A Day In LA

I spent today in downtown LA at a 1 day conference for one of the software vendors we use at work. It was held at The Standard hotel, which I can best describe as a high-end boutique hotel with just the right amount of pretentiousness so as to not allow you to forget you are in LA.

Here's a little bit of free conference coffee humor from The Standard:


At the end of the conference the vendor hosted a happy hour in the rooftop bar, which was a very pleasant setting indeed. Of course, 80 folks in business casual didn't really make the trust-fund babies lazing by the pool very happy.







Finally, the vendor took us to the Lakers game and set us up in a VIP suite for the evening. Here's the view from the suite (if its a little blury, you can blame it on the free beer):


So all in all, not a bad day to spend at "work".