For all the talk of innovation, the tech crowd has also created its own routine social scene: breakfasts at Balthazar, lunches at Lure Fishbar and drinks at the lobby of the Ace Hotel.
If you need some comfort food after a long day of meetings, dive into the ramen and pork buns at the brand new Momofuku Noodle Bar just off the hotellobby.
You get Jules Dowler Shepard building a sixteen-tier gluten-free cake at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center to raise awareness and lobby for gluten-free labeling laws.
In Cairo on Tuesday police again fired tear gas at protesters near Tahrir Square, and the lobby of a major hotel close to the square was attacked, apparently by looters.