Teri's Top 10 Local Fitness Spots!

Top 10 Local (Hyatt Regency SFO area) Recreation/Fitness

1. Being Yoga (Burlingame)

2. Prime Time Athletic (Burlingame)

3. 24 Hour Fitness (San Mateo)

4. Equinox (San Mateo)

5. Crunch Gym (San Mateo)

6. The Great Entertainer (San Mateo)

7. Curves (Millbrae)

8. YMCA (San Mateo)

9. Fitness 19 (San Mateo)

10. San Mateo Athletic Club (San Mateo)

Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Welcomes the U.S. Open in June 2012

The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the USA. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour. It is staged by United States Golf Association (USGA) in mid-June each year and will be hosted at the Olympic Club in San Francisco June 11-19, 2012.

The Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport is the official media hotel during the tour and will welcome journalists from around the world.

The U.S. Open is staged at a variety of courses, set up in such a way that scoring is very difficult with a premium placed on accurate driving. U.S. Open play is characterized by tight scoring at or around par by the leaders, with the winner usually emerging at around even par. A U.S. Open course is seldom beaten severely, and there have been many over-par wins (in part because par is usually set at 70 except for the very longest courses).

The U.S. Open is the only one of the four major championships which does not go immediately to a playoff if two or more players are tied at the end of the four rounds. Instead, the players play a fifth 18-hole round the following day (Monday), but if a tie still exists after that round, then a sudden-death playoff is held. Only three times has the U.S. Open gone to sudden-death after the playoff round, most recently in 2008 when Tiger Woods defeated Rocco Mediate on the first additional playoff hole.

Coverage of The U.S. Open is broadcasted on television by NBC and ESPN. So tune in for more as we post fun facts and historical notes prior to the tour and update the blog with status updates as the tour gets underway.

Potty Talk

Let’s face it, nobody really likes potty talk, but Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport is flushing things out and is bound to make their competition green with envy.

As a recent recipient of Skytrax hotel poll’s “Best Airport Hotel Awards 2011 in North America,” Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport has just installed nearly 800 new, eco-friendly toilets in all its guestrooms and public restrooms.

As part of the hotel’s commitment to the environment, Chief Engineer Larry Builta is continuously looking for ways to enhance the property’s green initiatives. He comments, “As a result of this recent installation, the hotel saves at least 2.5 gallons of water on each flush, resulting in approximately 500,000 gallons of water a month and an annual savings of $125,000 in water/sewage costs.” Thanks to this initiative with PG&E, the hotel anticipates several additional partnerships in conservation with the public utility as the hotel continues to minimize its impact on the environment.

For consumers interested in the water saving toilets installed at the hotel, the specific style name/number is the Caravelle 270. Available online at Amazon.com and many other sites, this model is also available at neighborhood appliance stores. Highlights of the product are as follows:

· High efficiency toilet (HET) - 1.6/0.8 gallons (6/3 liters) per flush

· Two piece, two button dual flush toilet

· Large fully concealed trapway

· Virtually unblockable

· 10-12" adjustable rough-in

Teri's Top 10 Local Museums Around Town!

Top 10 Local (Hyatt Regency SFO area) Museums/Galleries

1. San Mateo Arboretum (San Mateo)

2. San Mateo History Museum (San Mateo)

3. Peninsula Museum of Art (Belmont)

4. Sanchez Adobe (Pacifica)

5. SFO Museum (San Francisco International Airport)

6. Coyote Point Museum (San Mateo)

7. James Johnston House (Half Moon Bay)

8. Junior Museum & Zoo (Palo Alto)

9. Takara Sake Museum (Berkeley)

10. Coastal Arts League Gallery (Half Moon Bay)

Teri 's Top Local Spas!

Top 10 Local (Hyatt Regency SFO area) Spas/Beauty

1. The Ritz Carlton Spa (Half Moon Bay)

2. Marlinda Wilson Day Spa (Burlingame)

3. Landmark Spa (Burlingame)

4. SpaLuxe (Redwood City)

5. Estheticians Skin (San Mateo)

6. Dream Skin (Millibrae)

7. Aqua Nail Salon (Burlingame)

8. Panache2 (Burlingame)

9. Shear Magic Salon (Burlingame)

10. Trio Hair Salon (Burlingame)