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Not So Special in the Big City Huh? 70Park, NY
Maybe the awful United express flight up here in a creaky old expressjet CRJ200 was foreshadowing of some sort? In any case, there is nothing quite like New York City to disavow you of your ego! Even...
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Westfields Marriott, Ronald Reagan, and Paint (Dulles, VA)
Not that long ago, all 300 of us piled into the Westfields Marriott for a technical meeting of the minds. I just came back to this Marriott property to run another conference—smaller but including...
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A Noplasticshowers Guide to Salt Cay, Turks and Caicos (Castaway)
Salt Cay is certainly off the beaten path. In fact, one of the only pernicious issues with a visit is the air schedule. M/W/F is pretty much it on the awesome Caicos Express airlines (unless you...
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Westfields Marriott, Dulles, VA = Still a Marriott
Even when you fill a hotel with 300 people, things can go sideways in Marriott land. Met at the door by a persnickety doorman, I was refused luggage service when I arrived and asked to drive around to...
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Right as Rain at the Riverplace thanks to Ryan (Portland, OR)
I admit, we were bitchy yesterday here at NPS. And the Kimpton system, it listens. (So we’re learning that irritability pays off. But don’t tell anyone that.) General Manager Ryan Kunzer made note of...
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The Yorktowne Hotel in York, PA Exists in a Time Warp
The Yorktown Hotel was imposing when it was built in 1925 Time Warps have their ups and downs. For example, 1925 would have been a hell of a year to visit a real speakeasy in York, PA (assuming they...
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The Westin in the Chicago Hinterlands Up North Somewhere
Yeah. No. Ever wonder how the other half lives? We find ourselves up in Chicago just in front of a major blizzard doing some business. We’re traveling with all of the C-people: CEO, CFO, CTO, CMO,...
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The Georgian Hotel Santa Monica: Everything Spruced up but the Showers
NPS has accumulated lots of great memories at the Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica over the years, including the romantic, slightly-buzzed Italian singing love songs (in Italian of course) and crying...
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The Georgian Hotel Santa Monica, Time for an Update
NPS has been coming to the Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica for many years (starting before there was even an NPS identity). Over the years, many parts of the hotel have undergone updating and...
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Portland (of the Oregon variety)
On only the third airplane ride post Covid vaccination, it was across the country to Portland in two hops. Queen Tibia presided at home in our absence. Dulles was mostly empty on a Friday late morning....
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