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Skriven 2013-03-21 20:11:15 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 35075 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: economizing 288
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Hi Michael,

 ML> Speaking of economizing, Swisher and I are splitting the
 ML> cost of a La Quinta this week. I was astonished to find
 RH> Is it next to a Denny's? (G)

 ML> Of course it is. But the free breakfast wasn't from there -

I was being a bit facitious with the question, figured it probably was.


 ML> it was a nasty Continental of starch, unripe fruit, and not
 ML> so good coffee and juice served in the hotel office, and
 ML> we didn't partake; nor did we go to Denny's. Found a few
 ML> decent places, though.

That's good, I'm less and less enamored of the "free" breakfast at so
many hotels. Part of it is because I'm more carb restricted, part
because the offerings are so lousy.

 ML> that his rate is only about 25 less than what I could get
 ML> at the Sheraton or Hilton. And my rates get a full breakfast
 ML> - which doesn't make any difference to me, but for some
 ML> reason all my traveling companions get all excited about
 ML> free breakfast. Ah, well, he doesn't snore too badly.
 RH> It's not really free, it's included in the cost of the room.

 ML> We know that, and I'd gladly take a discount for no breakfast;
 ML> my friends tend to go ape for breakfast, especially free, but
 ML> will not pay extra for a better room and a better free
 ML> breakfast, if that makes sense.

It does make sense.

 RH> And most of the time the offerings aren't that great, IMO.

 ML> See above. Though I have found a few excellent ones -
 ML> the Best Western in Peoria (I was there for Teri Chesser's

Peoria, IL or Peoria, AZ? I know here's a Best Western in Sun City, AZ
but don't recall any in Peoria. There was no breakfast at the Sun City
one when we stayed there (1997) but they may have changed.

 ML> daughter's wedding) and the Sheraton in Anchorage both had
 ML> exemplarily delicious sausage gravy; and the breakfast buffet

Sounds good--sausage gravy over hot biscuits.

 ML> at the Conrad in Singapore, which featured a full American
 ML> offering, a full European offering, and somewhat abbreviated
 ML> Chinese, Malay, and Indian choices, was well worth the $35 it
 ML> cost (but hotel guests got it for nothing).

That would be an interesting one--you could really get an interesting
assortment of foods for breakfast. I've had American and (some)
European breakfast offerings, no Asian or Indian tho.


 RH> Sounds like fun. The annual March Madness is descending upon the
 RH> country this week. This past week end was the ACC tournament; I had to
 RH> give Steve a nut shell summary of the former and explain that the
 RH> latter was not the same.

 ML> Basketball doesn't move me much. I keep forgetting about
 ML> March and other forms of madness, lucky me. Baseball, though,
 ML> that's worth fussing about.

I know, I don't get all excited over it like some people do. I just know
it's there, catch scores but don't follow it or fill out a bracket form.
I'm not really following spring training either.


 ML> The Archway brand used to be pretty decent. I don't know
 ML> what happened to it, if anything.
 RH> I think they're still around, just have to know where to look. I'm
 RH> thinking (could be wrong) that they're now more of a northeast item,
 RH> not nation wide.

 ML> I've been informed that they had their day in the sun and
 ML> then went the way of all commodities. Apparently, though,
 ML> they've been resurrected, rejuvenated, whatever.

They are available, and in the one nutrition data app I have on my
phone.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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