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(Update 8-19-2010) Received the Citi Platinum Select /AAdvantage Visa Signature card today, called and verified the “spending $1500 in first 6 months, receive 75,000 AA miles” is good.
(Original 8-16-2010) Got the offer from my AA membership letter. Choose one of the three cards:
Citi Platinum Select /AAdvantage Visa Signature card, Citi Select /AAdvantage American […]

I was in Las Vegas this week, attending a technology (software) conference. One tip to share at the beginning: Google Free Wifi at LAS airport. It appears my Boingo service does not have wifi spot here, but Google provided free Wifi during holidays until Jan 15. They even have some “google colored” bean shaped couch […]

I got all the fun of driving in Boston traffic during rush hour. It took me more than an hour driving from Waltham to Boston Logan, and my Garmin 755T GPS helped this time.
One thing I noticed in Boston is driving is a lot more hectic than in the River city. People won’t yield […]

I am using a Garmin 755T GPS to nagivate Boston. This is my 3rd trip using GPS. The first one was Chicago trip before July 4th.
Pros
Recalculating when I took the wrong road;
Cons
Dependency on GPS, so I will not read maps in the future?
One more thing to pay attention besides road and traffic;
Sometimes the number […]

Went to Harvard Square this evening, took some pictures (the quality is not as great as I liked, but you know it’s Harvard).

(Harvard Theater)

(Harvard Square, Sumner’s statue)

(One at left is library; the high tower at distance is church)
You can see some more pictures here at my flickr page.
Parking
Parking is a big headache. Eventually I […]

That would be exciting thing 10 years back, when I was still a college junkie. It still will be interesting, at least I plan to visit Harvard Square, where Paul Allen met with Bill Gates (in 1976?) and said:
“We got to start this (computer business), this thing (computer revolution) is happening without us.”
We all know […]

I would like to list some of the Chinese restaurants I visited in this trip (and in the past). I will also list some web sites which I think will be helpful to plan Chicago trip.
Chinese restaurant
Lao Sze Chuan (web site here): this is the first Chinese restaurant I visisted in Chicago (2001?). I waited […]

We are back from Chicago. Visited the Premium mall (near Aurora) yesterday, and was quite impressed. This was my first trip to the Aurora mall, and I was surprised to see so many premium brands and shoppers (esp. the crowds at Coach store). Judging by the size of crowds in the mall, it seems the […]

We came to the windy city yesterday, and today we visited quite a few places: Michigan Ave. (magnificent mile), Millennium Park, Art Institute (outside, no inside tour yet), Navy Pier, China Town. All with the 3 day CTA pass and CTA train/bus.
I did not totally forget about stock market yet. This noon when I […]

I was in Detroit last Wed and Thur. When I was leaving the client site, I heard famous actress Fawcett died from cancer. Shortly after I came back, I heard from NPR that Michael Jackson passed away. That was a shocker. I remember watching a lot Michael Jackson’s MTV back in early 1990s, when I […]