And well, let’s just say we went from driving a Lexus to riding in the back of a station wagon with a busted window…but hey, can’t have your cake and eat it too. The hotel staff at least went above and beyond by decorating the spare roll of toilet paper that resides on the top of the toilet, and even fixed the toilet for us when we discovered it wouldn’t flush upon arriving at the hotel. Way to go, Sleep Inn staff!!
There is also free wireless internet, which worked well at first but did not work last night…hence I write this story now instead of yesterday.
Random things I’ve learned and/or witnessed in the last 24 hours:
- There’s a lot of roads that are so under construction that there’s more signs and barriers than there is driving space
- Caramel Machiatos (sp?) from the coffee place next door are delicious and expensive
- Saw a TV ad last night when we got home (around 11pm) for a late night ‘phone chat’ line complete with scantily clad buxom blonde woman who said, “You’ve seen those internet chat lines – but the internet is hard! Pick up the phone and call…”
- Player was the artist who sang “Baby Come Back” and not Hall & Oates
Anyway, after checking into the Sleep Inn, we went next door to Carlos O’Brien’s, a Mexican (?) joint with cheap beer and great nachos…
I’ll write a separate post about the welcome party, it was pretty cool – except for the bus ride.
