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Pearl

We went to Pearl last night - a once trendy Miami restaurant. My Wife who is looking over my shoulder feels that it is still trendy. She doesn't have her own blog so I figured she should share in mine on occasion.

3 years back or so at ITEXPO we took a group out to Pearl. My wife found the restaurant actually and when we got there it wall to wall models. Of course when you are having dinner with your wife and others it isn't polite to stare at other women. I noticed my wife staring ( something that never happens) so I figured I was off the hook.

Incidentally when I looked up the whole table was staring at the half-naked dancers and others.

Getting back to the present, tonight - Sunday is the night for Pearl as they have the Brazilian dancers and the in crowd. We aren't sure where to go but I am in the mood for Joe's which everyone knows is Joe's Stone Crab.

My wife isn't a fan of crab but I really am and Joe's has amazing blue cheese dressing. The problem is you have to wait hours for a seat.

Last night we went to a club called Mansion that represents at least a million dollars worth of decorating expense. It was an amazing place to be and the music was great.

I am back at the Eden Roc and just had my caffeine fix and am typing a mile a minute - even though I am using my thumbs.

We may go to the Roof Top lounge tonight after dinner as I hear it is casual and you can have a conversation.

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Shrihari on Net Neutrality

Shrihari Pandit of the VPF was having a discussion with me about how in the future anyone will be able to broadcast TV over IP. I mentioned net neutrality and he came up with an interesting point.

If indeed service providers make it difficult for consumers to get access to services such as IPTV the capital markets will come to the rescue.

What he means is that there is so much venture capital available that other service providers will spring up and supply fiber to homes.

For the most part Shrihari may be right. If this is what indeed happens then we shouldn't worry so much about the net neutrality debate as the market will sort it out in the end.

The one concern we both have is the fact that in the short term the US is falling far behind in broadband access. At some point we may not be able to catch up.

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Enjoying the Beach

I had a great day on the beach so far today and the Miami weather stayed good all day. I must say that blogging on the beach is the only way to blog.

One of the fun parts of being on South Beach is to watch the helicopters go by. I even saw a GoodYear blimp. The blimp had LCD writing on it and the funny thing about the writing is that there are so many messages the company gives you as it goes by.

I saw an ad for tires and even a public service announcement for Alzheimers information with a website. The irony of course being that other than me, who has a PDA on the beach ready to check the website for Alzheimers info. In fact wouldn't the target audience for this ad miss the benefits here. I suppose it's the thought that counts.

Gotta go have a mango daquiri now. Have a great day.

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