn't where the documentation had said it would be.  I groaned, because I was afraid it would be somewhere pretty far away.  You know Texas is a small state  , so it shouldn't have been too hard to get there.  It turned out the the training site was a 45 minute drive from my hotel...  Oh well, things could be worse, huh.

         I think Austin's a nice city, but it's getting bigger with each passing year.  Plus, while I was there, a convention of some type was going on.  Add to it that apparently Austin is a place quite a few people go to on spring break!  That made it crowded, and with all the road construction going on, it made driving any where a real chore.  Again, things could be a lot worse...  Besides, there was so many good restaurants near me that I could have been there a month!  I would have gained quite a bit of weight too, lol.


Noteworthy Restaurants:


         Roaring Fork          http://roaringfork.com/menus/RFSL_MenuDinner.pdf  This place was so good the first time that I went back for seconds.    Their 'Fried Avocado and Crab' was excellent, as was the 'Kettle of Green Chile Pork'.  Can you say Yummm??

In Closing

         This week (week of March 18), I am in Schaumburg cross-training my former manager on a new course (for him).  Things might get a bit busier for us with a couple of instructors unable to travel for one reason or another.  Til next time, be good to yourselves and those you love, and WRITE!



Jim Dorrell