On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:23:35 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

>On Jun 27, 9:54*pm, Cindy Fuller >
>wrote:
>> Was long enough, thank you very much. *I was stranded at the Hyatt
>> Century Plaza Hotel for the American Headache Society's annual
>> scientific meeting. *The hotel was nice, but the management was
>> hell-bent on making maximum moolah off each guest. *($5 for an
>> individual bag of chips in the mini-bar??? *PUH-LEEZE!!!)
>
>The nicer the hotel, the more expensive their everyday items. If you
>need to swipe your credit card to get a coke, the hotel is very nice
>indeed. But such hotels are for people on expense accounts, not for
>those watching their pennies.

The places where you have to be super careful are the ones with
servi-bars that have pressure pads on the shelves. Move a can or
bottle and <cha-ching!> it goes on your tab.
>
>>*My work
>> partner in crime was presenting preliminary results on our research
>> project, and much of our time before Saturday was spent making and
>> re-making slides for a 7-minute talk; therefore, I didn't see much of
>> the area. *Wednesday night I walked over to Gelson's and got some
>> grilled salmon and salads for us. *Friday night we went to the Pink
>> Taco.
>
>I have to admire the nerve of someone who would name a restaurant the
>Pink Taco.

How about a grocery chain named "Ralphs"? That amused me when I first
moved to California.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


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