Next week back towards campus:
we'll be at Seoul Korner at William
and Thompson.
a quick summary around the table -
We had an early visit from some sales
reps from a financial services firm who
offered to buy us lunch (about $10) for
a 5-7 minute pitch. For an 8 person
lunch that's about an $80 value. As
much as I'd like to get sponsorship for
the lunch series I'll bet we can get someone
more on-topic.
Attendees:
Diane Durance, ddurance@...
Jose Nazario, jose@...
Ted Hanss, ted@...
Edward Vielmetti, edward.vielmetti@...
Charles Yun, tcyun@...
Sam Shin, nycshim@...
Erik Hofer, ehofer@...
(am I missing anyone?)
The food:
Most of us had dol sot bi bim bop, where the
dish is served in a hot stone bowl. Lunch bi
bim bop was $6.95, dol sot $7.95. There is
also sushi on the menu. We got a pretty good
assortment of sides. The bi bim bop bowl was
good but it was distinctly different from the
campus standard - there were mushrooms in
it, for instance, but no shredded cucumbers.
Topics of discussion:
Hurricane Katrina. Diane lived in the French
Quarter for a couple of years. Lots of general
discussion, it was on everyone's mind. Erik
Hofer notes a School of Information project
to coordinate Katrina housing.
Gas prices are up to $3+ (I paid $3.19 yesterday).
Diane and Jose carpooled.
Asian groceries. Two Korean groceries, one
Manna on Broadway near Plymouth, the
other in the shopping center with the Wendy's
off Plymouth. Ted Hanss noted a Chinese
market on W. Liberty near Coleman's,
in back of Faz Hello Pizza, mostly unmarked
from the street.
Mobile phones. Those who were comparing
showed Treo 650 vs. Blackberry 7100.
Airport parking. The parking concession at
Metro is apparently re-running very old
(February) charges that were not done in the
first place. Watch out on your card statement
if you see unusual charges.
More Hurricane Katrina discussion.
This doesn't capture it all, but we had a good
time.
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+1 734 276 5910
edward.vielmetti@...
Edward Vielmetti