What a day! Salt Lake City 2006

What an amazing day we had at convention today. I can't begin to describe all the things that we did. However some of the highlights were noted in the pictures on the blog today.

Bev (Mom) and I got going quite early today. We had lots and lots of things to finish up today. So off we went caught the shuttle at just the right time. We caught up with Dr Ladd McNamara and asked a few questions. We also got to talk to the folks at the Healthy for Life booth as well. I also met some great people and we all were bouncing ideas off each other. What a pleasure to talk to like minded folks.

The general session this afternoon was so very very nice. Many fun speakers and the car contest winners. Usana gave away 6 cars this year. I did not get the BMW though so I guess I have to work a bit harder at it for next year.

The best part of the day was Bev performing a few duties. She drew the names for the convention survey raffle and then she danced the Two a Day dance with the Usana staff in the store. She also got a chance to see and talk to the keynote speaker Li from the Houston Ballet. What a day for all of us here in Salt Lake City. I hope that you all will come with us next year for more fun and frolic.

Usana International Convention 2007 August 22-25, 2007. See you there.!

Salt Lake City again!

I am off again to Salt Lake City Utah. This is my fifth trip there and each time I go I explore a bit farther away from the hotel and the conference center. This year I am actually going to get a massage. This massage is not going to be in my room at the hotel nor is it at a spa. It is at a professional massage therapist's office. I actually have to get a cab and go there. I am quite proud of myself and excited that I am doing something outside of the convention. I am happy to also meet some locals. Not just locals that are working at the event itself.

I am staying at the Little America Hotel. This hotel is a jewel. We found this hotel (last year) through AAA here in Maine and of course we were not sure that we wanted to stay there however the rate was far too good to pass up. What a surprise to find that the hotel was so nice. You can look at it here. http://www.littleamerica.com/slc/

We were a bit late making our reservations this year so we were happy to get a room from someone that had to cancel their trip. I am sorry that this group will not be coming to the convention this year however I am happy that I was able to get a room. I like this hotel so much better than the other large hotels near the Salt Palace and the Delta Center that I don't even mind the walk. The UTrax is just outside and that is a great ride.

So if you are looking for me this week (Sept 12-17, 2006) I will be in Utah. See you all when I return. I might even get a chance to post some pictures while I am away.

Have a great week!

Time to update

I guess it is time to update my blog. I must admit I have been meaning to do this for a few months and I just got out of the habit. So tonight I decided to update the blog and also add a few things that another massage therapist and I are going to work on over the next few months.

What are we going to work on: Getting out and trying some different places around Portland Maine and also try to fit in some travel. We came up with this brainstorm on our way back from Philadelphia in January. We had a really successful trip to see BodyWorld2 at the Franklin Institute for Science. So the list of places that we are going to go will be listed below, we will add to the list as we go along and we will also include a little critque of the place.

Here is the list:
Isis on Penhallow - Portsmouth New Hampshire
Ocean Pizza I have been here many times...I need to take more people here.
Siam In Portland
Portsmouth Gas Light
Pepper Club
The Front Room
Cape Arundel Inn

Cities and Countries to visit:
Washington DC
London
Spain
Boston
New Zealand again and again and again
Australia

So we are off on our next adventure...does this have anything to do with massage...no...however I am going to keep at this. I am also going to add some pictures of our trip to Philly here.

See you next time!