The Quilting Bees: Russian Ramblings

Lindsey and Kat surprised me Saturday night by taking me for a walk and then into a beautiful hotel that was all decorated for Christmas, though they call it New Year's here. As we entered the candlelit lobby we were ... At the end of the day they surprised me with a farewell party. I couldn't hold back my emotions. The families presented me with a book of letters and drawings and photos from my class and a photo book of St. Petersburg. My last walk home from school was ...

TRAVEL GIFTZ » Blog Archive » Bridgend Motorhomes: My Getaway Vehicle

I drove to Wales and stayed at my usual hotel in Bridgend and for a week I tried to write the last few chapters of my book but couldn't finish more than a few pages. I was stuck. One day I drove aimlessly around the area till I reached this mobile ... Finding what he was looking for, he closed the cupboard, sat down with us, and handed me a key. I inquired what this is for and he answered that it's a key to one of their motorhomes, a VW Autosleeper Sherbourne 4 Berth, ...

My Middle East Adventure: Observations on International Travel and ...

After about two hours of standing in lines only to be directed to another line to stand in, a ticket agent asked if it would be acceptable for the airline to put me up in a hotel that night and buy my dinner and breakfast, then book me ...

Political Irony › Palin does Standup

From my hotel room, from there I can see the Russian Embassy, right there. It's a privilege to be here tonight at the Washington D.C. Barnes & Noble. Tonight, I'll be reading excerpts from my new book. Perhaps you've heard of it? ... Let me get back to the book. I know that many of you are still upset because I wouldn't play that silly Washington game. You know, the one where all of you read a book in its entirety, from the first page of the index to the last. ...

bad food but plenty of it

When I see a photo of Niki, and I see a photo I took of another woman reading a book in Union Square, San Francisco, they are clearly two separate and distinct women. There's a woman like every other woman, reading a book; ..... Garbage collectors from hotel rooms in Hotel Pain wake me at 2am to whisper words of pain in my ear, tempting me to pass out by swallowing stones, woke me at 2am from an OK sleep so he could knock me around, bang me up side my aching rib cage the ...

GOV PALIN Scores at Gridiron Dinner « Classical Liberal

I can see the Russian Embassy from my hotel room! It's a privilege to be here tonight at the Washington DC Barnes & Noble. Tonight, I'll be reading excerpts from my new book. Perhaps you've heard of it? “Going Rogue.” ... Let me get back to the book. I know that many of you are still upset because I wouldn't play that silly Washington game. You know, the one where all of you read a book in its entirety, from the first page of the index to the last. But think about it, ...

Diary of a Hotel Receptionist: R.I.P Gary

We were having a quiet morning together , sipping coffee and getting reacquainted with our face book accounts, when the phone rang, disturbing me from an online conversation with my best friend who at the time was on a layover in ...