Rachelle and I arrived safely in Washington, DC for the 2007 Out and Equal Workplace Equality Conference…
It was a long trip, getting up at about 5am to finish packing before Rachelle arrived to get me at 6am. Flight departed at 8am - thankfully a direct flight to Washington Dulles, then a cab ride over to the wrong hotel, then another cab right to the correct hotel.
The highlight of the flight was the VAST amount of space I had to use my laptop. As you can see I was able to full open the display, and it couldn’t have been more ergonomic. That … person … in front of me apparently didn’t feel he had nearly enough room in Economy Plus, and so he needed to recline his seat back into the economy section.
We got two movies on the flight - Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer (which I watched with no audio but still completely understood the entire movie), and Blades of Glory, which I watched with audio and laughed through the entire thing.
After we finally arrived at the correct hotel, we found ourselves on a smoking floor. We went right back to the check-in desk and found a new and fresher smelling room. This room has a semi-lovely view of the Washington Monument…set against the um…boring skyline of DC.
We went down to the hotel restaurant and had some drinks and delicious baked brie, then did a bit of work before heading to bed.
Tomorrow we have some free time in the morning, then have a special leadership seminar for our company, provided by the GLBT Leadership Institute of UCLA.