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Joshua Longbrake is doing an interesting series of photos. So far, Wednesday is my favorite. What are the philosophical implications of this notion? I have no idea.

At my church, there are babies everywhere, most of them being the first grandchild. Everywhere you look, you can find grandparents with cameras taking hundreds of pictures of their granchild. I wonder how many of these kids first words will be “Cheese!”  or “iPhone!” ??

I travel a lot for work. A LOT. Therefore, I spend more time in a hotel room than in my own house. There are definite problems with this, such as never being home, never seeing family and friends, etc. etc. However, one upside is all the hotels that I stay at is that I have a moonlighting career as a hotel connoisseur.

I have a very large supply of free hotel toiletries that I have accumulated. I thought it might be useful for my readers if I reviewed the various hotel products and rated them. Now, though a certain hotel might get a lower score on this little review, it does not mean that it is a bad hotel. For instance, perhaps their shampoo stinks, but their bathroom overall is amazing. But that will be explored in another blog posting.

 I decided to review 5 hotels and list them from worst to absolute best:

5. The Venetian, Las Vegas:  While The Venetian in Las Vegas is opulent in many ways, their shampoo, conditioner and hand lotions are atrocious. They smell very heavily of musk and remind me of an old man in a white suit smoking a cigar. Perhaps some of the older richer crowd appreciates this, but for me I bring my own supply when visiting this hotel.

4. Westin, Palo Alto:  The Westin is always a wonderful hotel. There are so many great things about their hotel, but their shampoo is not one of them. The packinging is very attractive, clean and modern. But open the bottle, take a whiff, and PHEW! Also a heavily perfumed product reminding me of a men’s aftershave.

3. Marriott, Berlin:  The Marriott’s products are a middle of the line product. Not heavily perfumed, actually usuable if needed, but nothing sticks out to make me want to hoard them.

2. Grand Hyatt, Seattle:  The Grand Hyatt in Seattle is one of my favorite hotels to stay in, which is good because I end up there at least twice a year for 10 days each time. I love their scents. The lemon/ginger theme is amazing. I even save the bar soap. I stock up when I am at this hotel, for those short trips when you don’t want to pack a lot of toiletries. One negative thing is that their conditioner isnt that great and doesnt really help my long hair untangle.

1. W Hotel, New York:  I personally have never gotten to stay at a W hotel, but many of my coworkers do. Whenever I hear of someone going to stay at a W, I request that they grab some of the Bliss products that they leave in the bathrooms. This stuff is absolutely amazing, so much so that I go out and purchase it for my personal use at Sephora.

I wanted to try and make my very own website, on my own domain, so this is an experiment. I’ve imported all the posts from my other blog over here so that everything is all in one place.

 I have vision for this, but I guess we will start out simple and I will get it more to where I like is as I learn how to use Word Press, CSS, and php….

 and yes, i will start posting here, so don’t go back to my blogspot blog.

 just come here!!