tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711990401142973822024-03-05T03:24:29.241-08:00Life at the Chancellor Hotel in San FranciscoA collection of entries about what's going on in and around the Chancellor Hotel on Union Square in San Francisco. Included will be my thoughts on the joys and frustrations of managing a small hotel in San Francisco; traveler information; and tid bits I hope readers enjoy.Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-359189952978920602013-11-19T17:29:00.003-08:002013-11-19T17:39:09.646-08:00Our Own Magic Parlor Featured on KOFY TV20's the Swril with Michelle Meow<br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngWmC9M5zC42kZ6YsKNy2NLjT2DTbvvYfG3ZBlh_Cb1gbWYl5t5zWmFwTqS9C_kFpLWbVkpci63Gt-E5lVz0auK9I9B9HiwjT_ckYnbdzNegJpPa2gLagm-vOuAE3QrSJhJKH2mLOIV4/s1600/Michelle+Swirl+TV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngWmC9M5zC42kZ6YsKNy2NLjT2DTbvvYfG3ZBlh_Cb1gbWYl5t5zWmFwTqS9C_kFpLWbVkpci63Gt-E5lVz0auK9I9B9HiwjT_ckYnbdzNegJpPa2gLagm-vOuAE3QrSJhJKH2mLOIV4/s200/Michelle+Swirl+TV.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">The San Francisco Magic Parlor Show that goes on every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at the Chancellor Hotel on Union Square will be featured on a segment of the Swirl this Sunday, November 24th at 9:30 pm (right after the ABC News 9:00 pm.)<br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Catch Walt Anthony’s interview and magic with “Swirl” host Michelle Meow and get a taste of what the show is all about</span> just in time for the Holiday Season! You will want to make it part of your Holiday festivities whether you are staying with us, at another hotel or just coming into the City for a great evening from around the Bay Area.</span></span><br />
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Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-78598688467959819672013-11-14T19:56:00.000-08:002013-11-14T19:57:11.845-08:00Please help us with a marketing project<div>
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We had a management trainee intern from France that spent a year with us before going back to France to finish her degree. As part of her studies, she had to do a marketing project. We were honored that she decided to take on a project relating to our special, innovative Chancellor Hotel App.</div>
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Part of her project requires a survey. If you could take the survey, we would appreciate it.</div>
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Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-52222472828693984892013-11-14T19:17:00.000-08:002013-11-14T19:57:42.301-08:00Paranormal Phenomenon InvestigatorsJackie Kleeb, a paranormal phenomenon investigator, is staying with us tonight. We have been hearing of strange occurrences for years and I posted two of the better stories we have heard on my blog. Word of our unexplained happenings is getting out. We were recently featured on the Today Show as part of a story on the local haunts in San Francisco. Ms. Kleeb booked the hotel on her own to conduct an investigation. We are looking forward to hearing what she discovers. <br />
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Below is a copy of a podcast that Ms. Kleeb was on. The main podcast starts at 9:45.<br />
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In this episode of Paranormal Underground Radio, <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">we talk with </span></strong>Jackie Kleeb of Paranormal Phenomenon Investigators (based in Sacramento, CA). Jackie is an accidental ghost hunter. From an early age, Jackie was afraid of the dark and things that go bump in the night. “I have no idea how I ended up as a paranormal investigator, but here I am!” Jackie has also investigated with many other teams over the years. She was also a docent at Preston Castle for two years and organized all the overnight paranormal visits. “I absolutely loved the Castle, have so many wonderful memories there, but something dark followed me home,” she said.<br />
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Air Date: May 24, 2012<br />
Topic: Paranormal Investigation, Paranormal Theory, Paranormal Experiences, EVPs<br />
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Hosts: Karen Frazier and Rick Hale<br />
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Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-15471051776678878492013-10-31T14:11:00.000-07:002013-10-31T14:17:26.322-07:00The Chancellor Hotel Union Square featured on NBC's The TODAY SHOW on Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Family Circle Magazine did an article in their October 2013 issue on "Haunted Cities" and the best place to stay when visiting. We were very surprised when we saw that they had found our ghost stories and mentioned us in the article.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then, NBC's The TODAY Show on Halloween Day did a segment on the article and we were prominently suggested as the haunted hotel to stay at when visiting San Francisco.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Our reputation for having ghosts comes from the tales of our guests that have sent me their stories. I posted the stories on this blog because I thought they were interesting and web searchers seem to have found them. We have not promoted any of this. Here is a link if you want to read the backstory:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I don't know if we are haunted, but some people seem to think so. The hotel will be 100 years old next year and I am sure the walls could tell a lot of stories about what has gone on around here.</span><br />
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Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-6551737942539187212013-10-31T08:59:00.002-07:002013-10-31T09:01:50.108-07:00Halloween at the Chancellor Hotel on Union Square in San Francisco<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, you guessed it. That is Danny Zuko with Pink Ladies, Rizzo and Frenchy. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Normally known as Rory, Karla and Tina)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">No, that is not our new bellman uniform. That is Kent dressed up as a Canadian Mountie reporting for duty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">San Francisco loves Halloween! We love dressing up and being a different character. At the Chancellor Hotel, we say "Go for it!"</span></div>
<br />Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-29431125814072972082013-10-30T09:07:00.000-07:002013-10-30T09:07:04.627-07:00The Chancellor Hotel Annual Pumpkin Carving ContestThis year, everyone is a winner, but someone will be a bigger winner with your votes.<br />
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All of the pumpkins are carved by hotel employees. We put them out for 3 days letting our guests votes for the one they like the best. The pumpkin with the most votes will win $100 cash! Everyone gets a consolation prize.<br />
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Stop in and vote.Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-85125685891241728862013-08-29T15:30:00.000-07:002013-08-29T15:30:26.099-07:00Bay Area Bike Share Comes to Union Square<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Like many great places around the world, San Francisco now has a bike sharing system. There are stations through out the downtown area and South of Market where you can pick up a bike and leave a bike. We are very excited to have one of the stations right outside the hotel on Powell Street at Post.</div>
