This past week I was in San Diego for work. It was quite an adventure being in a hotel during the great power outage of 2011--for details read here. The hotel fed everyone in the ballroom where our convention was taking place so we had hundreds of people coming to our floor (using the one working elevator) in search of food after the city was without power for 4 hours.
The food consisted of anything uncooked--Salads, Rolls, PB&J--not your typical room service display. They handed out glow sticks and flashlights so that we could get through the night since they did not anticipate having power until the next day.
We got a good laugh out of all the people drinking like crazy for lack of better things to do and probably to take the edge off so they would feel a little less panicked about this all being some sort of terrorist activity.
The lights came back on at 3:00am and life resumed back to normal as if nothing had happened.
Aside from that adventure I spent some time reading by the pool, walking around Gaslamp Quarter, meeting lots of nice people and of course eating great food. . .
For those of you curious about what I was do for work, I work for a nonprofit foundation. I was fundraising at a convention in San Diego. Click here to visit our website and learn more about what awesome things I get to do every day.
That's funny. When the power goes out for me, I grab a blanket and hope it stays off long enough for a good nap.
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