Return-Path: X-Original-To: oracle-l@orafaq.com Delivered-To: oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: from puck1183.startdedicated.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by puck1183.startdedicated.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DF9419602A0 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 08:35:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by puck1183.startdedicated.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 08:35:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 872E220652; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 02:35:26 -0400 (EDT) Authentication-Results: turing.freelists.org; dkim=fail (verification failed; insecure key) header.i=@gmail.com; dkim-adsp=none (insecure policy) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at turing.freelists.org Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kpSkg8UbaxyH; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 02:35:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id AF3DD20225; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 02:34:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Fri, 08 Aug 2014 02:34:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 66AAD2004E for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 02:34:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id l3TwjnSZPW4C for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 02:34:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-qg0-f42.google.com (mail-qg0-f42.google.com [209.85.192.42]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 20F58200A0 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 02:33:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-qg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id j5so5663846qga.1 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:33:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=RPONslmWrIxiWgj9QZNuk5+dAzRQMCLCAsCrEoyYLWw=; b=dM512rOspWhwSxOdxwLpdVwzzCyJy+5TSos6hU0vLxqXNKaFIEke13kQqDVxehFOKr EQYvpQD+uN1r11MFk2K+HpkLRh5K8JVuisDtKY39lFo/PrvHWp6sBlwhm7HMJGBviEMK HATacaecYSOCg3waxLwj6NG0fZmPNQEQ7W5dxnzHaMnD73zPhAXQk8RClKrncKfhGSxp NqBYGKyUYogH09DK1EbSwp+gg6cckL2SnHBXin/6DUzy6P7nyP2F4awpi6XqIGFaFnxe m0jQErO+96+Pj0Gc3GRiVL0vy5AuNekQ6GfJjViNF//o5/6oeQ7yuDS+/3JihbMegfUX Bsxw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.120.195 with SMTP id e3mr23165179qar.5.1407458931521; Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:48:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.51.2 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Aug 2014 17:48:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1407449938.12477.YahooMailIosMobile@web162505.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1407449938.12477.YahooMailIosMobile@web162505.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 19:48:50 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014 From: Seth Miller To: kellyn.potvin@ymail.com Cc: "pete.sharman@oracle.com" , "iggy_fernandez@hotmail.com" , "oracle-l@freelists.org" Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=001a11c1ec16a65a470500139165 X-archive-position: 55853 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: sethmiller.sm@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: sethmiller.sm@gmail.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l --001a11c1ec16a65a470500139165 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c1ec16a65a320500139164 --001a11c1ec16a65a320500139164 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Whenever I mention this, I almost always get the, "Yeah, I know but..." Almost every hotel reservation is fully refundable up until the day before your stay. There are no consequences to booking a hotel months out (I book mine around February) and you get the benefit of selecting from the best/cheapest/closest hotels. Seth Miller On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Kellyn Pot'vin wrote: > I don't know if anyone's already mentioned this, but this year, the > Moscone Center is under construction. This means that sessions are spread > out to hotels a bit more and streets will be closed down and even more of= a > mess than they commonly are with OOW... :) > > Kellyn > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad > > ------------------------------ > * From: * Peter Sharman ; > * To: * ; ; > * Subject: * RE: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014 > * Sent: * Wed, Aug 6, 2014 5:58:47 AM > > One thing to be aware of is what time the various transportation > options shut down. A long time ago when I lived in San Mateo, I relied o= n > CalTrain to get to and from OOW and if you stayed too long at any of the > parties etc. (not that anyone would ever do that!) CalTrain had stopped f= or > the night and cab fares at that time of the day were horrendous. L > Things may have changed by now, of course, YMMV, yaddah, yaddah =E2=80=93= just > buyer beware, that=E2=80=99s all. > > > > Pete > > [image: Oracle logo] > > Pete Sharman > Principal Product Manager > Enterprise Manager Product Suite > 33 Benson Crescent CALWELL ACT 2905 AUSTRALIA > > Phone: +61262924095 | | Fax: +61262925183 | | Mobile: *+61414443449* > ------------------------------ > > "Controlling developers is like herding cats." > > Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook > > > > "Oh no, it's not, it's much harder than that!" > > Bruce Pihlamae, long term Oracle DBA > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* Iggy Fernandez [mailto:iggy_fernandez@hotmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 6, 2014 9:48 AM > *To:* oracle-l@freelists.org > *Subject:* RE: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014 > > > > The BART system map is at http://www.bart.gov/stations. > > > > For example, you could take a 40-minute trip on the BART train to Pleasan= t > Hill in the Easy Bay > > > http://www.bart.gov/schedules/quickplanner?orig=3DMONT&addr1=3D&dest=3DPH= IL&addr2=3D&type=3Ddeparture&date=3D2014-09-29&time=3D10%3A00%20pm&tab=3D2 > > > > Stay in the 3.5 star Embassy Suites right next to the BART station for > $209 a night for two beds. If you are willing to share, you can halve you= r > cost: > http://www.expedia.com/Concord-Hotels-Embassy-Suites-Walnut-Creek.h2750.H= otel-Information?chkin=3D09/28/2014&chkout=3D10/02/2014&rm1=3Da2 > > Walking directions: http://goo.gl/maps/qs0R9 > > > > Or stay in an Extended Stay America studio apartment w/kitchen for $103 a > night: > http://www.expedia.com/Concord-Hotels-Extended-Stay-America-Pleasant-Hill= -Buskirk-Avenue.h67820.Hotel-Information?chkin=3D09/28/2014&chkout=3D10/02/= 2014&rm1=3Da2 > > Walking directions: http://goo.gl/maps/njgPx > > > > More hotels near BART stations: > > > http://www.hotelsbybart.com/BART-Stations/Walnut-Creek/Pleasant-Hill-BART= -Station > > > > P.S. If you're traveling thousands of miles to get here, please don't > leave without a trip to Muir woods to see the giant sequoias. Pictures at > https://www.google.com/search?site=3D&tbm=3Disch&source=3Dhp&biw=3D1600&b= ih=3D725&q=3Dmuir+woods&oq=3Dmuir+woods. > Bus tours are available. > > > ------------------------------ > > From: iggy_fernandez@hotmail.com > To: oracle-l@freelists.org > Subject: RE: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014 > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:42:05 -0700 > > The further you go from Moscone Center, the more reasonably priced the > rooms will be. There's all kinds of public transport. For example, you ca= n > take the BART train. http://www.bart.gov/stations. > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:23:41 -0700 > From: kellyn.potvin@ymail.com > Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014 > To: don@seiler.us; rjamya@gmail.com > CC: oracle-l@freelists.org > > Just saw this one- Yes, I can tell you right now that hotels are going > for a premium and this is discussed in almost every Oracle PM meeting the= se > days. > > > > Isn't this how Chet Justice ends up crashing on somebody's floor in their > hotel room each year?? Wait, or is it Martin Nash who does that? Both? = :D > > > > > > [image: Kellyn Pot'Vin on about.me] > > > > *Kellyn Pot'Vin* > > about.me/dbakevlar > > > > > > > ~Tombez sept fois, se relever huit! > > > > On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 3:56 PM, Don Seiler wrote: > > > > Last year my group stayed at the Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf. It isn't > close but it's a great area to check out and Oracle has shuttles during t= he > day and for the appreciation event. > > > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 7:50 AM, rjamya wrote: > > Thank you all, looks like there are cable cars that one can take to Wharf= , > so getting a hotel nearby is going to be easier. > > > > Hope to see/meet many of you there. > > > > Raj > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Seth Miller > wrote: > > If you would have asked six months ago, I could have recommended a number > of different hotels. Most of the hotels within a couple miles of the > Moscone are booked. However, if money is not an object, you could still g= et > something close. > > > > Yes, the shuttle goes out by the Wharf. > > > > Seth > > > > > > -- > Don Seiler > http://www.seiler.us > > > --001a11c1ec16a65a320500139164 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Whenever I mention this, I almost always get the, "Ye= ah, I know but..."

