When they tell you that you can have a TV and access the internet at your table before describing the menu at a restaurant, you remember. That’s wholesome networking. Tom Piper (past chair) and I had dinner at the Legal Seafood test-kitchen restaurant, that
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Tom Piper with portable PC |
is down the street from the Seaport Hotel. Tom could not resist trying out the internet, and it was amazing. I ordered a “Scrod in Mysore Rasam”. If you are familiar with Indian food, you know it is sacrilege to add anything remotely non-vegetarian, including fish, into a rasam ( a peppery tomato sauce with hint of sweetness). So I had to try it. It was exquisite. I guess we were eating in one of the most-wired places in Boston, and that is how the Seaport Hotel advertises itself on the web.
I stayed at the Seaport Hotel. That too was a pleasant experience. I do enjoy having access to free internet service. I checked into the hotel early in the morning, and the doorman helped me with my luggage. It was too early to check in, so checked in bags in storage, and took out some change to “tip” the doorman. And he says, “No ma’am. That’s not necessary”. Later, that day as I took the elevator to my room, I saw the notice “Please refrain from tipping”.
As I was leaving the hotel and waiting for the shuttle to take me to the Convention Center, I met Elizabeth Zelazek, MS, RN who was wearing the elegant black ribbon indicating that she had been presented the APHA Executive Director’s citation. She said that she had been to the Kennedy Center for the celebration and to accept her citation. On her way out, after picking her coat, she attempted to tip the coatroom attendant. And he said: No, thank you madam. I cannot accept that.
Do you think this is a Boston thing?
by Priti Irani, Newsletter Editor