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Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-52035406798878668202013-08-12T09:50:00.002-07:002013-08-12T09:58:00.144-07:00TripAdvisor Hotel Reviews in San Francisco<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Chancellor Hotel has just hit 3,000 traveler reviews on TripAdvisor! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are currently THE MOST REVIEWED BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN SAN FRANCISCO!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our first review was posted on January 3, 2002 and it was not a very good one. I first discovered TripAdvisor in November 2003 when a guest booking a reservation told me that they found us on TripAdvisor. I looked at the site and was horrified to see the negative comment. I remembered the guest and situation so I immediately wanted to post a response so both sides of the story could be heard and the rest is history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">TripAdvisor is a funny animal. On one hand it provides great information to people and on the other hand some use it as a "get even" tool when they are angry at the establishment. Most people see right through the angry posts, but if the hotel is trying to maintain a ranking, it is really a snarky act.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you (most) everyone that has reviewed us and I look forward to our next 1,000 reviews.</span>Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-83989457367775018292013-07-26T12:56:00.002-07:002013-07-26T12:56:52.078-07:00New Guest Room Feature<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As the Chancellor Hotel on Union Square approaches its 100th birthday, we continue to try and work modern technology into a building that was built in a time when there was hardly even electricity in many places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We are in the process of installing new 3 outlet power supplies that include two USB power slots in every room right on the desk. Now our guests can easily plug in their phones, tablets, laptops, games or whatever they want without crawling on the floor and behind furniture.</span></div>
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<br />Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-6483553142779007582013-05-14T21:12:00.002-07:002013-05-14T21:15:14.727-07:00San Francisco Sourdough PancakesWe are very excited to now offer San Francisco Sourdough Pancakes at Luques Restaurant and Bar located inside the Chancellor Hotel. There is nothing more San Francisco than Sourdough.<br />
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We found a gold rush era recipe, and after a lot of research and experimentation, we came up with a special Sourdough Pancake we make from scratch that is the best. They are light, fluffy and have a perfect sourdough flavor- just what San Francisco is famous for!<br />
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Luques is open everyday from 7am to 2:30pm and we serve breakfast ALL DAY.<br />
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Come in and try them.Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-4103301586063722022013-03-28T10:48:00.000-07:002013-03-28T10:48:34.825-07:00Opening the Doors to Hotel Crime<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>I have been to a safety seminar conducted by Dave Wiggins and it was very informative. This article by Dave Wiggins was sent out by the California Hotel & Lodging Association and I wanted to pass it on since we are constantly closing guests' doors we find open during our security walks. Guests are often in their room with door ajar or sometimes they step out and do not make sure it is closed tightly after them. Hopefully this information for hotel operators can help some guests as well.</em></span><br />
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Tourists are notorious for failing to protect themselves and their valuables while travelling. This characteristic, combined with the fact that there are criminals who prey specifically on travelers and tourism venues, contrives to open the door to much of the most common tourism related crime. And open doors are a particular problem for hotels, especially when “Door Pushers” are at work. <br />
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Door pushing is a classic crime which has long plagued the hospitality industry. Guestrooms make an attractive target for thieves, with lots of portable valuables in a confined space, and occupants who are largely absent. Guestroom doors are notorious for not closing completely, for a variety of reasons. These include differences in temperature and air pressure between rooms and hallways; worn closer springs; snagging on carpeting or door jams; catching on safety latches in the wrong position; and faulty bolts. More often than not, guests exiting their rooms fail to pull the door completely shut, and ensure that it locks securely. Business travelers running late for appointments, and leisure travelers preoccupied with sun-n-fun, all too often leave their rooms in a frenzy of inattention to their doors. As a bellman at a busy resort hotel comments, “If I had five bucks for every time I came across a room door accidentally propped open by a safety latch, I could pay for my vacation.”<br />
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No surprise then that unscrupulous criminals target unsecured guestroom doors. The crime is referred to simply as “door pushing.” Criminals push on what appears to be an unsecured guestroom door, and if it opens, they peek inside to determine if the room is occupied, and whether it contains any valuables. If so, the criminal then burglarizes the room, and takes off with the property. Such petty crooks hit the jackpot with occupied rooms, where the losses usually include computers and other electronics, jewelry, cash, and clothing. Guest suitcases are often used to haul off the stolen property. But even unoccupied guestrooms are ripped off for hotel property, including flatscreen televisions and other electronics, as well as appliances, furniture, and linens. One of my cases involved a crime spree spanning several months and numerous hotels committed by a crew of crooks stealing hotel flatscreens. The two-man teams arrived with all the tools needed to quickly detach the LCD screens from wallmounts. They pushed on open doors, removed the televisions from walls, covered them with a sheet, and walked out of the hotel to their waiting van. <br />
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While the majority of door pushing incidents are what police refer to as “crimes of opportunity,” the most problematic crime sprees may be the work of door pushers who are career criminals. Many thefts resulting from door pushing are random acts. For example, a guest, visitor, or employee of the hotel happens to walk by an obviously unsecured guestroom door, pushes it open, and spontaneously decides to steal the valuables inside. Such marginal characters account for an occasional case in any given tourism destination. However, a “professional” door pusher can be responsible for a rash of thefts at a particular hotel or tourism venue, and cause tens of thousands of dollars in losses. <br />
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There actually are such professionals – criminals who specialize in door pushing and other tourism specific crimes. These crooks create their own crimes of opportunity by chronically working tourism venues and exploiting known weaknesses. High-rise hotels in densely packed hospitality communities are favored environments for such criminals. They can test hundreds of doors within a short few hours, and in a busy hotel their activities often go totally unnoticed. Such was the case with one professional thief in the Bay Area. But after hitting too often in the same area, he got arrested - several times. Once in-custody this crook admitted that most all of his criminal income resulted from door pushing and guestroom thefts. Before eventually being sentenced to state prison for the first time, police estimated he had stolen over $200,000 of guest and hotel property. <br />
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Door pushing is a very low percentage criminal activity. A career crook may push on 100 doors before finding an unsecured one, and then typically only one-quarter of these lead to an occupied room with valuables. This means that professional door pushers tend to work quickly. They cruise through hallways rapidly, one after another, pushing on any likely doors, and if they don’t score, then move on to the next hotel. The Bay Area criminal mentioned above admitted that he would typically check over 2,000 room doors on a working day. This rush of crookery is best conducted during those periods when guests have most likely left their rooms: 10:00am – 4:00pm. All of this can be instructive in helping to prevent and detect door pushing at your hotel. <br />
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GUEST EDUCATION - Educate guests to double-check their door whenever exiting. Guests should be advised to pull the door shut manually, and then test to make sure it’s closed and locked by turning the handle and pushing on the door. Encourage guests to use in-room safes, as well as the hotel Safe Deposit box.<br />
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INSPECT YOUR DOORS - Conduct regularly scheduled tests of all guestroom doors to ensure that they close and lock properly. Handles, bolts, closer springs, door jams, and electronics should all be tested. <br />
<br />STAFF TRAINING - Train staff members on the issues.Employees should be trained how to check and secure guestroom doors. They should also be educated on this type of criminal activity. Teach staffers to report suspicious people and activity. A person who is repeatedly seen at your property walking guestroom hallways during daytime hours should be reported to security and/or police. Digital video surveillance can be very helpful in detecting behavior consistent with door pushing. Train those security team members who monitor your cameras on what to look for. Archive all videotape of possible suspects. This may be used later to help prosecute the criminal once apprehended. <br />
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LAW ENFORCEMENT - Report incidents to law enforcement. While your own property may have suffered only a couple of cases in recent weeks, these may be part of a broader problem of which you are not aware. If a career criminal is working your tourism venue, it’s essential to involve local law enforcement.<br />
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BOUT THE AUTHOR<br />
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Dave Wiggins is a 27-year veteran of California law enforcement, and the past president of the California Tourism Safety & Security Association. He is a recognized expert on tourism related crimes, investigations, and crime prevention at tourism venues. Dave and his colleagues provide training for security, law enforcement, and tourism teams around the nation.To contact the author, email <a href="mailto:TSSUPDATES@GMAIL.COM">TSSUPDATES@GMAIL.COM</a>.Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-7247384732034726342013-01-03T12:31:00.003-08:002013-07-19T20:07:28.057-07:00The Magic Parlor at the Chancellor Hotel gets a great review in the San Francisco Examiner<br />
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Walt Anthony, right, invites visitors onstage to help him during his engaging San Francisco Magic Parlor show. Just off Union Square, away from the bustle of the crowd, is a cozy and charming place where history and imagination meet: Walt Anthony’s San Francisco Magic Parlor. <br />
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Setting up shop in the breakfast room of the 100-year-old Chancellor Hotel, which has been cleverly decked out with Belle Epoque-era furnishings, Anthony is a conjurer-storyteller who spins tales of old San Francisco peppered with classic feats of magic.<br />
Dapper in a tux, with an easy-paced theatrical patter that manages to be calming, quiet and haunting at the same time, Anthony serves up saucy vignettes about some of The City’s most infamous historical figures: abolitionist Mary Ellen Pleasant, a voodoo practitioner; eccentric Joshua Norton, who proclaimed himself emperor; occultist Anton LaVey, the father of modern Satanism; and the beautiful Gertrude Atherton, writer of scandalous Victorian-era romance novels.<br />
With each story comes a trick, often involving an audience member joining him onstage. Those who choose cards or cut decks are as enthralled as the rest of the folks in the intimate crowd — some 30 seats — when Anthony magically conjures their selection.<br />
He has a special box, which he reveals as empty at the beginning of the show, when he separates the hinged sides.<br />
But after he puts it back together, it quickly fills up, and from it he pulls fascinating objects such as a Chinese laughing Buddha figurine, which illustrates a story about the mysteries of alleys in San Francisco’s Chinatown.<br />
He does fun things with ropes, including making three pieces of different lengths all the same length, as well as passing a clothesline — held by two audience members in jump-rope fashion — through his body.<br />
For his final and most mind-blowing feat, Anthony levitates an antique end table as the climax to an appealing yarn about 6-foot-tall socialite Alma Spreckels, who includes the invention of the garage sale among her claims to fame. Married to Adolph Spreckels, a sugar magnate 24 years her senior (whom she called sugar daddy), “Big Alma” was instrumental in building the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, filling it with Rodin sculptures and donating the museum to The City.<br />
Program notes indicate that Anthony has more stories of old San Francisco to tell, and that he’s keeping his parlor doors open as long as listeners come to hear them. For old-fashioned, old-time entertainment, his magical drawing room is well worth a visit. <br />
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<strong>San Francisco Magic Parlor</strong><br />
Where: Chancellor Hotel, 433 Powell St. (between Post and Sutter streets), S.F.<br />
When: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays<br />
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Contact: <a href="http://www.sfmagicparlor.com/">www.SFMagicParlor.com</a>Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-71935264925085904562012-12-07T15:10:00.002-08:002012-12-07T15:30:37.793-08:00Guest Room Door Locks Vulnerability<br />
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There have been reports of guestroom burglaries attributed to suspects using laptop computers and key cards to open Onity guestroom door locks. The device can be concealed in an iPhone case and a Dry Erase marking pen body and plugs into the door locks.</div>
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Thankfully, the Chancellor Hotel does NOT use Onity Locks and is not vulnerable to the problem.<br />
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There was a story on the Today Show about the situation. It looks very concerning. Whenever I am in a hotel room, I always use the chain or secondary latch. However, the ability to gain access with the Onity locks is not preventable if you are out of your room. Of course, the odds of you being a victim are very small, but it is still scary.<br />
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We always suggest our guests follow the American Hotel &Lodging Association’s Guest Safety Tips. Here they are: <br />
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NBC News reporter Jeff Rossen explains in a segment on the TODAY Show (click below) highlighting Onity lock vulnerabilities. In the report, security consultant, Jim Stickley, demonstrated the hacking device and the ease with which it can be used to gain access to hotel rooms.</div>
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Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-6022119953790257682012-11-06T15:09:00.000-08:002012-11-06T15:09:01.520-08:00Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square Returns!I received the news letter and I wanted to pass on the information about the ice skating rink in Union Square...<br />
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City's Most Bustling, Festive Holiday Locale Celebrates 5th Anniversary </div>
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Winter in San Francisco would not be the same without gliding across the ice with family and friends at the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines. The ice skating season begins Wednesday, November 7, 2012 and runs through Monday, January 21, 2013. Nestled among the vibrant lights of San Francisco's most popular shopping destination, the ice rink in Union Square is the premier location for outdoor holiday ice skating. A portion of proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco and San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8vIYcvUNnQcxuL7-FpmqocEwplRKoNxS5qLutA1kE3YYjwUDbi6YSkoFGM3aGZS3A-FwegAzjhyphenhyphen8spnJ9ldX69BLbtmqFOErDIDdgY6OyeUCYGVAL1Hqr9fWmbJYH3OggpQbg0GJmus/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8vIYcvUNnQcxuL7-FpmqocEwplRKoNxS5qLutA1kE3YYjwUDbi6YSkoFGM3aGZS3A-FwegAzjhyphenhyphen8spnJ9ldX69BLbtmqFOErDIDdgY6OyeUCYGVAL1Hqr9fWmbJYH3OggpQbg0GJmus/s1600/1.jpg" height="175" rea="true" width="320" /></a>"We are so happy to be celebrating our 5th Anniversary of the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines in the heart of San Francisco," says Willy Bietak, Safeway Holiday Ice Rink producer and president of Willy Bietak Productions. "Ice skating in Union Square provides the perfect activity for families, couples and dates. Everyone will be charmed by the festive lights and holiday magic."</div>
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The ice rink will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., with the exception of closing at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, December 31, 2012. Ticket prices for regular admission are $10 and $6 for children eight years old and under. Ice skate and hockey skate rentals are $5.</div>