Almost every hotel reservation i= s fully refundable up until the day before your stay. There are no conseque= nces to booking a hotel months out (I book mine around February) and you ge= t the benefit of selecting from the best/cheapest/closest hotels.

Seth Miller

<= br>
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Kellyn Pot= 9;vin <kellyn.potvin@ymail.com> wrote:
I don't know if anyone's = already mentioned this, but this year, the Moscone Center is under construc= tion. This means that sessions are spread out to hotels a bit more and str= eets will be closed down and even more of a mess than they commonly are wit= h OOW... :)

Kellyn

Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
=

From: Peter Sharman <pete.sharman@oracle.com>; =
To: <iggy_fernandez@hotmail.com>; <oracle-l@freelists.org&= gt;; =
Subject: RE: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2= 014
Sent: Wed, Aug 6, 2014 5:58:47 AM =

One thing to be aware of is what tim= e the various transportation options shut down.=C2=A0 A long time ago when = I lived in San Mateo, I relied on CalTrain to get to and from OOW and if yo= u stayed too long at any of the parties etc. (not that anyone would ever do= that!) CalTrain had stopped for the night and cab fares at that time of th= e day were horrendous. L=C2=A0 Things ma= y have changed by now, of course, YMMV, yaddah, yaddah =E2=80=93 just buyer= beware, that=E2=80=99s all.

