I fly to New Orleans on Sunday to attend Training 2005.

I'll be staying at the Avenue Garden Hotel in the Garden District. Price through Quickbook is $90/night. It's on the St. Charles streetcar line, about a mile and a half from the Quarter. Built 1897.

The weather will be brisk: 65 high, 43 low.

Most popular restaurants in N'Awlins:

COMMANDER'S PALACE 1403 Washington Ave. (Coliseum St.) (504) 899-8221
GALATOIRE'S 209 Bourbon St. (Iberville St.) (504) 525-2021
BAYONA 430 Dauphine St. (bet. Conti & St. Louis Sts.) (504) 525-4455
Cafe Du Monde 800 Decatur St. (St. Ann St.) (504) 525-4544
BRENNAN'S 417 Royal St. (bet. Conti & St. Louis Sts.) (504) 525-9711
EMERIL'S 800 Tchoupitoulas St. (Julia St.) (504) 528-9393
NOLA 534 St. Louis St. (bet. Chartres & Decatur Sts.) (504) 522-6652

MR. B'S BISTRO 201 Royal St. (Iberville St.) (504) 523-2078
PERISTYLE 1041 Dumaine St. (N. Rampart St.) (504) 593-9535
ACME OYSTER HOUSE
K-PAUL'S LOUISIANA KITCHEN 416 Chartres St. (bet. Conti & St. Louis Sts.) (504) 524-7394
JACQUES-IMO'S CAFE 8324 Oak St. (S. Carrollton Ave.) (504) 861-0886
ARNAUD'S 813 Bienville Ave. (bet. Bourbon & Dauphine Sts.) (504) 523-5433
ANTOINE'S 713 St. Louis St. (bet. Bourbon & Royal Sts.) (504) 581-4422
BRIGTSEN'S 723 Dante St. (Maple St.)

EMERIL'S DELMONICO 1300 St. Charles Ave. (Erato St.) (504) 525-4937
AUGUST 301 Tchoupitoulas St. (Gravier St.) (504) 299-9777
COURT OF TWO SISTERS 613 Royal St. (bet. St. Peter & Toulouse Sts.) (504) 522-7261
CLANCY'S 6100 Annunciation St. (Webster St.) (504) 895-1111
MOTHER'S 401 Poydras St. (bet. Magazine & Tchoupitoulas Sts.) (504) 523-9656
GRILL 300 Gravier St. (bet. S. Peters & Tchoupitoulas Sts.) (504) 522-1992
PALACE CAFE 605 Canal St. (bet. Chartres & Royal Sts.) (504) 523-1661
UGLESICH'S 1238 Baronne St. (Erato St.) (504) 523-8571

IRENE'S CUISINE 539 St. Philip St. (Chartres St.) (504) 529-8811
UPPERLINE 1413 Upperline St. (bet. Prytania St. & St. Charles Ave.) (504) 891-9822
DICKIE BRENNAN'S STEAKHOUSE 716 Iberville St. (Royal St.) (504) 522-2467
RED FISH GRILL 115 Bourbon St. (bet. Canal & Iberville Sts.) (504) 598-1200
GUMBO SHOP 630 St. Peter St. (bet. Chartres & Royal Sts.) (504) 525-1486
RUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE
GW FINS 808 Bienville Ave. (bet. Bourbon & Dauphine Sts.) (504) 581-3467

CENTRAL GROCERY COMPANY 923 Decatur St. (bet. Dumaine & St. Philip Sts.) (504) 523-1620
BACCO 310 Chartres St. (bet. Bienville Ave. & Conti St.) (504) 522-2426
CUVEE 322 Magazine St. (bet. Gravier & Poydras Sts.) (504) 587-9001
DICK AND JENNY'S 4501 Tchoupitoulas St. (Jena St.) (504) 894-9880
PELICAN CLUB 312 Exchange Pl. (Bienville St.) (504) 523-1504
GABRIELLE 3201 Esplanade Ave. (Ponce de Leon St.) (504) 948-6233

BELLA LUNA 914 N. Peters St. (Dumaine St.) (504) 529-1583
BON TON CAFE 401 Magazine St. (bet. Natchez & Poydras Sts.) (504) 524-3386
HERBSAINT 701 St. Charles Ave. (Girod St.) (504) 524-4114
BISTRO AT MAISON DE VILLE 727 Toulouse St. (bet. Bourbon & Royal Sts.) (504) 528-9206

Jennifer Hofmann is running a concurrent online Training conference. How long before all conferences wise up to running things this way?

Just about anything I tackle these days falls into three pieces: prep, the event, and follow-up. Miss any one of the three and the project misses the mark. It's not that tough to remember: