Georgia Hesse on “To Market To Market” – Sat., Jan. 17

Georgia Hesse on “To Market To Market”:
Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:00 a.m. at the Westin St. Francis Hotel
BATW Monthly Meeting

Georgia Hesse, founding editor of the San Francisco Sunday Examiner-Chronicle Travel Section, shares her strategies from A to Z, for selling your articles in today’s publication market.

It’s fitting that this grand dame of travel writing will give her talk at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, the beautiful, and newly renovated grand dame of San Francisco hotels. The St. Francis will provide coffee and tea and munchies for members and their guests during the meeting.

Members are welcome to bring guests.
RSVP to BATW Hotline: 415-267-6176 by Tuesday, January 13.

Agenda:
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. meet and greet
10:30 to 11:15 Annual Meeting: Annual Reports and Introduction of 2009 BATW Board of Directors.
11:15 to 12:15 Georgia Hesse program
12:15 to 12:45 (approx.) St. Francis history and tour

Location:
Weston St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell St., San Francisco. The  hotel faces Union Square. Phone 415-397-7000.

Directions:

From East: Take Route 580 and cross the Bay Bridge, to the Fremont Street Exit on the right. Turn left onto Howard Street, and proceed 4 blocks to 3rd Street. Go right on 3rd Street and cross Market Street. Turn left onto Geary Street until you cross Powell Street. The Westin St. Francis “carriage entrance” is located on Geary, a half block past Powell Street.

From San Francisco International Airport: Take Highway 101 North and exit at 4th Street. Exit right onto Bryant and continue 1 block and turn left onto 3rd Street. Cross the Market Street intersection, and turn left onto Geary Street. The hotel is located just past Union Square, and The Westin St. Francis “carriage entrance” is located on Geary Street, a half block past Powell Street.

From the Golden Gate Bridge (North): Cross the bridge and exit at Lombard Street. Turn right onto Van Ness, and left onto Bush. Turn right onto Powell, then make another right onto Geary Street. The Westin St. Francis “carriage entrance” is right off of Geary Street.

Parking:
City Parking Lots at Sutter and Stockton as well as O’Farrell near Powell.
Additional parking (pricier) under Union Square.

For more information:
Contact: Sandy Sims
Phone: 408-269-8440
Email:  Sansims@aol.com