Well we're here. After 11 hours on a United plane with a token for either 'a free alcoholic beverage' or 'a set of earphones' we arrived slightly jaded but intent on seeing 
some more of San Francisco. A jaunt with some of the more charming entrepreneurs around the piers and union square, punctuated with some chowder in sourdough, meant for a reassuringly touristy start. It was however followed by the techcrunch cocktails which brought us back to the purpose of the visit - to network, network, network! We seem to have successfully irritated the locals already, with some chavvy stranger pointing out that we thought we were cool, but that our jackets were 'contrived' - granted there was a bit of the entrepreneurs uniform 
going on but I guess i am going to have to think less about clothing from this point on!
Lots of familiar and friendly faces, good to see Scott and Rob, and get a little closer to some of the start-up teams I haven't had the chance to meet yet. Last night, a day that had been going on for ages and seemed to be culminating with rather a long time in the bar here at the Clift, rather randomly ended with a chilly trawl across the city to a place called Vessel. A few of the more hardy travellers amongst us made the trek over there and made full use of the DJ's services taking us to a respectable 2am - a decent attempt to avoid any major jetlag issues methinks. That being said I am up and blogging now, so maybe its not quite sorted yet!
Today holds a brunch event with some press and PR folk, and after that I'm planning on meeting my old friend Johnny and going sailing in the bay - which sounds absolutely amazing - or there's a barbeque 'in the valley' if that falls through.
