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Tour Season, Cultural Bridges Blown Asunder… And Godzilla!

Posted on 2018/10/15 by The Hook

Riddle me this, kids: When is a dreary, rainy Monday morning at the height of bus season in Niagara Falls anything but boring? Why, when you mix two Japanese tours, two buses, two clueless Japanese tour guides and two black-as-the-ace-of-spades … Continue reading →

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What’s My Day Going To Be Like?

Posted on 2016/09/21 by The Hook

I don’t know about you, friends, but my day can be best summed up by a single tweet: When you wake up in the morning and realize you have TEN bus tours worth of bags to move in the morning…#PrayForTheHook … Continue reading →

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A Bellman’s Greatest Enemy.

Posted on 2014/09/24 by The Hook

After three months on the sidelines – otherwise known as “my front porch” – I’d forgotten that a bellman’s life isn’t all about racing the clock to deliver luggage, manipulating surly personalities to procure a gratuity,  dodging frisky hookers, cougars … Continue reading →

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Miley, Missed Opportunities, and Bits ‘n Bites of Wisdom From The Hook.

Posted on 2013/10/07 by The Hook

It is 7 am. It is Monday. The midnight bellman has just informed me of the presence of a young, nubile, completely naked female in her twenties who found herself locked out of her room on the 25th floor. And … Continue reading →

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I Was Going To Call This One “Someone, Please Kill Me”, But Someone Would Have Panicked.

Posted on 2013/08/26 by The Hook

(At least, I hope they would have.) TEN REASONS WHY MY DAY HAS BEEN A TOTAL TRAIN WRECK. And I don’t mean a Robin Thicke VMA performance wreck, I mean a true “locomotive completely off the rails in an orgy … Continue reading →

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