Adams Morgan late on a Friday or Saturday though - it seems to have gotten kind of rough (drunks picking fights, driving, etc.).

I've been hearing this and, wouldn't you know it...it's the one place she's asked to go.

Then again, I was on Santa Monica Pier with her and her husband some 22 years ago...the DH and I noticed a knife fight about the happen. We looked at each other with that "oh crap...we can't just walk away...let's get our tough on" look. I very quietly asked B to move to a safe location, not mentioning the pending fracas. She spotted the knife, walked right up to the guy...a visibly drugged vagrant...as if she was watching tv and screamed "He's got a KNIFE!!"

The guy went for her and I stepped between them, just missing getting the tip in my chest. I jumped back, into her, knocking her over and we both went down. Her husband advanced and the homeless guy was hit from behind by the guy he was about to knife.

I couldn't speak to her for a very, very long time...maybe months...I was so furious at the stupidity that could have gotten her killed.

Huh. Thanks Todd. I needed to remember that story before we hit the street.

How many people leave a cash tip in their hotel room for the housekeepers?

I do. Usually $2 or $3 per night. More if we're extra messy.

How many people wear some form of stilletto or heels over 2.5 inches when flying? Or boots?

Used to until we had to "share the fungus" as Steph put it. Now I try to make it slip ons.

How many people buy a box of candy to take back to their office mates?

Not usually cause I only ever came to Michigan and I never really liked any of my co-workers that much.

How many people get cravings for a food or drink only when they travel? (Like, ordering tomato juice or bloody mary mix on the plane, when you normally don't drink it)

I *have* to have peanut M&M's when I fly. And ginger ale.

How many people leave a cash tip in their hotel room for the housekeepers?

I always mean to, but I generally forget until after I have checked out and left the key.

How many people were some form of stilletto or heels over 2.5 inches when flying? Or boots?

Not me.

How many people buy a box of candy to take back to their office mates?

That would not occur to me.

How many people get cravings for a food or drink only when they travel? (Like, ordering tomato juice or bloody mary mix on the plane, when you normally don't drink it)

I do drink tomato juice or bloody mary mix more when flying than other times. I'm not sure if it's that the craving hits ore than or that it's easier to order some than if I was home and would have to go to the store. Or that I get all willing to indulge myself while travelling.

How many people leave a cash tip in their hotel room for the housekeepers?

This is the only one I do. P-C, you leave ~$2 a day. I'll leave $5 for a weekend.

1) Yes--usuallly $3 a day, or $5 at the end of a stay or if they've done something special like leave extra towels, or cleaned up a heinous mess.

2) Slip on shoes, usually of the trainer variety.

3) Yes

4) God yes!

Well, you'll probably be all right around dinner time. I think it only gets bad late, especially on Friday and Saturday nights. (They've done a special financial something to pay for extra policing. I ignored the details and just made a note to make sure I avoided 18th and Columbia at those times.)

Also, for French food - La Fourchette! yum!

How many people leave a cash tip in their hotel room for the housekeepers?

Always. I've done that job. When you can, please be kind. Sometimes people would leave pop magazines they were done with. I always enjoyed that too.

But more than money? The thing that made me squeal with glee was walking into a room where the occupant had pulled the sheets off the bed and piled them by the door with the skanky towels.

That small action may only have saved me a few seconds labor, but it made me feel like me and the anonymous stranger I was cleaning up after were in it together. Absolute gold.

Yikes bonny (ETA: In reaction to the knife story, not her bed-stripping, which I will totally do in the future)!

How many people leave a cash tip in their hotel room for the housekeepers?

Totally depends.

How many people wear some form of stilletto or heels over 2.5 inches when flying? Or boots?

Never. These days I always wear shoes I can slip on and off easily.

How many people buy a box of candy to take back to their office mates?

This last trip, I brought a bar of chocolate each for 5-6 people I work with most, and a box of fleur de sel caramels that I left out for everyone.

How many people get cravings for a food or drink only when they travel? (Like, ordering tomato juice or bloody mary mix on the plane, when you normally don't drink it)

Not I.

Adams Morgan late on a Friday or Saturday though - it seems to have gotten kind of rough (drunks picking fights, driving, etc.).

Nah, just avoid being there when the bars close. That's bad. Though honestly, I've enjoyed Queen Of Sheba and Etete more than Meskerem. (I think I'd probably recommend Etete first, because IIRC, QoS is the one that charged ridic amounts for the sodas, but check their website if you want live music that could be fun and worth it)

I don't generally bring stuff back for the coworkers when travelling, because we all travel so much. But if I go someplace like New Orleans around Mardi Gras I'd bring king cake, or if I got to go somplace far away/exotic, I'd grab something you can't get here, or whatever.

I do occasionally get bloody mary mix on the plane, and I never do that anywhere else, but not that frequently.

And I wear whatever pair of shoes is the biggest and can't fit in my suitcase, usually...

That small action may only have saved me a few seconds labor, but it made me feel like me and the anonymous stranger I was cleaning up after were in it together.

I try to clean the room as best I can before leaving. (like, throw trash away, pile the towels together, etc.) This also helps me ensure I don't forget anything. I've never stripped the bed though.