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Happy Memorial Day!
This Tuesday through Friday I get to work in Austin. I'll be staying at the Embassy Suites near the Arboretum. It will be good to stay at the Embassy Suites (ES), but you should know, Reader, that reserving a room was no easy task.
A couple of weeks ago, several of my colleagues stayed in the ES. In case you don't know, the ES offers a free happy hour. When I called to book a room for this week, they told me that they no longer honor the government rate. I asked why, and they explained that one particular government employee - a GS-11 who I'll refer to as "Lisa" - nearly drank the ES out of business during a recent stay. The ES forced me to promise not to take advantage of the happy hour before they'd allow me to make a reservation! That's no problem for me, because I'll be far too busy spending my idle hotel time working on my workpapers to do any drinking (just seems kind of like the right thing to do).
The good news is that a guy I work with who I'll refer to as "Alan" wrote up a very detailed chronicle of "Lisa"'s degeneration at the ES Austin Arboretum. As soon as I'm able, I'll post "Alan"'s "Lisa Chronicles" for your amusement (or dismay).
GOALS FOR THE WEEK
1. Work with Vickie to complete the planning section of our working papers.
2. Play baseball with some good kids that I know.
3. Go to Miniature Golf and Pizza.
4. Eat meat at the County Line.
5. Have dessert at the Driskill and re-make friends with Diana - the girl who wears a t-shirt about meatloaf in public (on 6th St. even!).
6. Buy some of that good tea from the convenience store across from the Driskill.
7. Bowling!
8. Watch scrapbooking club
9. Other
posted by Larry Feathers @ 9:23 PM
5 Comments:
Thanks "Alan". Do you mind if I post your chronicles?
Yeah, she is quite a character. I have a few notes written down from the most recent Florida trip - so I'll see what I can come up with.
Unfortunately, the lion's share of "Lisa's" debauchery evidently came during the times I wasn't around (or at least that's what she told me).
larryfeathers-
I had cinnamon apple pie with ice cream at the Driskill this weekend. The pie was bad, but the Driskill was awesome.
jwall
I also ate at the County Line on Lake Austin.
jwall
If anyone finds themselves in Austin and wanting to go to a Bakery, do not go to the Upper Crust Bakery at 45th & Burnet. There, you will find the Bakery Nazi.
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