When I posted last I was in Huntsville, TX. I left there Monday evening after my lecture and drove home. Tuesday was a blur as I unpacked and re-packed. I am now in Salt Lake City for Spring Quilt Market. Linda is home sick with a really bad cold. I already miss having her here but she really needs to be in bed so there you go.
On the upside, I am in a very nice hotel compliments of the company who makes our fabric, Robert Kaufman. The Hotel Monaco is almost across the street from the Salt Palace Convention Center. Here is one side of my room:
The desk is on the other side with a marvelous desk chair that is the perfect height for the desk. I can type on this laptop and my hands are not up by my ears.
There are two thick terrycloth bathrobes in the closet – leopard print! This could be mine (or yours) for only $90! And there are socks with rubber grips on the bottom that can also be yours (or mine) for $15!
I gotta say, this is not my normal hotel experience. I am happy when I am in a safe, clean, comfortable hotel (which is most of the time) but I do enjoy an over-the-top experience. Check out the drawer of offerings for the traveler who got here craving a Snickers bar in the middle of the night. It would be $2.25 which, under some circumstances, might seem reasonable.
But the thing in this drawer that really cracks me up is this. Look at the back, right side of the offerings. There are two thin packages, wrapped in clear plastic. The white one is a first aid kit, the black one is an intimacy kit. An 'intimacy kit' is not something I have seen before in a hotel and did not expect to find in Salt Lake City. it's got pretty much what you would expect (x2). I'd be interested to know which has to be replenished more often – the candy bars or the intimacy kits.
The attention to detail is pretty wonderful. The spare toilet paper is wrapped in twine with a bow on the back of the toilet. That is a nice touch! As are the colorful key cards below.
The lobby is beautiful, the elevators are fast, the restaurant is really good (but not inexpensive). Linda, if you are reading this, I know that you would love it so I am going to have to love it twice as much for both of us!
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I first looked at only the top of the image of the toilet paper roll with the ribbon, and I thought, this is mormon undergarments! Glad to know I was wrong.
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Wow that is living the life of luxury. Enjoy, shame poor Linda was too ill to attend.
Hope you have a great time.
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thats one luxurious hotel. i hope i’ll able to see one of that nearby.
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Poor Linda is missing it all. Take lots and lots of pics for your fans and Linda. The “drawer” of items also cracked me up. What a hotel.
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My husband & I have stayed at that chain of hotels before & they are fun. It is nice to be pampered and I am sure you deserve it!
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i would think both need replenishing…isn’t an-after-intimacy candy bar the norm?? 😉
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holy cow… I’m at Little American.. nothing like that!
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Hey Pat:
I gotta say that this is a really swell place to stay! I feel loved.
Becky
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Love the pictures – architectural and comfort – is that a “foot warmer bed quilt on the end of the bed? I had heard that the hotels were doing that now. Get well soon Linda. Judy C
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Love the robe! I love traveling with you through your pictures. You take Great pictures! Salt Lake City is on my list of places to see, it looks beautiful. Have fun at Market. I hope Linda feels better soon!
Connie
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I want to stay at your hotel next time…
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Well, you have the power…
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I’m so sorry that you had to rough it, Becky. lol
It’s wonderful that Robert Kaufman felt you deserved a room like this-we all feel the same way.
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the intimacy kit can be pretty distracting after looking at the goodness of the hotel. i wish they can remove that or you know they could qualify someone who are there just to have a good time.
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