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Advance tickets can be purchased NOW by clicking here. Starting Wednesday, November 7, 2012 tickets will be available at the ice rink ticket window in Union Square. Group rates and private parties are also available.<br />
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<strong><u>Dates to Remember:</u></strong><br />
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November 7 - Opening Day<br />
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November 8 - Giants' PRIDE Night<br />
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November 14 - BGCSF Youth Skate Program<br />
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November 23 - Tree Lighting Ceremony<br />
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November 29 - Icebreaker: SF Single's Night<br />
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December 6 - Drag Queens On Ice<br />
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January 1 - Polar Bear Skate<br />
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January 21 - Last Day to Skate <br />
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UPCOMING EVENTS</h2>
This holiday skating season, the ice rink will present some exciting events including Opening Ceremony featuring Disney's THE LION KING, Icebreaker: San Francisco Single's Night, the return of Drag Queens on Ice "Bigger, Better and Bawdier!" - and the first ever Polar Bear Skate. <br />
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The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines will kick off the holiday ice skating season with a special opening ceremony featuring Disney's THE LION KING. Grab your scarf and mittens and make your way down to the ice rink to view a local professional ice skating group performing to Disney's THE LION KING's "Circle of Life" sung by Buyi Zama who portrays "Rafiki." This is a must attend family event! <br />
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Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco Youth Skate </h3>
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Love is in the air at the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines. Join us for "Icebreaker: San Francisco Single's Night," where the first 100 singles to arrive with their favorite ugly holiday sweater will receive a special gift. Grab your single friends and head down to the ice rink for a single's night mixer! You might just meet your swoon-worthy New Year's Eve kiss! <br />
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The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines is putting its own spin on Canada's "Polar Bear Swim" with the San Francisco-Style Polar Bear Skate. With California style in mind, ice skaters are encouraged to come in their favorite bathing suit and beach blanket apparel. The first 100 ice skaters will receive a special polar bear skate gift. There will also be a polar bear dance off and a contest for the craziest holiday polar bear bathing suit. Get your shades, bathing suit and best polar bear attire and come to the ice rink to take the plunge! </div>
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Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-37130041339623490412012-02-14T14:48:00.001-08:002012-02-14T15:01:20.835-08:00Valentine's Day in San Francisco<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYx1k25Q-YD4DCTz-UD_l5uL3S6wDef9Yj6qBjjyN2jIKvBA7i4WldjXROp_JN2VGLdKZS83jx7BSXI34YIbRD1_Vn4O8jCFoRRlwRNTt9R4AjrnRfodFOpnbMSCm6uinty04hyphenhyphenaG4WeQ/s1600/valentines+day.BMP"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 299px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709127878852084658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYx1k25Q-YD4DCTz-UD_l5uL3S6wDef9Yj6qBjjyN2jIKvBA7i4WldjXROp_JN2VGLdKZS83jx7BSXI34YIbRD1_Vn4O8jCFoRRlwRNTt9R4AjrnRfodFOpnbMSCm6uinty04hyphenhyphenaG4WeQ/s400/valentines+day.BMP" /></a> Only in San Francisco...<br /><br />While most people wear red, give teddy bears or big pink hearts on Valentine's Day, this guy is trying to protect himself from the celebration.<br /><br />He must have scared some people too. Right before I took this picture, he was just sitting at the tables outside Starbucks on Powell at Sutter Street enjoying his coffee when a fire truck, ambulance and police all speed up with their lights and sirens going. As it turns out, he was just protecting himself from the Valentine's Day air that was filled with love.<br /><br />Breath deep...Love is in the air!Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-51964334284447136622012-02-09T12:10:00.000-08:002012-02-09T12:21:37.685-08:00Another Ghost Story....I don't need to write a blog, I let other people do it for me because they do it so much better.<br /><br />Here is a story that a VIP Account of ours received from an out of town visitor that they had booked at the Chancellor. It is too good to keep to ourselves. Enjoy...<br /><br /><a title="http://www.everythinglovelee.com/post/17249251282/hauntedhotelstory" href="http://www.everythinglovelee.com/post/17249251282/hauntedhotelstory">Do you have any haunted hotel stories? I do…</a><br />Every year, I travel to San Francisco at least 2 or 3 times to shoot for a client of mine… But this past trip (1/30-1/31) was exceptionally interesting…<br />I landed in San Fran on Monday, Jan. 30th around 9pm and arrived at the hotel I normally stay at, The Chancellor Hotel in Union Square. I checked in, got my room key, took the elevator to the 14th floor, put the key card into the door of 1401.. and as soon as I opened the door… the window to the fire escape flew wide open. The wind blew the long pale curtains into the air just as if out of a scary movie, as if someone had just jumped out the window to escape! Shocked, I took a quick look around to make sure no one was in the room, peeked out the window, thinking I might find a homeless guy on the stairs or something. I closed the window and bolted for the door!<br />Feeling a bit uneasy, I went back downstairs to the lobby to request a room without access to the fire escape. The young woman at the front desk assigned me to room 1309, evidently a corner room on the other side of the building that wouldn’t be near a fire escape. So I hesitantly accepted the new room key and took the elevator to the 13th floor… (Yes I know, the 13th FLOOR!!!!) The key didn’t work the first few tries but finally when it did I entered the dark room, turned on some lights, sat down on the bed, and tried to unpack some of my things. As I began to get settled in, I noticed a constant knocking on the wall near the far end of the bed, a kind of rhythmic tapping, almost like the sound of a rocking chair hitting the wall. The strange thing was the tapping on the wall wasn’t coming from the wall that was connected to the neighboring room, it was coming from the opposite side wall that had NO room next to it bc this was a corner room. Getting annoyed from the endless patter and having NO idea where it was coming from nor how to stop it… I gathered up my things and went back downstairs once again.<br />” You’re going to think I am crazy” I said “… but there is a constant tapping on the wall upstairs in that room and I really just need to get some sleep for my shoot tomorrow so may I please just try one more room?” She gave me a exhausted look, barely made eye contact, and attempted to search for a new room that might be available…but it almost seemed routine for her, as if she had heard these complaints on several occasions… so I asked her semi jokingly… ” This place isn’t haunted is it?! hah” .. she looked up, not laughing at all… ” Well… we have only really heard about sightings and strange things happening on the 13th & 14th floors….Oh boy, I have goose bumps just thinking about it!” she said as the hair stood up on her arms.<br />WHAT?!?!?!!?!?!?!?! HOLY SH*****T OMG! WTF! FML! WE BOTH HAVE GOOSEBUMPS AND I LITERALLY JUST GOT CONFIRMATION THAT THIS PLACE IS HAUNTED?!?!?<br />I was thinking in my head… but trying to keep my cool… (ok fine my jaw dropped… TO THE FLOOR) I said, ” YOUR JOKING right?!?! Are you SURE its ONLY the 13th and 14th floors??? What about the 15th floor or other floors below?!” She assured me it was only those two floors so she assigned me to a room on the 5th floor. I tried to take a deep breath, took the elevator AGAIN to my new room, tried to get settled, called my best friend and told her everything that happened and of course she says ” OMG dude!!” she shrieked,” The whole place is haunted for sure!!! Are you crazy?! Get out of there!”