Wi No Fi

This morning on Pearl I found an empty table at the outdoor patio at fourbucks where I sipped my half-caff and watched labor day shoppers pass by. I brought my laptop with me to check out the free wifi connection on Pearl. At first I was surprised that Starbucks no longer offers a free wifi connection and appears to be taken over by T-Mobile. $6 for 60 minutes ... are you kidding?? I then tried to connect to the free Pearl wifi connection that I've heard so much about. After numerous attempts to connect, I found that there are very few hot spots. I ended up 2 blocks closes to Broadway from 16th, which was much further west from where I wanted to be. "Daddy, I want a wifi connection!" Your best bet is to try to hack the Google wifi network rather than chase the free Pearl connection. Better yet ... leave your laptop at home .. wired! Happy Labor Day!