Day 2 Report from Barry Hessenius
Submitted by Steve on October 12, 2011
Barry checks in from San Francisco on Tuesday:
(Tuesday) started out with a continental breakfast that included scrambled eggs, fresh fruit and croissants—a definite step up from the usual hotel continental fare—served in the Fairmont’s Venetian Room—once a high end night club in San Francisco where Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey (look her up all you Millennials out there—she was the real deal) and Tony Bennet held court.