<br />Game Over. When your bestie tells you to run, you RUN!!! I was already completely freaked out before talking to her, whipping my head around towards every single little sound in the room…but nowwww I have my friend freaked out too!? That amped up my fear level from a 6.5 straight up to a 10!! I shoved my stuff back in my suitcase, stumbled out of the room, pounded on the “down” elevator button in a panic and then bolted for the hotel front doors.. if its one thing I DON’T want to mess with it’s ghosts!!!!<br />I took my little carry-on suitcase and wheeled it across the street to the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. I went up to the guy at the front desk and said ” Listen, I just had a few creepy experiences at the Chancellor hotel next door and I really just need to sleep in a hotel that isn’t haunted, can you help me?” I smiled in hopes that he might be able to calm me down some, but instead he replies semi laughing ” Well, do you want me to tell you what you want to hear… or the truth?”<br />WHAAAAT??? AGAINNN???? AM I HALLUCINATING??<br />“We definitely have our fair share of strange stories here too Mam, but that’s only bc most of the hotels are over a 100years old.. ” he began to tell me. ”Whats the NEWEST hotel in San Francisco?!” I asked dead seriously. He directed me toward the W hotel.. it sounded ghost proof so I began on my journey. Alone, tired, and lost in ghost town, I ran across the Four Seasons Hotel where instead of getting directions to the W, I got some answers to my questions. “WHY IS SAN FRANCISCO SO HAUNTED?” I asked dramatically hoping to get a laughing response and hear him say he had no idea what I was talking about.<br />Ohhh nooo… Instead he began to answer my question with a straight face. ” Well, it is build on a cemetery dating back to the Gold Rush days. The Four Seasons was renovated in 2006 so we haven’t heard as many strange stories since but.. Haven’t you ever heard of the ratio 6 to 1?” I look at him in astonishment wondering why I never learned about this “6 to 1” ratio that he is so surprised that I never heard of… “6 to 1 what?” I asked in confusion… ” There are 6 dead people to every 1 living in San Francisco, you didn’t know that?”<br />WHAAATTTT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOWWW?!??!<br />Officially freaked out, I left the hotel and as a last resort I called my sweet and wonderful clients to tell them about my adventure. They insisted that I jump in a cab and join them at their home for a glass of wine and to stay the night in their guest suite… didn’t sound too shabby and as long as it wasn’t haunted I WAS THERE.<br />I told them the crazy stories over a nice glass of white wine, and then out of curiosity, we decided to google the Chancellor Hotel to see if there were any other creepy stories we could find online… and low and behold we found several stories, but one in particular was a story about a ghost sighting in room 1501 that was posted on the blog of the hotel itself!!! At the end of the story that a guest had submitted to the hotel manager, the hotel commented: “We have had a few people over the years make comments about ghosts and strange occurrences, but this is the most serious, detailed encounter I have ever heard of at the hotel.”<br />Check out the blog post here: <a title="http://thechancellorhotel.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-chancellor-hotel-haunted.html" href="http://thechancellorhotel.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-chancellor-hotel-haunted.html" target="_blank">http://thechancellorhotel.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-chancellor-hotel-haunted.html</a><br />IT’S OFFICIAL… THE CHANCELLOR HOTEL IN SAN FRANCISCO IS HAUNTED!!!<br />Do you have a haunted hotel story?? Feel free to share!<br />========================================================<br /><br />Is the Chancellor Hotel haunted? You decide. I was born in San Francisco and grew up in the bay area, but I have never heard of the "6-1." I have heard that when San Francisco was growing, they moved all of the cemetaries to Colma in the 1900s. I have heard that Colma has more people underground than above ground, but not in San Francisco. Not true or logical.<br />Makes for a great story, though.Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-35053792374050485532011-11-04T09:35:00.000-07:002011-11-07T10:36:33.818-08:00Luques Restaurant is going Hi-TechThe Luques Restaurant is our little dining spot inside the hotel where we serve breakfast and lunch including room service 7 days per week from 7am to 2:30pm. Luques is one of the few places that serve breakfast ALL DAY. We also do room service in the evening 4 days per week - Wednesday through Saturday along with our bar snack menu. Our menu is filled with simple California Cuisine that is fresh, local and tasty. Our breakfast specialties are Chilaquiles<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="st"><em></em></span></span> and Eggs Benedict. For lunch, we are known for our Thai Shrimp and Papaya Salad. We are one of the best values for breakfast and lunch in the Union Square Area and now we are making things even better for our customers through technology.<br /><div><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">We now have 3 new Hi-Tech programs that are available to our guests:</span></div><br /><ul><li><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Stampt</span></strong></li><br /><br /><li><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Google Wallet</span></strong></li><br /><br /><li><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">LevelUp</span></strong></li></ul>Stampt is a mobile app that is a frequent guest reward program. Stampt tracks the number of times one eats with us and after they get a "Stampt" 10 times, they get a free entree. <img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 180px; display: block; height: 179px;" alt="" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/188038_118693724873464_3267190_n.jpg" border="0" />No more membership cards to carry. Let your phone do it all. You can find the app here: <a href="http://stampt.com/">http://stampt.com/</a><br /><br /><div>All you need to do is download the app on to your mobile device, dine at Luques and show your phone with the app to get credit. Come get Stampt!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.google.com/images/logos/wallet_logo_48.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 48px;" src="http://www.google.com/images/logos/wallet_logo_48.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Google Wallet and LevelUp are two new more secure ways of paying for purchases using your mobile device instead of a credit card or debit card. You simply maintain an account with Google Wallet or LevelUp and when you want to pay for your purchase at Luques, open the app and we obtain the payment.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://www.thelevelup.com/images/white_logo_sm.png?1320075080"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 53px;" src="https://www.thelevelup.com/images/white_logo_sm.png?1320075080" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br />Of course, we still take cash just like in the olden days.<br /><div></div>Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-38693439135237835242011-11-01T13:22:00.000-07:002011-11-01T13:35:13.996-07:00Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmh_cvqkqohetEYCALKJyKlQNtyO7VhBumg86GUnVA2S-MIpYmKeBqY-AvBUAH_Dy_F4jizZyQ0y98F_B9a-rTLfXTlhfDLDVVfY6rQ_AN6y9OhS5uywM5LrOXEEq9ieDT80ywBfLGS1c/s1600/ipone+pictures+348.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670127466237809826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmh_cvqkqohetEYCALKJyKlQNtyO7VhBumg86GUnVA2S-MIpYmKeBqY-AvBUAH_Dy_F4jizZyQ0y98F_B9a-rTLfXTlhfDLDVVfY6rQ_AN6y9OhS5uywM5LrOXEEq9ieDT80ywBfLGS1c/s400/ipone+pictures+348.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div>We just concluded our annual employee pumpkin carving contest and Mao is the winner again!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>I think Mao has another career if he decides to give up waiting on tables. He carves a mean pumpkin.</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>We gave any employee interested in participating a pumpkin to carve and put them out in the lobby for several days leading up to Halloween. We put ballots out and guests and visitors voted for their favorite pumpkin. We gave cash prizes for the top three vote getters.</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Thank you for participating!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6b2N1p6pVyB_MaupFBnxAqqI3OLvXmBIYGXPhrmv8uJZMge9rbmG7zJSRBf8R3hLhyphenhyphenfB3UcPPep5iGRwVnEanqBYnwupefc9TB_yIgnWlVLtKY7M5np4GN4xGM6pRWQEE_jPBRr9sYEQ/s1600/ipone+pictures+346.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670128244441521922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6b2N1p6pVyB_MaupFBnxAqqI3OLvXmBIYGXPhrmv8uJZMge9rbmG7zJSRBf8R3hLhyphenhyphenfB3UcPPep5iGRwVnEanqBYnwupefc9TB_yIgnWlVLtKY7M5np4GN4xGM6pRWQEE_jPBRr9sYEQ/s400/ipone+pictures+346.