Horribly dis-heartening. That is Dayton. It is the larger Whitesboro. Perhaps I am being unfair. I probably am actually, there does seem to be more places around here to eat, definitely more than Whitesboro, but most are chains. Its actually quite similar to Amherst, NY. With Wright State University literally right across from my hotel, it actually is very similar to Amherst. Anyway, my lack of mobility is putting a damper on the experience, and well, there is the whole work thing too.
I was in work all day, so nothing substantial to report. For lunch myself and the three other guys from work went for a special treat, Arby's. When the only guy who can drive the rental car (my boss) is a big fast food fan, and refuses to eat ethnic food of any kind (he did say he likes Italian, however.....), you are gonna be in a for some disappointment. After the Arby's failure meal, we were back at it until almost five. After a short rest three out of the four of us met up again and went to local restaurant called Max and Erma's, to meet with two guys from the area involved in our work. I was hoping for something exotic, but it was your typical American restaurant, this one specializing in burgers with all different kinds of shit on them, which is like every-other American joint (basically). I don't know why I got my hopes up, with a name like "Max and Erma's", I should have known they wouldn't be serving dim-sum. With the Arby's still working its magic on me, the thought of eating another large meal brought about visions of hanging myself, so I just settled for a tortilla soup, which was actually very good. We got some pretty decent conversation going for the duration of the meal, and didn't leave until quarter to eight.
And now here I am, again, in the room, with limited options. I settled for watching the highlights of today's football (soccer) games on my computer. Arsenal won, if anyone cares. A ray of light amidst all the despair. Did I mention it was a miserable day today? Rainy and cold basically the whole day. Makes one almost yearn for Whitesboro. Almost. I'm actually very willing to give this place a gander, but I am shackled by a lack of transportation, and work is basically eating into the evenings. It gets dark early, mind.
Tomorrow we should be finishing up earlier in the afternoon, leaving the rest of the day to ourselves. Now, despite all the depressing images I am probably painting for you, I am not dreading having half a day in Dayton. Provided the weather isn't total garbage like it was today, I think I will take a walk about Wright State's campus, which again is literally across the street. There are no attractions in the vicinity (if there are any in the city and all), and the Air Force museum is too far for me to walk. I would feel a bit weird asking my boss to drop me off there, but he is taking the car to some other matter tomorrow anyway. So, that looks to be a distant hope. But, again, I enjoy college campuses, and even though you hear little about it, Wright State is supposed to be a good school, actually. I figure, again weather permitting, that might be a good way to check out part of Dayton. I don't want to be sitting in the room again (though I should say I haven't done very much of that actually, we have been finishing up business/dinner pretty late). But we have a good chunk of time tomorrow, and I don't want to spend it hanging out in the room if I don't have to. I can do that kind of thing in Whitesboro.
I was in work all day, so nothing substantial to report. For lunch myself and the three other guys from work went for a special treat, Arby's. When the only guy who can drive the rental car (my boss) is a big fast food fan, and refuses to eat ethnic food of any kind (he did say he likes Italian, however.....), you are gonna be in a for some disappointment. After the Arby's failure meal, we were back at it until almost five. After a short rest three out of the four of us met up again and went to local restaurant called Max and Erma's, to meet with two guys from the area involved in our work. I was hoping for something exotic, but it was your typical American restaurant, this one specializing in burgers with all different kinds of shit on them, which is like every-other American joint (basically). I don't know why I got my hopes up, with a name like "Max and Erma's", I should have known they wouldn't be serving dim-sum. With the Arby's still working its magic on me, the thought of eating another large meal brought about visions of hanging myself, so I just settled for a tortilla soup, which was actually very good. We got some pretty decent conversation going for the duration of the meal, and didn't leave until quarter to eight.
And now here I am, again, in the room, with limited options. I settled for watching the highlights of today's football (soccer) games on my computer. Arsenal won, if anyone cares. A ray of light amidst all the despair. Did I mention it was a miserable day today? Rainy and cold basically the whole day. Makes one almost yearn for Whitesboro. Almost. I'm actually very willing to give this place a gander, but I am shackled by a lack of transportation, and work is basically eating into the evenings. It gets dark early, mind.
Tomorrow we should be finishing up earlier in the afternoon, leaving the rest of the day to ourselves. Now, despite all the depressing images I am probably painting for you, I am not dreading having half a day in Dayton. Provided the weather isn't total garbage like it was today, I think I will take a walk about Wright State's campus, which again is literally across the street. There are no attractions in the vicinity (if there are any in the city and all), and the Air Force museum is too far for me to walk. I would feel a bit weird asking my boss to drop me off there, but he is taking the car to some other matter tomorrow anyway. So, that looks to be a distant hope. But, again, I enjoy college campuses, and even though you hear little about it, Wright State is supposed to be a good school, actually. I figure, again weather permitting, that might be a good way to check out part of Dayton. I don't want to be sitting in the room again (though I should say I haven't done very much of that actually, we have been finishing up business/dinner pretty late). But we have a good chunk of time tomorrow, and I don't want to spend it hanging out in the room if I don't have to. I can do that kind of thing in Whitesboro.
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