Sometime I think I take for granted how cool B'game can be. We make jokes about Boringame and it's true--there are plenty of weekend nights when the coolest thing you can do in town is get an fro-yo. But we also have to remember we are a destination for a lot of people who live in even more boring places.
That thought occurred to me on Friday when I went to the California Audio Show at the Westin. (Acknowledge that the Westin is in Millbrae, but the theme is still valid--maybe more so for Millbrae). The Audio Show is a bit of a geek-fest for audiophiles. They filled 3 floors of the Westin with ridiculously high-end audio gear. I got to wander around and listen to speakers the size of Mini-Coopers, $50K turntables, reference recordings of classic vinyl. You get the picture--big boy toys.
And all of these people paid ToT (to Millbrae, in this case), ate at the Elephant Bar or on B'way and generally added to the local economy. Here is a very nice lady named Cookie who was a sound engineer for Windham Hill and OTR and is now with Blue Coast Music giving a hands-on seminar with the guy playing guitar in the front and showing the various ways to enhance the recording---in a meeting room at the Westin.....
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