Bad me...

Okay, so obviously we have traveled a bit since January, but I have been, well, well...okay so I have no excuse.  I should have been writing all along about our travels this spring.  So far I have been to Curacao in February with my bff (in between ginormous snow storms I managed to fly out), on the Disney Cruise with the family, trip to San Antonio to visit said bff, and am currently in San Diego with my hubby.  So I am going to start with San Diego, and hopefully will have time to go back and write about the other trip.

We are here because Michael is chairing an LES (Licensing Executive Society) annual meeting here in October 2011.  We (I should say he...) is here with the President-elect of LES and his co-chair (and wives) checking out meeting space, tasting food (I'm participating in this part...), and doing other planning activities.  Afterward, we and the other 3 couples are driving up to Santa Barbara County for a weekend of wine tasting/buying.  

My favorite "chain" hotels are Starwood, and Starwood is having a promo going on now for their SPG members:  For every 3 stays, you get one weekend night free at any of their category 1-6 hotels.  Last night was stay #3, so we now have one free night when we go to Nice, France in October.  We stayed at the US Grant in the Gaslamp District.  Hotel was nice.  Lobby is of the fancy "gilded" type with Queen Anne chairs and dark wood abounding.  Room was much the same, except the bathroom was very updated.  We had a nice, larger corner room with a king sized bed and a dressing room.

Cool Headboard

Dressing room

Bathroom with Rain showerhead, no tub :-(