Things have been busy...this is not an excuse blog, just a statement of fact.
For a couple of weeks I thought long and hard about my next blog post, "Brilliant" I thought to myself. What a great post! So many directions to take this idea. I thought about them all, in the shower, in the car, at work, while on the phone...so many ideas all based on this one thought. What?!?!? (I hear you all screaming in suspense.) I have no idea.
Honestly, I feel like it is on the tip of my brain, so close, yet so far. If I could just remember the one word...and here it is...Howard Johnson. Honestly, I just thought of it. I also thought about erasing the rest of this post...but hell, it might be kind of funny, let's keep it.
One of the hotels my husband is planning on us staying in is a Howard Johnson, there might actually be a couple. When he first told me about it, I was ecstatic. I have NEVER stayed in a Howard Johnson, never.
I remember when I was in high school and my best friend Amanda was going on a band trip (how glam). She went to the rich private school and I went to the public school (Go BENGALS!). Her trip was to California and they were staying at a Howard Johnson. I somewhat remember hearing of a Howard Johnson before this, but in that far off way. All I knew was she was rich, she went to a rich school, I could only assume a Howard Johnson was a beautiful fancy hotel in sunny glamorous California. I was so jealous. As I got older, I kind of forgot about Howard Johnson hotels and all their mystique. I have traveled, I wouldn't call me a traveler, but I have been on a few trips, out of the country a couple of times...I know my way around a hotel room. I have definite hard limits on where I won't stay...Super 8....
So now I find myself oddly excited about these trips to the magical Howard Johnson hotels, they were on Mad Men...maybe they will be retro cool.
