Monday May 19 7:38 AM
My feet hurt after we walked the Boston Marathon in search of an open restaurant in downtown Boston. My search for food was nearly derailed by a search for sleep. After the late keynote, we went to the opening reception and used our free drink tickets, which were unfortunately not good for food, only more beer. There was some cheese and grapes, but that's not dinner.

I'd last eaten at lunch, and the beer was not very nourishing.

We walked all over Boston in search of an open restaurant. My local connection kept saying that the restaurant was just up ahead, and when it turned out to be closed he knew of a place just around the corner. After ten miles I began to develop blisters, and after the 25th mile my shoes gave out and I went barefoot for the last mile.

I mutinied after dinner and dragged the crowd to the Westin's hotel bar so that I'd be close to my room. I ended up meeting several people from Minneapolis, which was fun. We sat there and made dour Midwestern faces at the more, shall we say, promiscuous tables and talked about how small Minneapolis is.

By the end of the night the total number of international designers I'd met was 5. Britain, Australia, France, and Canada were well-represented. Apparently they don't have design conferences in Europe.

On today's agenda is Decoding Design, Research for Designers, Creating Digital Composites, and Design Evangelism. I probably won't get dinner until about 9pm tonight, so I'll have to avoid the Happy Hour for as long as I can.

I should have stashed a bagel in my bag.

UPDATE: This is not what I wanted to see in the skyway on my way to the Hynes this morning.