Topic: RESTAGING A MURDER (Read 6686 times)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #60 on:** June 24, 2017, 08:25:28 AM »

On another such business trip to Chicago, we were all staying at the Congress (?) on Michigan Avenue, and they were beyond full.

I'd reserved a non-smoking room but the one they gave me was reeking as though a pack had just been smoked in there, and they insisted it was impossible to change rooms. I suffered through it that night, but oddly enough, when I came back into it the following afternoon it was like there had never been a puff taken there. Thank goodness, because they still couldn't change me.

But I love Chicago...

Jane · « **Reply #61 on:** June 24, 2017, 08:39:47 AM »

Having fun sitting at the border waiting to return home. At least we didn't have traffic getting here.

Jane · « **Reply #62 on:** June 24, 2017, 08:45:17 AM »

DR Ginny I hope you receive a. Very nice discount after being kept awake last night.

Jane · « **Reply #63 on:** June 24, 2017, 08:46:22 AM »

We seem to have a knack for choosing the slowest lines 😀

Jane · « **Reply #64 on:** June 24, 2017, 08:47:07 AM »

We are next 😊

Laura · « **Reply #65 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:01:48 AM »

Good morning.

Laura · « **Reply #66 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:03:19 AM »

I got one of those produce boxes from a neighborhood center this morning. A ridiculous number of tomatoes and zucchini, and some cucumbers and other stuff. I have two loaves of zucchini bread in the oven, and I just roasted two pans of tomatoes to make into sauce. Gazpacho will also be on the menu this week.

Laura · « **Reply #67 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:10:08 AM »

I have the oven going because it is a nippy 96 degrees out.

bk · « **Reply #68 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:16:46 AM »

I shall now be on my way to the theater.

Jane · « **Reply #69 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:23:56 AM »

Quote from: Laura on June 24, 2017, 09:10:08 AM

I have the oven going because it is a nippy 96 degrees out.

Jane · « **Reply #70 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:26:51 AM »

Our SUV held a lot more gas than our new sedans does. After all our ideling yesterday going nowhere we had to fill up the gas tank.

Jane · « **Reply #71 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:31:11 AM »

If traffic continues to stay clear, or isn't too slow going through the upcoming construction, we shall just make our 11:00 lunch date at The Cheesecake Factory.

Jane · « **Reply #72 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:48:44 AM »

Sigh, the slow traffic through the construction took longer than I expected. At least it is a pretty mountain road.

FJL · « **Reply #73 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:54:27 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on June 24, 2017, 08:22:18 AM

Before I run out of here, my little (very little) story about my stay at the Palmer House...

This was in the early '90s and I was in Chicago for a one- or two-night stay for a business convention or something. On this particular occasion I should have just stayed at the Hyatt or wherever most of the activities were going on, but I'd always had a hankering for trying the Palmer House. So I went off on my own there, checked in, and while I loved the old but then-faded elegance of the public areas, I found the section with my room in it to be in obvious need of some upgrading. But no problem. I'm here for the "experience", right? They were busy and I took my own bags up to the room.

As I began unpacking, something felt "off". Don't ask me why I wasn't immediately aware of what it was, but I wasn't. Apparently I hadn't walked into the bathroom yet, because that would certainly have been a shock. Anyway, I'd decided to put some of my clothes into a drawer, which I didn't always do but I wanted to this time.....and there was somebody else's socks and underwear. It took a moment for the meaning of this to sink in, and I then went to the bathroom to discover personal stuff all over the place. Ay yi yi...

Thank GAWD no one had been in there when I unlocked the door (with the old-fashioned key) and walked in. I quickly gathered my stuff and went back to the desk, gave them the key, and told them they'd just put me in an occupied room. They fixed it immediately, of course, and escorted me to a new room with a bellhop going in ahead of me to inspect it. But...wow.

Not the specifics, of course, whihc sound scary - but the atmosphere reminds me of a place called the Park Brompton Inn where we had stayed in Chicago back in the 1990s.

FJL · « **Reply #74 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:55:11 AM »

Theater vibes to BK.

FJL · « **Reply #75 on:** June 24, 2017, 09:55:57 AM »

Travel vibes to Jane!

vixmom · « **Reply #76 on:** June 24, 2017, 10:15:58 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on June 24, 2017, 06:28:51 AM

Fortunately, since the town installed a new drain in the road , our basement seems to have ceased flooding

I spoke too soon

vixmom · « **Reply #77 on:** June 24, 2017, 10:20:22 AM »

There has been entirely too much wading for my liking

Jane · « **Reply #78 on:** June 24, 2017, 01:29:01 PM »

We had a nice lunch with my friend from elementary school. She moved away in 5th grade and reconnected at least 15 years ago.

John G. · « **Reply #79 on:** June 24, 2017, 01:47:02 PM »

Good afternoon, all.

John G. · « **Reply #80 on:** June 24, 2017, 01:47:20 PM »

Happy 89th birthday to my dad!

Jane · « **Reply #81 on:** June 24, 2017, 01:48:19 PM »

Happy 89th birthday to your father 🎂🎈🎉

Jane · « **Reply #82 on:** June 24, 2017, 01:49:24 PM »

We are enjoying a lovely view ot Rainier.

FJL · « **Reply #83 on:** June 24, 2017, 02:24:13 PM »

Happy birthday to John G's dad!!!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #84 on:** June 24, 2017, 03:00:26 PM »

I see on Facebook that Eli Wallach has died. I last saw him in my friend Jeff's play Visiting Mr Green.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #85 on:** June 24, 2017, 03:00:59 PM »

Quote from: FJL on June 24, 2017, 02:24:13 PM

Happy birthday to John G's dad!!!

Ditto!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #86 on:** June 24, 2017, 03:57:15 PM »

Happy Birthday to the father of DR JOHN G.

DR CHAS SMITH that was a scary story.

Good traffic vibes for DR JANE.

CHICAGO VIBES for DR GINNY.

FJL · « **Reply #87 on:** June 24, 2017, 04:24:53 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 24, 2017, 03:00:26 PM

I see on Facebook that Eli Wallach has died. I last saw him in my friend Jeff's play Visiting Mr Green.

Larry - He passed away on June 24, 2014, three years ago today.

Jeanne · « **Reply #88 on:** June 24, 2017, 05:33:03 PM »

Hello, everyone.

Jeanne · « **Reply #89 on:** June 24, 2017, 05:33:51 PM »

DR Ginny, I'm sorry your trip has been so troublesome. I hope it turns around instantly!

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