The only good photo from Day 3 at HITEC. Damn guy that took it must have had more coffee than I did, as you can see from the shakeyness. Both of the Lakers Girls had nice tushies! :)
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HITEC 2005

Day 2 of HITEC 2005:
We spent the morning in various forums regarding Hotel Technology. Yesterday it was an all day event of forums. I've learned a lot these last two days, and it's not over yet.
At noon the floor opened up for all the vendors to showcase their products. It's like a bunch of lemmings heading to the ocean, LOL. Yes, I was one of them.
There are rows and rows of PMS vendors, HSIA providers, and everyone else in between.
Besides walking around and looking for a company that has a "work order" solution, the highlight was meeting Amanda Beard and two hot Lakers Cheerleaders.
Later that night we all went to the reception at the Biltmore Hotel where I was accosted by a guy wanting to sell me a PMS for our Hotels. Some salesman are so damn pushy!
From there we went to the Lodgenet party on top of the Standard Hotel. GREAT party as usual. Poor Amanda Beard was being accosted by all the single and "Wishing they were single" guys. She's a trooper, but I did notice she was sort of self involved that night. I guess being a guest celeb is tough, as I could tell she was tired of it.
Next was the Synxsis party at another hotel. It was a "Casablanca" theme but we got there too late to get our pictures taken with a sexy camel or the belly dancers. However we did get some good food and I got to flirt with some cute Egyptian girls.
Well, I'm late for the showroom floor so I'll hopefully put up some good pics of day 3 tomorrow.

Blind Willy and the Lakers Cheerleaders. The Gal on the left was a little Hottie! The blonde was very nice and signed me up to win an iPod. Did I mention the little hottie on the left?
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Downtown LA at night from the top of the "Standard Hotel"
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Jeff getting ready to speak about the Fundamentals of Hospitality Technology. He was dapper in a suit and bowtie. :)
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Jeff being debonair at the Lodgenet party.
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Amanda Beard was rubbing her feet when I first saw her. I dont think she liked that I walked up on her rubbing her dawgs. However she was nice enough to pose for this pic and sign a photo for me.
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A nice gal at the Lodgenet Party on Tuesday. She was nice enough to pose for me.
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Los Angeles Trip

Well I've been in L.A. almost two days now.
I'm here for the HITEC convention. For those of you that dont know, it is about Hotel Technology and Finance, sponsored by HFTP. I arrived early on Sunday, even though I missed my flight. (and got stuck between a big guy and a hyper asshole since I was put on standby)
I was met by some friends of mine that stood in the airport holding up a sign with BLINDWILLY on it. Apperently it even was noticed by a Hollywood TV Star. (I think she wanted to know who the next rising star is, lol)
My friends and I strode around Hollywood Blvd and attended the premier of Herbie Fully Loaded. Too bad we were early, nothing happened. I did get an OSCAR from the WOOT voters. (ok, one WOOT voter), some Tshirts for my baby, and sore feet.
Enjoy the pics from that day below. :)
I attended the first day of the conference yesterday and will post pics when I pull those off the camera. It was very educational. My boss showed up in a bow tie and he actualy looked good, lol. It works for him, for sure!
Even though I'm here more for the education that I get, I cant wait for the vendor floor to open up. This is where all the companies that have to do with Hotel Tech show off thier wares. That and all the freebies they hand out.
Time to shower, shave and iron my shirt and head out. More to follow soon!
-Willy

Look, there is Lindsay Lohan!!!
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EARTHQUAKE on Hollywood Blvd!!!
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Capitol Records Building
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Hollywood and Vine.
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Playing Tourist on the Walk of Fame
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At Gruemans Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd.
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Cassanova and a wooter
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Enjoying a Mountain Dew
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Wooters At Hooters
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My Geek Truck. 

Thanksgiving 2004: The old turkey smoker. (ok, no i'm not in the pic, I meant the device used to smoke the bird.) 

Thanksgiving 2004: Piki helping with the firewood 

Thanksgiving 2004: Mary and the kids 

Thanksgiving 2004: Caitlin, Bobby and Gen 

Thanksgiving 2004: Bobby 

Thanksgiving 2004: Bobby and Dad 

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Wilshire Grand Los Angeles

Wilshire Grand Los Angeles
I'll be going here at the end of June. Once again, I'm attending the HITEC convention.
Last year it was in Dallas and I had a great time. I have a friend or two in LA so maybe I'll have time to hook up for dinner or something.