Good Evening, Box.

Just had a pleasant enough dinner at Steak954 here at the W in Ft. Lauderdale. Started with the tuna and foie gras tacos, followed by a baby beet salad, and finally the red snapper tiradito. Dessert was a carrot cake with a fabulous cognac butterscotch frosting.

Tummy happy...

The RJs on CO are decidedly NOT what the experience is all about. Good luck with that.

Yeah, but if I can do a lot of MSP-ORD connections it won't be so bad. I can just about hold my breath for that entire flight.

Is Montreal the city in Canada that is recommended? Looking at you ALCO. I have been looking at Quebec and Montreal and Montreal looks like it has more interesting stuff.

Glad to see you had a good dinner after meeting cancelled. ^

FR is already offering their F class TATL services?

Personally, I'd take Quebec City. Montreal is just another big city when you get down to it. Quebec City has character. If you go in the winter, Lac Beauport has ice skating, snowshoeing, sled-dogs, snowmobiling, etc.

The city itself is incredibly beautiful, and has some incredible restaurants. It's also quite fun riding the ferry across the frozen St. Lawrence, as it pushes 2' thick ice floes out of the way.

Muchos gracias! ^

Any recommendation on a SPG property up there?

Thanks. Idiot colleague who f:rolleyes:rg:rolleyes:t to inform me now wants me to rearrange my entire week down here so I can attend with him on Thursday. I'm getting tired of holding my coworkers' hands.

I thought he was President's Circle.

Perhaps the Sebring was a dramatic device to emphasize how limited his aspirations were. Either that, or it wouldn't be plausible that he would want a Taurus.

I have actually been given a Chrysler Sebring convertible, by Avis, after I pitched a fit that they had "upgraded" me to a Chevy Uplander (aka couch on wheels). It wasn't bad.

Rent a car, and stay at the 4P Levis Convention Center. It's new build, and very nice. The other 4P, though closer to Lac Beauport, is old and kind of run-down. I have photos on my Flickr Site of the Suite I received at the 4P Levis.

From that property, it's a 3 min. drive to the ferry terminal in Levis. Alternatively, you can drive the long way round to the bridge, and into Quebec City. However, parking in the old city is a royal pain, as it's a 400+ year old walled city with limited space inside. Best bet is to park the car at the ferry terminal and ride the ferry into Vieux Quebec.

Be sure to eat at Aux Anciens Canadiens. Expensive, but the food is fantastic. I think I had Moose in Blueberry sauce, which was very tasty. There are also tons of places in the old city that serve a million different varieties of crepes (sweet and savory).

Apparently it was Caribou, not moose. Still pretty tasty. I'll get around to eating a Moose at some point. :-:

How many people can say they've been to Lake Titicaca? Do it. :D

Learn to love 12A. Oh yes, pack light.


I've really wanted to visit Quebec city - but for some reason airfares are always redonkers whenever I want to go. Hartmann - ifyou are on the search, let me know if you see anything reasonable pop up, I'd love to drag teh Mister up there. :)

gone mad..... come lie on my couch and I'll fix that for ya .....

It looks pretty sweet: