tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post2931647936506064316..comments2024-03-28T16:58:03.030-04:00Comments on Success Along the Weigh: Road Trippin' for AlohaAnele @ Success Along the Weighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-8680155976962171562012-06-21T12:02:53.675-04:002012-06-21T12:02:53.675-04:00O!M!G!!! That pillow... YIKES!
...and THANK YOU f...O!M!G!!! That pillow... YIKES!<br /><br />...and THANK YOU for sharing Jake with us! Everyone in the family are now HUGE fans, and my Divine Miss O wants to learn ookehlehleh, LOL! I've scoured youtube and built a 'Jake Shimabukuro' file... I've listened to him every day since you wrote this post. The most touching part is that what an exceptional human being he is shines through his performances... I can see why you and the Mr. admire him so.<br /><br />...and with every one of your Hawaii posts I fall more in love. It's now at the top of my 'places to visit' list, and sooner than later.<br /><br />I know I have not told you enough lately just what a blessing you are in my life... again... thank you for so generously sharing yourslef with me!ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266437063946876795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-78731311017873884592012-06-18T22:22:58.782-04:002012-06-18T22:22:58.782-04:00Aww, yay! I'm glad y'all had a good time (...Aww, yay! I'm glad y'all had a good time (except for the crappy cupcake & murderous hotel room).Amber @ Slim Pickins Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243915428179627178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-11347741177718645942012-06-18T21:52:07.236-04:002012-06-18T21:52:07.236-04:00Am back from my trip...just barely online and catc...Am back from my trip...just barely online and catching up. Glad you were able to plan a good weekend away and other than the hotel (eew) it all seemed to go well otherwise! Now I know why I take my own pillows on road trips...gag.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717758915060629723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-57518452181110401302012-06-18T18:59:14.359-04:002012-06-18T18:59:14.359-04:00Huh. Thought the Wyndham was a classier place. Gu...Huh. Thought the Wyndham was a classier place. Guess I will stick to my Comfort Inn family. Usually a pretty clean place. As for the weekend, we went to the farmers market and on our walk home (daughter 16 and me) we got caught in a torrential downpour. With her nubile young boobies and my behemoth mounds in a white t-shirt with purple bra, did get some honks of appreciation LOL<br />cheezchik32cheezchik32https://www.blogger.com/profile/01382826146822000921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-55164782847030344452012-06-18T15:59:09.690-04:002012-06-18T15:59:09.690-04:00You guys always do the coolest things that I would...You guys always do the coolest things that I would never think of. Care to create an activity list for our family-visiting vacation next month, so I can have a neat story too? lol We'll be going through Grand Junction, CO, Salt Lake City, UT and Montpelier, ID, then across I80 in ID to get back home. Leave me some time to hike to the top of Mt. Olympus in Salt Lake, if it isn't too hot.<br /><br />I think I'll just avoid looking at anything except for the mandatory bedbug check...I've lived this long without getting any dread diseases from questionable hotel linens. I don't use the bedspreads because they always weigh a ton and are too hot.<br /><br />This weekend? Absolutely nothing, unless you count the abortive Father's Day breakfast where we went to one of the nominee restaurants for best breakfast in Denver and couldn't get in the door. Ended up at Village Inn because we were starving...Cherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296750630075402269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-29105960533849823112012-06-18T15:48:31.847-04:002012-06-18T15:48:31.847-04:00What a great road trip. I felt like I went along w...What a great road trip. I felt like I went along with you. Thanks for sharing all the great pictures and your descriptions of everything are so vivid that my mouth is watering hearing about and seeing all that great food. YUM!dupsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18088114640385927198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-69112609828155373012012-06-18T13:44:08.443-04:002012-06-18T13:44:08.443-04:00This post made me so excited for our upcoming road...This post made me so excited for our upcoming road trip next month! :D I love hitting up cute little stores and local eateries--sometimes the stuff you find on the way is just as good as the stuff you're actually traveling to see. :)<br /><br />I would FREAK OUT if that pillow were in my hotel room. Gross, gross, gross. I watch Hotel Impossible too, because I totally need more fuel to my OCD-ness about hotels. :PKiersten @ Oh My Veggieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879131170308980919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-39033320517893759162012-06-18T13:43:30.726-04:002012-06-18T13:43:30.726-04:00Sounds like a fantastic weekend! I spent mine loun...Sounds like a fantastic weekend! I spent mine lounging in some sand watching the waves crash in Carlsbad (!! :-) !!) and spoiling the daddy for Father's Day. I got crafty (a rarity!) and just made him feel like the King of the Castle that he is. It was fabulous...but doesn't sound nearly as fabulous as yours! Glad you enjoyed and Imma check Jake out!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477548540626948283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-79794836241547103402012-06-18T12:46:21.012-04:002012-06-18T12:46:21.012-04:00I know right, NAS-TAY! I don't even want to k...I know right, NAS-TAY! I don't even want to know how it got there. (heebie jeebies)<br /><br />Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend with a lil nugget of your own!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-4664964753464087982012-06-18T12:45:09.274-04:002012-06-18T12:45:09.274-04:00We stayed at Sheraton on the Falls when we went 2 ...We stayed at Sheraton on the Falls when we went 2 years ago. It was a great view and we'd recommend it if you don't mind some street noise from crowds depending on how far up you are. We were in a corner suite on the 6th floor and were able to hear noise from below but it wasn't intolerable. Great view of the Falls and downtown/lit ferris wheel.Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-16775327307365073842012-06-18T12:38:18.892-04:002012-06-18T12:38:18.892-04:00Well your weekend was a lot more exciting than min...Well your weekend was a lot more exciting than mine. I could have gone crazy in that candy store, as candy is my biggest love. I spent the weekend preparing food from our first CSA share and came to work today exhausted from being on my feet all weekend. Hoping to get more excited about the escarole and kale we got. Planning a trip to Niagra Falls in two weeks and am trying to book a hotel on Priceline. Even more important that we stick to the 4 star hotels based on your experience. Not that it's a barrier to dirty rooms, but I feel we've got a shot. We usually stay in timeshares, but can't get one this trip.Karen Jaffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157064914595763079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-82146181945572409852012-06-18T11:26:15.301-04:002012-06-18T11:26:15.301-04:00That pillow is NASTY--I've stayed at a lot of ...That pillow is NASTY--I've stayed at a lot of hotels, both nice and cheap, and never had anything like that, thankfully. Well, except what my husband and I fondly remember as the Bates Motel--a dump where we were stuck due to weather shutting down a pass (shudder). I agree, though, the biggest beef is the people who are flat out rude! Glad that the weekend was overall a good one; we spent ours with our grandson, which was pure joy--he is a great kid and a lot of fun to be with. (His parents actually have taught him manners!)Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794334786555278616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-15668980048093577222012-06-18T10:33:10.742-04:002012-06-18T10:33:10.742-04:00We stayed at a Hampton Inn a few years ago and it ...We stayed at a Hampton Inn a few years ago and it wasn't bad. My biggest beef is usually more people than the hotel. People SLAM doors and laugh and hoot and holler at all hours of the night and of course if you say anything they retaliate. People are just irritating.Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-9550536882766658902012-06-18T10:30:06.605-04:002012-06-18T10:30:06.605-04:00I don't think I'd want my pillows on a gro...I don't think I'd want my pillows on a grody hotel bed either. We decided if we have to go to a hotel in the future (aka-decide not to sleep for a night a pay for the privilege) we'll take specific hotel pillowcase we buy then burn, earplugs, eye masks and those silk sleeping bag thingys so we never have to touch the bed. This is the 2nd bad experience at high end hotels in a row. I'm thinking finding a parking lot would be better and sleep in the car.<br /><br />Yes, that song is beautiful. All of his stuff is just amazing!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-68351514282589788152012-06-18T10:28:34.676-04:002012-06-18T10:28:34.676-04:00I'm glad you had a good weekend. You deserved...I'm glad you had a good weekend. You deserved it, especially after your last non-weekend.<br /><br />I usually stay at lower end (read cheaper) chain hotels and I've never had an experience like that. Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've always had a clean room with clean pillows and linens (although I don't use the bedspread either). Except for one place we go every summer, but it's more of a camping/fishing place than a hotel so we just take our own pillows & blankets and make the best of it.another layerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756727485274694135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-24129715045892410972012-06-18T10:26:37.770-04:002012-06-18T10:26:37.770-04:00Yes it was and I won't have to worry about sta...Yes it was and I won't have to worry about staying at that hole again. NASTY!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-54524939611481482822012-06-18T10:26:04.129-04:002012-06-18T10:26:04.129-04:00You're very welcome! It was a great concert a...You're very welcome! It was a great concert and worth the inevitable bullchit we seem to have to go through for like 2 hours of wonderful.Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-29299937596275966882012-06-18T10:07:27.185-04:002012-06-18T10:07:27.185-04:00P.S. Blue Roses Falling was beautiful!P.S. Blue Roses Falling was beautiful!Kimberly Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035168471351870760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-10369287868117462092012-06-18T09:59:00.769-04:002012-06-18T09:59:00.769-04:00We always take our own pillows wherever we go--nev...We always take our own pillows wherever we go--never leave home without them but I'm a bit of a pillow snob. I worked as a motel maid one summer between college years--WORSE job EVER!!! You would not believe the things people do in those rooms and the messes they leave, however, I would never have put those pillows back on the beds and my rooms were clean when I left them. Glad you had a great weekend. <br /><br />We cooked breakfast for about 75 apparently starving church-goers as they wiped us out of food and I made a ton of it! Took the hubby out for Father's Day and then vegged.Kimberly Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035168471351870760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-61548882586378699772012-06-18T09:09:55.072-04:002012-06-18T09:09:55.072-04:00Sounds like you had a great weekend, except for th...Sounds like you had a great weekend, except for the hotel of course, =shollyphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599122252238787250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-32993928230918192452012-06-18T08:13:38.409-04:002012-06-18T08:13:38.409-04:00It was a great weekend and thanks so much for the ...It was a great weekend and thanks so much for the wonderful anniversary gift. Meeting Jake was a major highlight and the show was awesome! It was also nice just to get a little road trip in and despite the bad hotel experience I enjoyed evrythign!The Mr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04233628447251244134noreply@blogger.com