BPS: Home again, home again, jiggity jig

Went to the emerging single molecules technologies platform today, and caught the last four talks or so. The Pacific Biosciences presentation was very impressive. As a byproduct of their sequencing technology, they were able to measure a large number of interesting rates and parameters on the elongation activity of T7 DNA polymerase, and produced statistics very similar to the ones our lab has produced on RNA polymerase about sequence dependent pausing, for instance. One of their big innovations is the development of these dNTPs with fluorophores on the end of the phosphate. It seems to me like rATP with this kind of fluorophore could be very useful for general biophysical studies, and I wonder if they would consider making it available to the wider community (at a price, of course.) We certainly know enough people at PB to find out.

I headed back to the hotel, packed up, grabbed some lunch, and headed out to the airport, but I got bumped off the flight in exchange for a free round trip ticket (not like I was going to go into the lab after getting back anyway). I got put on a later flight at 6PM, so with four hours or so to kill, instead of sitting at the airport, I called up the airport Hilton and got them to send around the courtsey shuttle. It's much more pleasant than the airport, and I'm currently ensconced in an easy chair in the lobby, about five minutes away from the airport, with a pile of papers that I printed out at my hotel, and wifi. Could be worse. Now the question is: where should I go with my free ticket? Suggestions?