- The general consensus is that parking/ad spending trends are on the rise for the first time in many ages.

- The ‘older’ parking companies don’t seem to be innovating. Reliant on the old systems.

- Glad I stayed at the Huntley.

- The Getty Center party, while gorgeous and instructional, was very sterile. It should have been a day event. It was frickin’ cold up there too.

- Took me two days to get rid of the hangover I got at the Playboy Mansion. Not kidding.

- Most of the people in this industry are ‘talkers’, very few who actually ‘do’ anything besides talk about doing things. And they are easy to spot, they are more than willing to tell you EVERYTHING about their business. Doers keep their mouth’s shut.

- Santa Monica is a better spot than Hollywood.

- Seriously, if I see Ron Jeremy one more time, I’m gonna kick his disgusting ass.

- There were no new products to go “wow” over.

- .Co will do well but trying to sell it as a ‘brandable’ will be difficult. For one thing, it is TOO MUCH like the “.com.” If anyone tries to brand one, they will inadvertently brand the “.com” as well. Still, there is value there and speculators will likely eat and destroy the extension before it goes anywhere meaningful. As I’ve said before, the greatest advantage .com had is that it was built BEFORE the speculators came along.