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hotel menu limitations

jtrant — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:53:49 +0000

we're always looking for ways to get the best we can from what the hotel offers, but we're limited by their menus. $6 per piece of hard fruit didn't seem the best choice it this year.

but we'll keep trying, especially now we know what matters!

/jt

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Food

rlooseley — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:40:32 +0000

I second what Kajsa says about fruit at breakfast! Don't get me wrong, the muffins and pastries were very tasty but after a week I was in desperate need of vitamins! I don't know if it's just a UK thing but people seem to be developing (or sometimes inventing?!) food allergies all over the place and there would have been virtually nothing to eat if you were wheat intolerant!

The food and drink were generally very good though and I appreciate how much time, effort and money (!) went into them. It's just there was probably a little scope for a bit more healthy fare!

Rhiannon Looseley

The beef tenderloin was

frankieroberto — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:40:55 +0000

The beef tenderloin was definitely appreciated this year, but where was the CHEESE?

In fact, something I noticed about Indianapolis in general was CRAP CHEESE. Even the biggish grocery store we went to had a pitiful selection of cheese, mostly all just variations of industrial block cheddar, in varying colours and with varying levels of fat content.

Even the cheese sandwich I had on the plane back home was un-eatable. I took once bite, and the 'cheese' immediately clung to my teeth in a way that took 10 minutes to laboriously scrape off. Not pleasant.

Comments on food and drinks

kajsahartig — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:27:54 +0000

Thank you for making refreshments and meals so perfectly planned. My comments: Good food and drinks are essential at such intensive conferences as the MW. The lunch sandwiches were so so. I remember a great workshop salad lunch in San Francisco. Also I could definately do with less muffins/cookies and instead have more fresh fruit and cheese for example. But that's it, other than that everything was really great! The reception at IMA was fantastic (though I am a bit horrified at the total cost! :-)

Best regards
Kajsa

Bring your own bottles!

Mandress — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:38:41 +0000

Please get rid of the bottled water. We should encourage conference goers to bring their own bottle or utilize pitchers of water.

no more bottled water?

jtrant — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0000

it's still earth day somewhere, and i'm thinking that all that bottled water has got to go. all 625 bottles of it.

it represents $2,912.50 that we could do something else with... to say nothing of the waste.

it's safe to drink tap water in Denver, and we probably should!

/jt

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Thanks for sharing, it is

justin_heideman — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:35:06 +0000

Thanks for sharing, it is interesting. Somehow, I think they'll be a little more prepared in Denver, and hopefully have better veggie sandwiches. They have whole restaurants dedicated just to salad there.