Tag Archives: hotels

I’m Still Down… But I’m Not Out.

Posted on 2017/08/20 by

The following moment of levity (my type of levity, at least) comes to you courtesy of New York, New York’s Jewish community (I love these guys for reasons that will soon be made clear) who have descended in record numbers … Continue reading →

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Almost A Decade In And I’m Still Tinkering…

Posted on 2017/05/07 by

HOOK’S NOTE:  Balance is vital to a happy existence, friends. And so after a year of struggling to adapt a format on this blog that will please everyone (especially Big Brother) I’ve decided to carry on a proud tradition carved … Continue reading →

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Life’s Too Damn Short… Laugh A Little!

Posted on 2017/04/28 by

To some of my colleagues outside the Bell department I am a stone wall – with many, many cracks. The cracks often release fits of anger and frustration, mostly the latter, when I find myself in a service elevator, safely … Continue reading →

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I’m No Expert…

Posted on 2017/03/15 by

I’m no expert but if a guy is planning on embarking on a March Break road trip with his family and several others, you’d think he’d want to pay close attention to the itinerary, right? For example, if a middle-aged … Continue reading →

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Money, money, money…

Posted on 2017/03/13 by

To say a bellman has a unique relationship with money is to suggest Donald Trump has hit a few speed bumps in his first one hundred days in office. Before I ever donned my first ill-fitted bellman uniform I knew … Continue reading →

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I’m No Expert…

Posted on 2017/03/11 by

I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure if you travel to Niagara Falls with your buddies, you hit the rippers (i.e. the strip club) hard, hit Mickey Dees in a drunken stupor, go back to the hotel at three in … Continue reading →

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A Return To Form For Throwback Thursday.

Posted on 2017/02/09 by

“People keep asking if I’m back, and I haven’t really had an answer. But, yeah, I thinking I’m back.” – Keanu Reeves as once-retired assassin John Wick. There’s an old saying, “Give the people what they want.” It worked in … Continue reading →

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