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This will sound ODD
Okay, coming from me, maybe not. My LLL informed me he will be in Memphis
for a show from 6/15 - 6/20. He further said I should find us a hotel so I won't feel like I have to play "hostess" or worry about cleaning up or worry about my still slowly-leaking waterbed with some extra weight on it! LOL So I was searching for hotels; darn, Memphis is expensive! Must be the Elvis thing I'd found us a really good deal at one the Extended Stay Suites in Kansas. Searched for one in Memphis and the published rates were higher than Kansas. So I called, explained we'd be doing a show, staying a week. Any deals? Was told NO, sorry. I'm not one to take NO for an answer. I used the link to send email and I got a reply back from the hotel manager this morning. $35/night. Oh yeah!!!! YEEEEEE HAA! The place has a full kitchen. And I know exactly where it is so I know there are tons of restaurants around as well. Best thing is, it's close enough to home that I can run back and give Persia scritches and hugs and not have to board her, and have a little chat with Peaches and make sure she's chirping and has fresh water to bathe in. If you don't ask, you don't get. That's my new philosophy Jill -- I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. |
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jmcquown wrote:
I'm not one to take NO for an answer. I used the link to send email and I got a reply back from the hotel manager this morning. $35/night. Oh yeah!!!! YEEEEEE HAA! The place has a full kitchen. And I know exactly where it is so I know there are tons of restaurants around as well. Well, that's an unbelievable deal! Yea for you! Sounds like a perfect week, & even the kitties won't mind. Katz |
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That's great!
Best wishes, -- Polonca & Soncek "jmcquown" wrote in message . .. snip I'm not one to take NO for an answer. I used the link to send email and I got a reply back from the hotel manager this morning. $35/night. Oh yeah!!!! YEEEEEE HAA! The place has a full kitchen. And I know exactly where it is so I know there are tons of restaurants around as well. Best thing is, it's close enough to home that I can run back and give Persia scritches and hugs and not have to board her, and have a little chat with Peaches and make sure she's chirping and has fresh water to bathe in. If you don't ask, you don't get. That's my new philosophy Jill -- I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message . .. Okay, coming from me, maybe not. My LLL informed me he will be in Memphis for a show from 6/15 - 6/20. He further said I should find us a hotel so I won't feel like I have to play "hostess" or worry about cleaning up or worry about my still slowly-leaking waterbed with some extra weight on it! LOL So I was searching for hotels; darn, Memphis is expensive! Must be the Elvis thing I'd found us a really good deal at one the Extended Stay Suites in Kansas. Searched for one in Memphis and the published rates were higher than Kansas. So I called, explained we'd be doing a show, staying a week. Any deals? Was told NO, sorry. I'm not one to take NO for an answer. I used the link to send email and I got a reply back from the hotel manager this morning. $35/night. Oh yeah!!!! YEEEEEE HAA! The place has a full kitchen. And I know exactly where it is so I know there are tons of restaurants around as well. Best thing is, it's close enough to home that I can run back and give Persia scritches and hugs and not have to board her, and have a little chat with Peaches and make sure she's chirping and has fresh water to bathe in. As long as they are fairly new, Extended Stay Suites are fine. The older ones can raise the hair on the back of your neck. |
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Mary wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message . .. I'm not one to take NO for an answer. I used the link to send email and I got a reply back from the hotel manager this morning. $35/night. Oh yeah!!!! YEEEEEE HAA! The place has a full kitchen. And I know exactly where it is so I know there are tons of restaurants around as well. Best thing is, it's close enough to home that I can run back and give Persia scritches and hugs and not have to board her, and have a little chat with Peaches and make sure she's chirping and has fresh water to bathe in. As long as they are fairly new, Extended Stay Suites are fine. The older ones can raise the hair on the back of your neck. Honey, you should *see* some of the places we've stayed in when we got too tired to keep driving. There's a place in Bettendorf, IA called the "Twin Bridges". The entire downstairs motel population appeared to be permanent residents with grills and lawn chairs out in front of their doors. And take a gander at where we stayed in Highland, IL! (yes, it was funny enough for me to take photos of): http://community.webshots.com/album/203215856ZyeUMz Jill |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
. .. Okay, coming from me, maybe not. My LLL informed me he will be in Memphis for a show from 6/15 - 6/20. He further said I should find us a hotel so I won't feel like I have to play "hostess" or worry about cleaning up or worry about my still slowly-leaking waterbed with some extra weight on it! LOL So I was searching for hotels; darn, Memphis is expensive! Must be the Elvis thing I'd found us a really good deal at one the Extended Stay Suites in Kansas. Searched for one in Memphis and the published rates were higher than Kansas. So I called, explained we'd be doing a show, staying a week. Any deals? Was told NO, sorry. I'm not one to take NO for an answer. I used the link to send email and I got a reply back from the hotel manager this morning. $35/night. Oh yeah!!!! YEEEEEE HAA! The place has a full kitchen. And I know exactly where it is so I know there are tons of restaurants around as well. Best thing is, it's close enough to home that I can run back and give Persia scritches and hugs and not have to board her, and have a little chat with Peaches and make sure she's chirping and has fresh water to bathe in. If you don't ask, you don't get. That's my new philosophy Doesn't sound odd, it sounds smart!!! ; Hugs, CatNipped Jill -- I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. |
