I then moved into this nice little studio smack in the center, about 5 minutes from Union Square. While certainly not a five star hotel, it appeared to have everything a deep-undercover-spy needs to set himself up for a month or so.
I was quite excited about living in San Francisco. Much of the place looks a bit like this.
However, having installed myself, unpacked my life (now coming in a compact 20kg- yes!) and stretched out in the lack of space provided I realized that what I mean by Internet access and what Halcyon hotel means by Internet access are two different things. For me, the internet is either a DSL connection or a fast wireless connection in the room. Halcyon things this means a phone plug (they refer to this as a "dataport" because with a dial up modem you can send data down the phone line. imagine that...) and free wireless offered at a cafe a couple of minutes walk away.
So I decided to tell them to go screw themselves, took a taxi over to a proper hotel and then started doing some serious hunting. Amazingly, using Google i was able to identify a couple of options, and after spending a couple of hours looking at studios I sat down at Tully's Cafe to have a think.
Tully's offer some strange ancient herbal tea that is supposed to energize you in much the same way that coffee does, but in a much healthier and smoother way. I think it acts on a different circuitry in your brain. Naturally, I asked them to put a double espresso in there too. I'm not going to take any chances when my future home is at stake!
