{"id":923,"date":"2008-09-01T12:56:57","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T03:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-09-01\/923"},"modified":"2008-09-01T12:56:57","modified_gmt":"2008-09-01T03:56:57","slug":"the-four-seasons-hotel-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-09-01\/923","title":{"rendered":"The Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 35 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>40 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAnthony Cookie<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

When we arrived at our room at the Four Seasons Hotel on our recent trip to Vancouver<\/a>, we were\ngreeted almost immediately with a tray<\/span> of tea for the adults, and a tray<\/span> of\npersonalized cookie and milk for Anthony.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 44 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>45 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

As I wrote once years ago, it can be dangerous to offer kids\nunsolicited sweets<\/a>, but in this case, the cookie was well received by\nall. A sure fire<\/span> way to delight an adult is to do something nice for their\nkid (and as I\nnoted<\/span> the other day<\/a>, in the words of Seth Godin, good\nmarketing is all about delight<\/i><\/a>), so The Four Seasons Vancouver\nstarted out right.<\/p>\n\n

Of course, you end up paying for all of it. It's not a<\/span> line item on the\nbill, but the per-night charge is ridiculously expensive, only eclipsed by\nthe charges for room-service and the compulsory “gratuity” they tack on.\nBut anyway, once you're already paying, the little touches like a\npersonalized<\/span> cookie for your kid makes for a nice<\/span> feeling.<\/p>\n\n

It was our first time to see Fumie (A.K.A. Mommy) in a month,<\/span> so Anthony\nwas happy to bring a gift<\/span> for her, that he made and wrapped himself. It made for<\/span> a nice<\/span> Mommy-and-Child moment...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 22 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>40 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOpening a Gift<\/span> from Anthony<\/span>\nas Curious George looks on\n<\/div>\n\n

The next morning, we ordered in for our first breakfast, which made for a devilishly<\/span> luxurious morning...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nEgg Benedict, a Belgian<\/span> Waffle, Coffee, and Tea<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 40 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAnthony Enjoyed the Bed<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>20 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDusk<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 22 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>25 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDinner<\/span>\nour last evening in Vancouver\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When we arrived at our room at the Four Seasons Hotel on our recent trip to Vancouver, we were greeted almost immediately with a tray of tea for the adults, and a tray of personalized cookie and milk for Anthony.<\/p>

As I wrote once years ago, it can be dangerous to offer kids unsolicited sweets, but in this case, the cookie was well received by all. A sure fire way to delight an adult is to do something nice for their kid (and as I noted the other day, in the words of Seth Godin, good marketing is all about [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}