Tag Archives: Business Travel

The $75 5K That Wasn’t

This week I am at conference in San Diego, staying at a resort hotel that extorts me at every turn. ($4.75 for a cup of Diet Coke? No thanks. $4.25 for a tall Starbucks brewed coffee? Yes, please!)  Knowing that … Continue reading

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Three Things Thursday (The Skeevy Travel Edition)

I am only three days into my seven day business trip but I am already struggling with being away from home. For some reason, during this trip more than others I have been skeeved out by the run-of-the-mill unsanitary conditions of traveling. … Continue reading

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Training Log: Rock’n’Roll USA Half Marathon (Week 3)

Hopefully this will be my last “training log” post summarizing a week where I hardly did any training for the Rock’n’Roll USA Half Marathon (Washington, D.C., March 17, 2012). My “excuse” this week was a business trip to London. Yes, … Continue reading

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Being Blunt–The British Language Edition

Although I was seriously confused by some of the “features” of my hotel room, for the most part I’ve been struck by how straight-forward things are here in London, and find some British language usage to be humorously blunt. At … Continue reading

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Three Things Thursday (The Confounded Edition)

I am on a business trip, staying at a lovely boutique hotel in London. I’m used to things being different when I travel, but three things about my hotel room really confounded me. When I saw how small the lift … Continue reading

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