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The front desk ladies got into the spirit and dressed up a front desk kittens</div></div></div>Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-78404710731962341582011-10-10T16:27:00.000-07:002011-10-10T16:45:09.736-07:00Crooks Tour San Francisco<a href="http://www.crookstour.com/bg-1.jpeg?u=621572451"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 401px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 91px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.crookstour.com/bg-1.jpeg?u=621572451" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">We just heard about this walking tour that is available in San Francisco that is all about the City's dark side. Crime, Vice and San Francisco History! It is a 90 minute walking tour that meets at the Ferry Building. The tour is only $30 per person but guests of the Chancellor Hotel can get $10 off. Simply go to their website </span><a href="http://www.crookstour.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.crookstour.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> and use the discount code: <strong>THANKYOU</strong></span><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><strong>For more information: (415) 601-5346 or email: </strong><a href="mailto:info@crookstour.com"><strong>info@crookstour.com</strong></a></div></div></div>Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-60118233217619145832011-10-04T12:40:00.000-07:002011-10-04T12:52:50.398-07:00Fleet Week 2011 San Francisco<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPAzpko51SrI-_3vDvwqQ6V24ipCoNgtkrvtzb5AiBznIUFdGkF7JmoAX-znmDaaGFyYYSuwtiuI_rc5kNBRHGHUyO8JpysatXJyyk_CDz_MGYC80BR_ulOpzWNVkYtEEeHhCRTHfvQo/s1600/untitled2.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659725316545168578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPAzpko51SrI-_3vDvwqQ6V24ipCoNgtkrvtzb5AiBznIUFdGkF7JmoAX-znmDaaGFyYYSuwtiuI_rc5kNBRHGHUyO8JpysatXJyyk_CDz_MGYC80BR_ulOpzWNVkYtEEeHhCRTHfvQo/s400/untitled2.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><br />Fleet Week starts October 6 with the practice runs over the City and Bay. It is always a special treat to see the planes buzz the City and practice their <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">maneuvers</span>. Fleet Week has been getting better and better each year. <br /><br />This year, the Canadian Snowbirds will be flying. Also, the Parade of Ships will be lead under the Golden Gate Bridge by the USS Carl Vinson on Saturday.<br /><br />Here is the website and schedule of events:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fleetweek.us/">http://www.fleetweek.us/</a><br /><br />SCHEDULE OF EVENTS<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thursday, October 6, 2011<br />Blue Angels Circle and Arrival Maneuvers practice 1-5pm<br />Friday, October 7, 2011<br />Urban Search & Rescue training with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">SFFD</span>, Sailors and Marines at Treasure Island and civilian emergency response teams - by invitation only<br />NERT CERT CORE -by invitation only<br />Fleet Week </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/page_airshow.html" target="_blank" jquery1317757073093="1"><span style="font-size:85%;">Air Show</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> Practice 12:30pm to 4pm<br />PIER 39 -Navy Band Southwest 12 - 2pm, Take 2 from 4 -7pm. Meet & Greet The Blue Angels near Aquarium of the Bay from 7:15pm -7:45pm<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Interagency</span> Softball Competition at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Moscone</span> Field in San Francisco: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">SFPD</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">SFFD</span>, USMC, USN - 8am-2pm<br />Saturday, October 8, 2011<br /></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/page_ships.html" target="_self" jquery1317757073093="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">Parade of Ships</span></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/page_ships.html" target="_self" jquery1317757073093="3"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">1st ship under the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">GG</span> Bridge will be USS Carl Vinson at 11am. All ships will berth along the northern San Francisco waterfront<br />Ship Tour Pier 30-32, USS <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">BONHOMME</span> RICHARD, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">LHD</span> 8am-4pm<br />Marine Band performing at the Cable Car Turn Around in Union Square, then will march up to The Marines Memorial Club at 609 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sutter</span> Street<br />Fleet Week </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/page_airshow.html" target="_blank" jquery1317757073093="4"><span style="font-size:85%;">Air Show</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> 12:30pm to 4pm<br />Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response Display on Marina Green 9am-5pm<br />W Foundation's Navy in Space Exhibit on Marina Green<br />Anthem Health’s Bringing Back Recess exhibit on Marina Green<br />PIER 39-First Marine Division Band 2-3pm, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">LoveFool</span> 4-7pm<br />Marine Band Concert at Huntington Park - 6pm - 7pm<br />Sunday, October 9, 2011<br />Fleet Week </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/page_airshow.html" target="_blank" jquery1317757073093="5"><span style="font-size:85%;">Air Show</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> 12:30pm to 4pm<br />140<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> Annual Italian Heritage Parade – Military Marching Band,Color Guards, Marching Units - San Francisco's North Beach -Powell & Jefferson Streets to Stockton to Washington Square, followed by a Band Concert at Washington Square.<br />Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response Display on Marina Green 9am -5pm<br />W <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Foundations's</span> Navy In Space Exhibit on Marina<br />Anthem Health’s Bringing Back Recess exhibit on Marina Green<br />Ship Tours Pier 27, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">USSS</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">MILIUS</span>, USS ANTIETAM, USS CHIEF- 8am-4 pm<br />Ship Tour Pier 35, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">USCGC</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">BERTHOLF</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">USCGC</span> ALERT, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">HMCS</span> OTTAWA - 8:00-4:00pm<br />Ship Tour Pier 30-32, USS <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">BONHOMME</span> RICHARD - 8:00am - 4:00pm<br />USS CARL VINSON, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">CVN</span> at anchor - No public visitations<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">HMCS</span> BRANDON, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">HMCS</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">NANAIMO</span>, Pier 80 - No public visitations<br />PIER 39-Navy Band Southwest 12-2pm, Mustache Harbor 4-7pm<br />49<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">ers</span> Salute to the Fleet - Candlestick Park, 49<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">ers</span> vs Tampa Bay - The Marine Band will be playing at the entrances while fans enter the stadium, The Coast guard will have a singer for The National Anthem for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">pre</span>-game with two F-18s flying over. Halftime will consist of 150 future Marines/Sailors bringing out a large American Flag along with the Marine Band playing "Stars and Stripes Forever." Following that, USN CF3 Captain <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bryne</span> will be doing a swear in on field for 20 future Marines/Sailors. Immediately after that, Air Force singer A1C <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hokay</span> will sing "God Bless the USA."