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jmcquown wrote: Okay, coming from me, maybe not. My LLL informed me he will be in Memphis for a show from 6/15 - 6/20. He further said I should find us a hotel so I won't feel like I have to play "hostess" or worry about cleaning up or worry about my still slowly-leaking waterbed with some extra weight on it! LOL You'll appreciate this during the show, believe me. We used to go home on weekends (and weeks) when we raced nearby and always I would feel the need to be doing something around the house. Nevermind that I would get up at 4:30 am and it would be 8 pm and I had to be up again the next morning early. I was home therefore I felt the need to do something. This way, even if you do cook in the room, someone else is cleaning the room and making the bed, etc. John sounds like a very considerate individual to have thought of this. It sounds like you've found the perfect solution to the problem. Have fun! Julie |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message . .. Mary wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message . .. I'm not one to take NO for an answer. I used the link to send email and I got a reply back from the hotel manager this morning. $35/night. Oh yeah!!!! YEEEEEE HAA! The place has a full kitchen. And I know exactly where it is so I know there are tons of restaurants around as well. Best thing is, it's close enough to home that I can run back and give Persia scritches and hugs and not have to board her, and have a little chat with Peaches and make sure she's chirping and has fresh water to bathe in. As long as they are fairly new, Extended Stay Suites are fine. The older ones can raise the hair on the back of your neck. Honey, you should *see* some of the places we've stayed in when we got too tired to keep driving. There's a place in Bettendorf, IA called the "Twin Bridges". The entire downstairs motel population appeared to be permanent residents with grills and lawn chairs out in front of their doors. And take a gander at where we stayed in Highland, IL! (yes, it was funny enough for me to take photos of): http://community.webshots.com/album/203215856ZyeUMz Jill The only thing worse than having to stay somewhere like that is having to stay there when everything else if full and paying an arm and a leg for the "privilege" Jo |
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jmcquown wrote:
Mary wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message . .. I'm not one to take NO for an answer. I used the link to send and I got a reply back from the hotel manager this morning. $35/night. Oh yeah!!!! YEEEEEE HAA! The place has a full kitchen. And I know exactly where it is so I know there are tons of restaurants around as well. Best thing is, it's close enough to home that I can run back and give Persia scritches and hugs and not have to board her, and have a little chat with Peaches and make sure she's chirping and has fresh water to bathe in. As long as they are fairly new, Extended Stay Suites are fine. The older ones can raise the hair on the back of your neck. Honey, you should *see* some of the places we've stayed in when we got too tired to keep driving. There's a place in Bettendorf, IA called the "Twin Bridges". The entire downstairs motel population appeared to be permanent residents with grills and lawn chairs out in front of their doors. And take a gander at where we stayed in Highland, IL! (yes, it was funny enough for me to take photos of): http://community.webshots.com/album/203215856ZyeUMz Jill Shudder What a lovely place ;-) Dennis and I have stayed in some pretty dodgy places as well on our travels. But none was as bad as this one place in Ayre, Qld, Australia. It was 1996 and we were driving from Sydney to Cairns and had been planning to camp on the beach that night, but couldn't find any suitable access spots. So it got dark, and late and we reached this small crappy town. We were both unemployed so money was an issue, so we stayed at this hotel above a bar for $20/night. It was old and run down but we figured we'd just sleep and get up early and continue our drive north. There were 2 twin beds at a 90 degree angle in the room and one fan which rotated back and forth. We lay on our beds in our underwear hoping for the fan to blow some cool air on us for a couple of seconds. We were sweating. After a while, Dennis asked me if I was sweating so much that it was trickling down my legs. I said yes, it sure does feel that way. After another while, Dennis commented that sweat doesn't usually make you feel so itchy. We decided to turn on the light. OMG!!! We were covered in fleas and blood was trickling down our legs! We looked at the carpet and it was *moving*! We totally freaked and ran to the (disgusting) bathroom down the hall to rinse off, then we grabbed our stuff and fled the hotel. We didn't even check out, we chucked the key out of the car window as we were driving down the highway. We ended up sleeping in the car in some suburb. Ugh. The next night was much improved as we arrived at a wonderful hostel in Mission Beach with a pool. We got a box of wine and hung out in the pool all day. Then we found a pub where you got a free dinner of chicken stew on rice if you bought a beer. What a deal :-) -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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"Jo Firey" wrote in message ... "jmcquown" wrote in message . .. Mary wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message . .. I'm not one to take NO for an answer. I used the link to send email and I got a reply back from the hotel manager this morning. $35/night. Oh yeah!!!! YEEEEEE HAA! The place has a full kitchen. And I know exactly where it is so I know there are tons of restaurants around as well. Best thing is, it's close enough to home that I can run back and give Persia scritches and hugs and not have to board her, and have a little chat with Peaches and make sure she's chirping and has fresh water to bathe in. As long as they are fairly new, Extended Stay Suites are fine. The older ones can raise the hair on the back of your neck. Honey, you should *see* some of the places we've stayed in when we got too tired to keep driving. There's a place in Bettendorf, IA called the "Twin Bridges". The entire downstairs motel population appeared to be permanent residents with grills and lawn chairs out in front of their doors. And take a gander at where we stayed in Highland, IL! (yes, it was funny enough for me to take photos of): http://community.webshots.com/album/203215856ZyeUMz Jill The only thing worse than having to stay somewhere like that is having to stay there when everything else if full and paying an arm and a leg for the "privilege" Jo It was actually kind of fun. There were only three motels in town. We don't like Holiday Inn Express (and it was about $80/night... for what? a bed and an ice bucket?). And Michael's Swiss Inn had nice rooms but again, a bed and an ice bucket. We stayed there one night. Except the ice machine was on the fritz so they literally had a trash bin full of store-bought ice sitting out by the rooms from which you could scoop ice. The Choice Motel/ Cardinal Inn at least had some local charm Jill |
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