Adventures in Orlando - B-52s

The B-52s were the featured performers at the SPIKE party @ Universal City Walk.

I liked their music, but other than "The Love Shack", didn't know any of the songs.







After the concert, we took a little trip to Margaritaville enjoying the beautiful Florida evening.

Adventures in Orlando - Wynfield Inn

My business trip to Orlando was scheduled at the last minute, and with the IHB show, many of the hotels were sold out. I ended up finding a room at the Wynfield Inn, a motel badly in need of refurbishing.

The lobby and grounds were actually pretty nice. The room was disgustingly filthy and badly in need of repairs. The safe was not operational, and even if it had been, was not large enough to accommodate more than a wallet or watch.

None of the light fixtures worked, and neither did the TV remote or alarm clock. The maintenance man was quick to come to my room to make repairs, but it seems that housekeeping would check these things during their normal rounds and order them fixed before the next guest checks in.

The carpet, bedding, chairs and walls were heavily stained as was the inside of the dresser drawer.

On the plus side, the pool area and staff were very nice.

Adventures in Orlando - Chef Irvine

I had a client meeting in Orlando Thursday afternoon so I took Friday off as a vacation day to enjoy some time in the sun.

My friend Cheryl was in Orlando on business at the same time. She had met a Food Network celebrity, Chef Irvine, at a Lunch Impossible event on Thursday.

Thursday night we went to the SPIKE party at Universal City Walk and ran into Chef Irvine in one of the food lines.