One thing that came up in a conversation this weekend (can't remember who I was talking to) is that many locales with cheaper hotels are also that much more expensive/difficult to fly into. Between three major airports, you can get to NYC from *anywhere*.
This was me I believe. I also feel like NYC is good for good food at various price points.
But, if I go to the East Coast, it will probably have to be late July for various family things so, like java, I feel I should abstain from the picking-a-place discussion.
Cool. I didn't remember hearing a whole lot of stories akin to "And then Steph had to get off the train because she was so hungover that she had to puke into a trash can!" (true story), so I was wondering if it was that important any more.
I laugh because the reason I didn't even attempt to go to Roscoe's in LA this weekend was because I feared getting sick in someone's car.
and even pretty basic hotels way out in Brooklyn were more than we usually spend.
Though from my limited experience in Brooklyn Heights, that area is AWESOME. Especially the Chip Shop. Thanks again, Tom.
It's also a pigsty, and has a horrible bed bug reputation.
Well, my experience wasn't "pigsty" at all, but a bed bug rep seems reasonable for knocking it out of contention.
Teachers can't really ask for days off at the beginning of September, fwiw. Asking for days off at all is tricky, but next to impossible in fall. Since I doubt we can come anyway, though, it probably won't affect me specifically.
Asking for days off at all is tricky
Yes, this. I get 2 personal days for the entire school year.
Cool. I didn't remember hearing a whole lot of stories akin to "And then Steph had to get off the train because she was so hungover that she had to puke into a trash can!" (true story), so I was wondering if it was that important any more.
I was *just* looking at pictures of that train trip! You're totally crashed out on Trudy's shoulder, so it's right before the puke stop.
I laugh because the reason I didn't even attempt to go to Roscoe's in LA this weekend was because I feared getting sick in someone's car.
At the LAF2F, I completed my hangover hurling in the Roscoe's bathroom before they served us. It's actually really good hangover food, as it turns out.
The teacher factor should certainly be a factor... but lots of people leave town Friday and get home on Sunday for the F2Fs. It's certainly not an impossible thing to do.
At the LAF2F, I completed my hangover hurling in the Roscoe's bathroom before they served us. It's actually really good hangover food, as it turns out.
Huh, I was oblivious to that. Probably because I was mesmerized by the stack of fried and battered chicken livers on my plate.
The teacher factor should certainly be a factor... but lots of people leave town Friday and get home on Sunday for the F2Fs. It's certainly not an impossible thing to do.
I would assume there might be a prep issue for teachers. When I taught on Fridays and Mondays, weekends-off really didn't exist.
