The idea here is to find out what kind of points of local interest people want to know about. Local people will gather addresses, hours of operation and details on items that show up here and present it to the Conference in some useful form.

Restaurants

See the ["PyCon2006/NearbyRestaurants"] for more restaurant-finding resources.

• Buffalo Wild Wings
• Denny's

Other useful stores

• Nearest drugstore?
• Nearest office-supply store?

  • You can [http://wiki.python.org/moin/PrintShopsNearby2006 start here]

• Nearest computer store?
• How far away is the nearest Apple Store?

  • [http://www.apple.com/retail/willowbend/ Plano store] is 6mi from the hotel/conference

  • [http://www.apple.com/retail/knoxstreet/ Highland Park store] is 12.5mi away but closer to DAL if you're flying Southwest

Cheap Places to Stay

• Motel 6

(Do please note that PyCon needs to fill its room allocation; if we don't fill it, PyCon will end up paying penalty fees. If you can't afford the room rates, do what you have to, but it's better for the conference if you stay in the conference's hotel. --amk)

Night Life

• Addison Circle(including the Ruby Club)

• [http://www.petesduelingpianobar.com/ Pete's Dueling Piano Bar] (2.6? miles from the hotel)

Things to See Nearby

• [http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/ Cavanaugh Flight Museum] in Addison, TX [http://maps.google.com/?q=4572+Claire+Chennault,Addison,TX Google map]