Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!atha!aupair.cs.athabascau.ca!rwa From: rwa@cs.athabascau.ca (Ross Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions? Message-ID: Date: 25 Jun 91 17:20:23 GMT References: <1991Jun22.192721.11468@ircam.fr> <1991Jun23.115443.484@ircam.fr> <29073@drilex.UUCP> Organization: Athabasca University Lines: 16 dricejb@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson drilex1) writes: >Actually, as I remember, the Town & Country is in an area called 'Hotel >Circle', which is a little valley which contains almost nothing except > [more hotels :-)] >San Diego does have some nice downtown areas (love the cinnamon buns >at Horton Plaza) but I'm not sure if there are any decent convention >hotels there. Of course, since it's southern California, everyone >is expected to drive. A friend and I walked from Hotel Circle out to the harbour and marina Sunday afternoon (Winter 89, as I remember - it was -45 C at home is the part that sticks in my memory). It was a pleasant stroll. -- Ross Alexander rwa@cs.athabascau.ca (403) 675 6311 ve6pdq `You were s'posed to laugh!' -- Zippy