Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait...Unless They're Me

I'm going to a conference in Washington, D.C. in February, and I really wanted to stay at this really cute Bed and Breakfast next to the conference hotel instead of at the conference hotel.  I tried to be "responsible" and wait until the advanced program for the meetings came up before I booked my room so I could confirm which days I would be staying.

I waited a day too long.

I was so sad to find out that the room I wanted (the only one under the government rate that I could get reimbursed for the full cost of the room) had been booked.  It made me not want to go to the conference anymore.  I ended up booking a room in the conference hotel.  I'm trying to see the bright side.

Pros:
-I don't have to go outside in February to go to the sessions.
-My room has a full private bathroom (the B&B room had a communal shower)
-There's a TV.

But...Cons:
-No free breakfast
-No free WiFi in the room
-It's so "mainstream" and I can't say that I'm supporting a small business that serves locally-grown food.

I'll have to find some other occasion to stay at that B&B for two nights or so in my life.  Honeymoon?
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 7, 2012 at 2:44 AM

    Come see me!!! B&Bs are awesome and usually run by little families here. I am already planning where we go, so now you have to visit. Stratford Upon Avon ok with you?

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    1. AlexandraNovember 7, 2012 at 2:50 AM

      Where are you and how long will you be there? One of my crazy post-Hawaii plans is a Great World adventure, after all!

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    2. UnknownNovember 8, 2012 at 2:36 AM

      I'm in Galway Ireland. West Coast of Ireland. But it's about an hour plane ride from pretty much anywhere in England or Europe. I should be here until June-ish. Then hopefully graduate work in London or Essex.

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  2. LauraNovember 7, 2012 at 7:06 AM

    You can eat free breakfast by eating with me. If I still live in DC. And by "in DC" I mean in Virginia. SO you can come have free breakfast by either leaving the city by going South or North :)

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    1. AlexandraNovember 7, 2012 at 12:11 PM

      Ooh...I hope I get a JHU interview, because I was totally thinking that I could come out either before or stay a little later, and if you're living in Baltimore, I can totes stay with you! (Note my use of "totes" to indicate excitement.)

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