<br />Monday, October 10, 2011<br />Ship Tours Pier 27, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">USSS</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">MILIUS</span>, USS ANTIETAM, USS CHIEF- 8am-4 pm<br />Ship Tour Pier 35, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">USCGC</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">BERTHOLF</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">USCGC</span> ALERT, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">HMCS</span> OTTAWA - 8:00-4:00pm<br />Ship Tour Pier 30-32, USS <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">BONHOMME</span> RICHARD - 8:00am - 4:00pm<br />USS CARL VINSON, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error">CVN</span> at anchor - No public visitations<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">HMCS</span> BRANDON, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">HMCS</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-error">NANAIMO</span>, Pier 80 - No public visitations<br />2<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> Annual Fleet Week Band Challenge <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-error">GGPark</span> Band Shell - 8am - 1pm<br />PIER 39 - Navy Band Southwest 12-2pm<br />Tuesday, October 11, 2011<br />All <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-error">SFFWA</span> Ships Depart</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Air Show Schedule</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thursday, October 6, 2011<br />1pm to 3pm - US Navy Blue Angels Circle & Arrival<br />4pm to 5pm - US Navy Blue Angels Practice<br /><br />Friday, October 7, 2011<br />12:30pm - 4pm - Air Show Flying,<br />1:30 -2pm Canadian Snowbirds<br />3pm to 4pm - US Navy Blue Angels<br /><br />Saturday, October 8, 2011<br />11am - Parade of Navy Ships<br />12:30pm - 4pm - Air Show Flying<br />1:30 -2pm Canadian Snowbirds<br />3pm to 4pm - US Navy Blue Angels<br /><br />Sunday, October 9, 2011<br />12:30pm - 4pm - Air Show Flying,<br />1:30 -2pm Canadian Snowbirds<br />3pm to 4pm - US Navy Blue Angels</span>Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-78809966730009882462011-09-30T21:48:00.000-07:002011-10-01T05:23:10.988-07:00Oracle Openworld is here!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXt03_Ix47W3pD7BLL9Nw0ty7ojO7LT2XFtnpSdOvIGZq194TR2UFQ7EVS07VZOTfWnX1ooiP6ZSR7RqKedOXo7sWWKYXyU4_MmGS3ZUb6ZYDXrCyHSW32jwVEAG520S04E6jvGMwH9k/s1600/oracle_logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 117px; text-align: center; display: block;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658387092359588674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXt03_Ix47W3pD7BLL9Nw0ty7ojO7LT2XFtnpSdOvIGZq194TR2UFQ7EVS07VZOTfWnX1ooiP6ZSR7RqKedOXo7sWWKYXyU4_MmGS3ZUb6ZYDXrCyHSW32jwVEAG520S04E6jvGMwH9k/s400/oracle_logo.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Oracle <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Openworld</span> is THE biggest thing in San Francisco. The hotels are full and the economic impact to the City is huge.<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhiUP5qTxgMWoxNA0HnIdgK2DVOYiDaO9f78qvr01uaNKLlbh7hmU3oUy1hJv5OO_eZ9CWvbggWJ7b2iLy3V0T_X6JdV5S2X701iFtMwmsjJISHHeHNjtr2ZH0YwfEovXaRwPQXpaI-aU/s1600/oracle2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 150px; float: left;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658386735726016386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhiUP5qTxgMWoxNA0HnIdgK2DVOYiDaO9f78qvr01uaNKLlbh7hmU3oUy1hJv5OO_eZ9CWvbggWJ7b2iLy3V0T_X6JdV5S2X701iFtMwmsjJISHHeHNjtr2ZH0YwfEovXaRwPQXpaI-aU/s200/oracle2.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><p align="left">We welcome the attendees and thank them for coming to San <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Francisco</span>.</p>One thing we do special for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Oracleworld</span>, because the event is so big and important is the closing of Howard Street.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658385240514265842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlO7H_XGVgtViYftDYU2yCWi9CAksIVV67TauOynNyhl81i1czRgotv4sWUr2E_CAi3glhmttN2kd_1lGiHrM4Ky-g8TT_VOHqbqXr_1qDjaPB7Dmq_Y_cpQUJjHN5hIoX_k1bQZS7BQ/s400/oracle.JPG" />Howard Street between 3rd and 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> Streets which runs between <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Moscone</span> North and South is tented. It is a small <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">inconvenience</span> for some drivers, but well worth any trouble considering what this event does for the local economy over the week.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658385232676590338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtZUuEnf4acNL-XtGZKoGt-vB1M42ljI4w-7AfNtstU7ATTcyD7XiPG1hXeDTt80qo-3dQQnn09Lq_iaUsaIpBAM-fVMusvc2lHYYzNYBf7kfymgxtVeXMaXEGDexEXuwyGGTL6MWZsE/s400/oracle1.JPG" />Another way many businesses show their appreciation for the folks that come to San Francisco for the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Openworld</span> event is the "Show your Badge and Save" offers. Attendees can show their badge and receive discounts at restaurants and more. We are proud that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Luques</span> Restaurant and Bar located inside the Chancellor Hotel is participating in that program. You can use the link here to check all of the Union Square offers.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.sftravel.us/groups/directory_eat.asp">http://www.sftravel.us/groups/directory_eat.asp</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-11482084218514802712011-09-16T13:05:00.001-07:002011-09-16T13:29:35.338-07:00The Bold Italic now available to guests at the Chancellor Hotel on Union Square<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8ioZYpR4edlcHDqlSq1JUScH8BwCiWGlPHdPzeZ7jvGN8r2YKtyfmZBruq7uoIgLne1hcZXCiDbQFIh4LvnbG4g-bdpiig7ciqGtwYHd-d5wDMbAh1bG2cbwUpvyhXCUTdBHHNwIpVQ/s1600/logo_small_black.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 260px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 79px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653054419411491010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8ioZYpR4edlcHDqlSq1JUScH8BwCiWGlPHdPzeZ7jvGN8r2YKtyfmZBruq7uoIgLne1hcZXCiDbQFIh4LvnbG4g-bdpiig7ciqGtwYHd-d5wDMbAh1bG2cbwUpvyhXCUTdBHHNwIpVQ/s400/logo_small_black.png" /></a> We are very honored to have the beta copies of The Bold Italic for our guests at the Chancellor Hotel on Union Square.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The Bold Italic is a new printed publication that highlights the truly local side of San Francisco. More and more, people that are visiting places want the local aspect of the place they are visiting. They want to act like locals, be with locals and know the local secrets. The Bold Italic serves that up in a fun and irreverent way. I went through the first issue and saw some great things that I can't wait to check out myself even though I am born and raised here. Other parts were making me laugh inside at some of the quirkier sides of San Francisco. There is a lot of great information for "Foodies" (I hate that term). I was thinking to myself, if I was visiting San Francisco and saw this publication, I would be so excited and disappointed at the same time. Excited because I am getting such great information that seems so unique, but disappointed that I would not have near enough time to do half of what I wanted to do.</div><br /><br /><div>Check out the website at: <a href="http://www.thebolditalic.com/">http://www.thebolditalic.com/</a>, but definitely pick it up at the hotel when you are visiting. You will really enjoy it.</div></div>Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-44944444248587629902011-08-17T15:25:00.000-07:002011-08-17T16:03:31.697-07:00San Francisco 49er Football Season is Just Around the Corner!<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtAm-xI5SmDv-k7hlwhPI-KN9i6wIhLv3BIA8WqPauNLGum4w8s0nA6sS-XTJyLdBMpULUey-wbRc0t6JJqrJowzQleEDzv1W40F71fOOrY7hzl1EWnXjew67RbNeemPrspY0JLrvfF8/s1600/SF%25252049ers.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 144px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641962426784537746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtAm-xI5SmDv-k7hlwhPI-KN9i6wIhLv3BIA8WqPauNLGum4w8s0nA6sS-XTJyLdBMpULUey-wbRc0t6JJqrJowzQleEDzv1W40F71fOOrY7hzl1EWnXjew67RbNeemPrspY0JLrvfF8/s200/SF%25252049ers.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Chancellor Hotel on Union Square has the BEST 49er Package!
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<br /></span></strong>It is hard to believe that this Saturday is the first <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">pre</span>-season home game and the regular season home opener is on September 11<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> - less than a month away now. Go <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Niners</span>! I hope we don't have to go to Santa Clara to see them some day. See them while you can in San Francisco!
