The Unofficial Reedy Hotel Report

I get to stay at a hotel again for the third time in a month. I'm moving up in the world and the greatest thing is I don't have to pay for it. All this hotel staying made me think of the greatness known as not getting a lick of sleep even though the bed is so huge. Let's do it.

Econo lodge in Hershey (1 past stay, 1 upcoming stay)
I'll be leaving for here tomorrow. The first time I stayed there it was all right except for the stupidity of myself not swiping the key the right way, having to have someone come up and show me once again how to do it made it fun. There's this great Italian restaurant right next to it that I ate at last time with a really nice waitress who was very smiley and who I gave a very generous tip to. She obviously uses a tanning booth. So bascially, it's a nuts and bolts hotel but the best thing is it's not too far from the arena. And I know how to get there, which is huge.

Holiday Inn Express (Sharon or West Middlesex, depending on whether you look at Mapquest)
Mapquest says this hotel is at Sharon while the real address says West Middlesex. My room was pretty sweet. It had a microwave with a complimentary bad of popcorn, coffemaker and there's an indoor pool there. I was up on the 3rd floor in room 308 but wasn't really in the room that much. There was also a pretty sweet breakfast which included donuts, milk and lots of other stuff that I was too asleep to notice.

Days Inn in Brookville (2 stays)
Those were some of the craziest visits. The first visit included playing some version of videogames (likely XBox), staying up really late and taking some time to put shaving cream and other stuff on a counselor's face and hands while sleeping. I also think it's interesting this is the only one I ever stayed at which had interconnecting rooms. That really didn't make too much sense to me. I also remember having a fake love note typed up by one of the ladies on the trip to some of the other guys in the room as well. There were legitimate concerns by the counselors about having an outside balcony near the room.

The HI express in Newark (2 stays)
I believe I stayed here from the 1st NY trip but at the second NY trip (the senior trip) our hotel room pretty much turned into Animal House with about 7-8 people in there watching various movies and basically not sleeping. Our wake-up call in the morning was Mr. Cosgrove pounding on the door until someone responded with something audible. We had to get up extra early to go to the Today show. None of us really wanted to go since we spent a small amount of time there.

The Roosevelt Hotel (New York)
Fancy schmancy indeed. Talk about your high-end hotels. This hotel had our journalism conference inside on the 2nd floor. I stayed on the 14th floor. The room ifself really wasn't that different from any of the hotel room we were at but the lobby was pretty sweet. There's like a gift shop and a mini-bar there. Oh, and we were there on St. Patrick's Day which added to the craziness.

That's about all the hotels I can think of where I have graced my presence. In a total unrelated topic, I think a lot of the ladies are going on the fake n bake circuit getting ready for spring break to show off their redness to complete strangers on the beach. Have fun with the artificial sunlight ladies. March Madness starts next week and word on the street is there will be another Facebook bracket this year with Gary. That will be incredibly awesome.