Tuesday, March 13, 2007

3,000 Miles in 5 Days

Durham to Tampa to Clearwater Beach to Orlando to Philly to Atlantic City to Philly to Columbia, SC...

1. You know you've been in too many hotels when you forget your room number and have to try your key in every door. I started at Rm # 200 and had to go all the way up to 230 before getting a green light!

2. I love Hampton Inn. It is more consistent than a lot of hotels. I love their emphasis on lots of big, fluffy pillows. Hilton and Sheraton just vary WAY too much to be dependable. They can be really great or really awful depending on the city.

3. At 6am this morning, I was coming out of my room in Bally's Casino & Hotel in Atlantic City and there was a little old lady already playing the slot machines.

4. 6:15am some guy on the elevator hit me up for $5 so he could get home. I may have been more sympathetic if we weren't surrounded by slot machines.

5. The Columbia,SC airport is SO beautiful and nice. After five days spent in the Northern regions of the country (Florida is not the South), I could literally have dropped down on my knees and kissed the floor of this place shimmering of Southern Hospitality and sparkling cleanliness. Praise the Lord for public places that you don't have to worry about contracting a disease if you touch anything! I never thought I'd be so happy to see Columbia!

6. Jenny's gallery is SO awesome.

7. 4 of my 10 foodshow decorations were shattered into many pieces by the time I reached Atlantic City. Apparently, the airline beats bubble wrap.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

That's good to know about Hampton Inn.

And about the $5 guy in the elevator, that's sad.

And about the Charleston Airport, I'm curious to see, as I'm a big fan of airports. My favorite is either Chicago's or Detroit's; I forget.

Kristinmichelle said...

I love Laguardia but I think that is only because I love flying into New York.

Probably my favorite airport is Washington DC or Miami...both have great shopping memories.

$10 Purses that I always get compliments on!