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<br />The best news is that we have the best 49er football package going. We have great seats for our football package right down by the field almost on the 50 yard line about 15 rows from the field. The seats are Lower Box 16, Row O, Seats 23 & 24. Check it out: <a href="http://www.seats3d.com/nfl/san_francisco_49ers/">http://www.seats3d.com/nfl/san_francisco_49ers/</a>
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<br /><div>I wanted to pass on this information from the Union Square Business Improvement District with some of my pictures and other bits of information:</div>
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<br /><div>Beginning Monday, August 15, 2011 the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the San Francisco <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZLOc5mX7OaX1idsW51xnL0KHmG8WLTMajLthuhhNTD95TDx2RtwAVf_Ohqrz0UQamd-Pk_aQOIe3cS_aXxjYMddAM_ME2-pcYQcrA-9zJN9shsH2rw-9wkuHJyjGniMR9aeYwv9ywCE/s1600/sidewalk+widening+003.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 258px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 206px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641492937066480210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZLOc5mX7OaX1idsW51xnL0KHmG8WLTMajLthuhhNTD95TDx2RtwAVf_Ohqrz0UQamd-Pk_aQOIe3cS_aXxjYMddAM_ME2-pcYQcrA-9zJN9shsH2rw-9wkuHJyjGniMR9aeYwv9ywCE/s400/sidewalk+widening+003.jpg" /></a>Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) will be making improvements to Union Square Park to provide accessible routes on the sidewalks and street crossings to transit stops that serve Union Square Park. Among the improvements planned are:
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<br />· Removal of the corner pedestrian islands which are not large enough for safe pedestrian refuge and cannot be enlarged due to traffic lanes
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<br /><div>· Installation of appropriate signage and crosswalk painting
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<br /><div>It also looks like they will be relocating the Cable Car pick up from the island on Powell at Post Street. I noticed the line was much longer at Powell and Sutter Streets now.</div>
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<br /><strong>This project will be constructed in several phases as follows:
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<br /></strong>· Phase 1 will begin at the Post and Powell corner of Union Square Park. It will last 10 weeks. The work hours will be:
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<br />- Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and night hours of 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. </div>
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorWVv9e2nc52MLAYc5YCm9LXc7Faz6QMbrkmP7jAvkb9nxo8lTTMlZPa52kv3MhBWC012ivlOytzUXsVX-RCM2hdnvy6FB_ni_PwPv5-eUAL1SPbxgvZet-h55lydDKSf8-JOasan92o/s1600/sidewalk+widening+008.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641492964950785458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorWVv9e2nc52MLAYc5YCm9LXc7Faz6QMbrkmP7jAvkb9nxo8lTTMlZPa52kv3MhBWC012ivlOytzUXsVX-RCM2hdnvy6FB_ni_PwPv5-eUAL1SPbxgvZet-h55lydDKSf8-JOasan92o/s400/sidewalk+widening+008.jpg" /></a>- During this phase of construction the MUNI bus stop at Post and Powell will be temporarily relocated further eastward to Post near Stockton
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeO6_svgc0hKd7mjbRFo7X430E831frJVbdwXY7ZVxmnaw14HewxQs3a9J4YUow3yZdB3dhQ6iEs1FfA88f8YaiE5pPv_1roFAPat3vSzcRjxDFcozrWUDGhstvmZvEoXRXCbCiSGgbo/s1600/sidewalk+widening+002.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 249px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 181px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641492933661553458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeO6_svgc0hKd7mjbRFo7X430E831frJVbdwXY7ZVxmnaw14HewxQs3a9J4YUow3yZdB3dhQ6iEs1FfA88f8YaiE5pPv_1roFAPat3vSzcRjxDFcozrWUDGhstvmZvEoXRXCbCiSGgbo/s400/sidewalk+widening+002.jpg" /></a>- During construction hours, northbound traffic on Powell between Geary and Post will be restricted to one track-lane for all vehicles. The right-turn lane at Powell and Post will be closed entirely. Right turns will be permitted from the left cable-car track lane
<br />- Motorists are urged to use alternative routes to avoid delays </div></div></div></div></div>
<br />Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171199040114297382.post-31370567708463516082011-08-10T09:49:00.000-07:002011-08-10T11:19:51.053-07:00Raveable.com is a joke - Bed Bug Reports are very InaccurateWe just had a guest call us about information they read on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Raveable</span>.com. Please, please, please, do not believe everything you read on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">internet</span>! Especially when you only get half of the information. Any respectable review site, such as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">TripAdvisor</span>, will have a mechanism for posting a response to reviews. The proper way the system works is that people can post whatever they want and hotels can post a response. That is how one makes an informed decision - getting both sides of the story. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Raveable</span>.com, on the other hand, has "spiders" that pull information from other sites and regurgitates it on their own site. They have no original content, qualification method or system to provide both sides.
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<br />For example...
<br />When you look at the Chancellor Hotel listing on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Raveable</span>.com, a big warning header in bold red type shows up that says:
<br />WARNING: Bed Bugs Reported
<br />1 unconfirmed report in the last 12 months. Before booking, call the hotel and inquire about this incident.
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<br />When you click through, it indicates two reports, but they are from the same guest review copied off of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">TripAdvisor</span>.
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<br />Regardless, the whole thing is not true! It was one posting by a guest that was trying to extort us for a free stay. They demanded a free stay or else they would post bed bug reports about us on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">internet</span>. As you will read in their execution of their threat, we tore the room apart in front of them and NOTHING WAS FOUND. Here is what they posted:
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<br />“BED BUGS.....VERY COMMON AT THIS HOTEL”
<br />Reviewed February 17, 2011
<br />So we gave this hotel every chance to redeem themselves. When we approached the front desk about bed bug bites that appeared after a single night's stay it was clear that it was not the first time they had dealt with this problem. They turned the room upside down, and gave us another room for the evening....we had no choice but to stay there. When we looked at the bed bug website - the financial district in San Fran basically had one big red blotch over it and seemingly every hotel had dealt with it. As for this place the higher level front desk person had close to zero customer service skills, and the manager never came to speak with us. I would absolutely tell anyone looking for a hotel in San Francisco to carefully research the area and the specific hotel. We had to dry clean or wash everything in hot water when we got home - vacuum all bags and put as much as possible in a hot dryer...it was a nightmare. Plus bites took a couple of weeks to heal. We choose this hotel for the location and price...but got what we paid for....especially bad service.
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<br />Here is my response that is posted with it:
<br />This is an example of one of the real flaws with review sites. However, I trust that a vast majority of people that use <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">TripAdvisor</span> see right through this.This is absolutely untrue.These folks reported "bed bugs" the evening of their second day after coming back and being out all day. Not when they were sleeping. We immediately went to the room to check things. As they to mention, we stripped the room in front of them and FOUND NOTHING. If there was something, we would have found it. The lady has some red bumps on her. We don't know where they came from, but it wasn't from bed bugs at the Chancellor Hotel. They indicated they would be more comfortable if we moved them to another room for the night. We did. The next day we re-checked the room and found nothing. Just in the interest of goodwill, we offered one night refund. I didn't think that was fair to us, but if it would make them happy, I was willing to do it. However, when they tried to bully and threaten us demanding a full refund or they would post bad reviews all over the Internet, we said no. We will always do what is right and fair, but we will not be bullied and extorted. We have found bed bugs at the hotel. We have an extensive bed bug program and were recognized in the New York Times as a best practice business. You can Google it. If there had been bed bugs, this would not have been posted because we would have done everything possible to make the guest happy and rectify any issues. A hotel can not stop bed bugs from being introduced to their property, but they can do everything possible to deal with them and we do.
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<br />Here is a link to the New York Times Article: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/business/08bedbug.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/business/08bedbug.html</a>
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<br />Other issues that make me question the content of Raveable.com...If you are looking at a hotel listing, they attach a list below that says "better quality hotel..." If the hotels have the same star rating, how do they label it as "better" than another hotel?
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<br />They have a box on the site that says:
<br />+77.8%
<br />Increased Risk of Bed Bugs in San Francisco Hotels
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<br />What? Where did they come up with that?
<br />They have no real evidence to make a claim like that. That is outrageous!
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<br />After looking through several listings and pages of information, I find <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Raveable</span>.com is a waste of time and very unreliable. Good luck...its a jungle out there.
<br />Wes Tyler GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168890861381021937noreply@blogger.com5