=C2=A0

Pete

3D"Oracle=

Pete Sharma= n
Principal Product Manager
Enterprise Manager Product Suite
33 Be= nson Crescent CALWELL ACT 2905 AUSTRALIA

Phone: +61262924095 | | Fax= : +61262925183 |= | Mobile: +61414443449<= /span>=C2=A0

"Contr= olling developers is like herding cats."

Kevin Loney= , Oracle DBA Handbook

=C2=A0

"Oh no= , it's not, it's much harder than that!"

Bruce Pihlamae, long term Oracle D= BA

=C2=A0

From: Iggy Fernandez [mailto:iggy_fernandez@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 9:48 AM
To: oracle-l@freelists.orgSubject: RE: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014<= /p>

=C2=A0

= The BART system map is at=C2=A0http://www.bart.gov/stations.

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For example, you could take a 40-minute trip on the BART train to Pleasa= nt Hill in the Easy Bay

=C2=A0

Stay in the 3.5 star Embassy Suites right next to the BART station for $= 209 a night for two beds. If you are willing to share, you can halve your c= ost:=C2=A0http://www.expedia.com= /Concord-Hotels-Embassy-Suites-Walnut-Creek.h2750.Hotel-Information?chkin= =3D09/28/2014&chkout=3D10/02/2014&rm1=3Da2

Walking directions:=C2=A0http://goo.gl/maps/qs0R= 9

=C2=A0

Walking directions:=C2=A0http://goo.gl/maps/njgP= x

=C2=A0

=C2=A0

P.S. If you're traveling thousands of miles to get here, ple= ase don't leave without a trip to Muir woods to see the giant sequoias.= Pictures at=C2=A0https://www.google.com= /search?site=3D&tbm=3Disch&source=3Dhp&biw=3D1600&bih=3D725= &q=3Dmuir+woods&oq=3Dmuir+woods. Bus tours are available.

=C2=A0

<= p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"> From= : iggy_fernandez@hotmail.com
To: oracle-l@freelists.org
Subject: RE: Slightly OT: Hotel recommen= dation for OOW 2014
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:42:05 -0700

The further you go from Moscone Center, the more= reasonably priced the rooms will be. There's all kinds of public trans= port. For example, you can take the BART train.=C2=A0http://www.bart.gov/stations.

Date: Tue, 5= Aug 2014 15:23:41 -0700
From: kellyn.potvin@ymail.c= om
Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014
To: don@seiler.us; rjamya@gmail.comCC: oracle-l@freelists.org

Just saw this one-=C2=A0 Yes, I can tell you righ= t now that hotels are going for a premium and this is discussed in almost e= very Oracle PM meeting these days.=C2=A0

=C2=A0<= /p>

Isn't th= is how Chet Justice ends up crashing on somebody's floor in their hotel= room each year?? Wait, or is it Martin Nash who does that?=C2=A0 Both?=C2= =A0 :D

=C2=A0

=C2=A0

3D"Kellyn

=C2=A0

Kellyn Pot'Vin

=C2=A0

=C2=A0 =


~Tombez sept fois, se relever huit!

=C2=A0

On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 3:56 PM, Don Seiler <don@seiler.us> wrote:

=C2=A0

Last year my group stayed at the Holiday Inn Fi= sherman's Wharf. It isn't close but it's a great area to check = out and Oracle has shuttles during the day and for the appreciation event.<= /span>

=C2=A0

On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 7:50 AM, rjamya <rj= amya@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you = all, looks like there are cable cars that one can take to Wharf, so getting= a hotel nearby is going to be easier.

=C2=A0

Hope to see/meet many of you there.

=C2= =A0

= Raj

=C2=A0

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Seth Miller <sethmiller.sm@gmail.com> wrote:

If you wou= ld have asked six months ago, I could have recommended a number of differen= t hotels. Most of the hotels within a couple miles of the Moscone are booke= d. However, if money is not an object, you could still get something close.=

=C2=A0

Yes, the shuttle goes out by the Wharf.

=C2=A0

Seth

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=C2=A0

= --
Don Seiler
http://www.seiler.us

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