SiteExperts Leaders Meet

For all my friends at www.siteexperts.com - Here is the OFFICIAL POST for my trip to meet with fellow web-developer Bryan Katz - otherwise known as Holophrastic. We all know him and love or hate him, I hope you enjoy my short blog about him and my visit with him in Toronto.


This is the hotel where I stayed; the Rennaisance in downtown Toronto. "Holo" was waiting for me inside the lobby.


This is Bryan (lounging in a fine chair in my "first" room) with a vase filled with a beautiful arrangement of the "Bird of Paradise" flower which he brought for me. I am so flattered to have such a fine arrival greeting gift :)


"First we MUST go the University" said Bryan - I played along and went. It was tremendous to see the fine architechture. I had Holo take a few shots of me from "the perfect spot" which I had set up the location and said "please stand exactly right here and make sure to get 'that' in the shot" and then I asked him to "press here" (as I pointed to the shutter...) He did so well!

I then made Bryan drive around with me to capture the CN Tower from as many angles within the city as possible in a very short time frame. Will post these shots later!

Now on to in the city. We still have a little time left before our dinner reservation so Holo shows me around town emphasizing the "light pollution" which I am completely intrigued by. Writing this now, after my meeting with the Nashua Astromomers Club meeting I can now appreciate his canderous statement.

Taken from CN Tower

Here is a super cool picture of OLD and NEW Toronto:


Which is right near where we fed our bellies a city street "appetizer" in prelude to the gourmet dinner we would soon be eating...

Guess which hot dog was mine?! (If you guessed the one on the left - you are right!)

Better head to the TOWER to "See the Sites" (robin-ann.com humor)

Before we enter for dinner there is a cheesy setup for "memory shots" for tourists to purchase - the two working looked hip so I protested slightly and then asked the girl with the camera if she would mind just snapping one with my camera... She agreed! and I told Holo the glasses were just too empty to have sitting on the table for the shot "as is" so "tip them upside-down!" I said. It's so dumb that they are empty!" - and viola! A perfect memory of us together. Thank you Holo :)


We did the skypod before eating...

Which if you remember the pic from above - the city goes on for miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiles. (more than I have shown! - get these for facts: Toronto is approx. 7288 sq.km to be exact - including Mississauga so about 84km in either direction - in the US that would be 2814 sqmi. Uh - that's big. )

The wine was yummy



and Holo was a perfect gentleman.