HOTEL REVIEW: Best Western Eastern Shore Inn Exmore, VA

Two Stars (out of Five)

Overall this was a pretty low-rent place. Sure I had cable tv and the internets, but the pillows were flat & the sheets were old. Sometimes the cleaning people didn't empty out, let alone wash my little coffee pot. The people who worked there were very nice & helpful, and since the hotel was only 20 percent full they took care of me as much as they could. I think I can best express myself through a haiku...

Buffet serves despair
lukewarm, stale,the sheets are rough
only go if must

DATELINE: Pajama City, USA

I'm at home working on a report. It's going a little better than the last several have but I'm not out of the woods yet. Nothing too exciting is going on. Watched Soylent Green last night - I'm a big fan of Charlton Heston apocalypse movies. I'm not going to give away the surprise ending but Soylent Green aint tofu.

My last project was outside of DC & was uneventful EXCEPT that Adale came down & we got to hang out with Bern & Kristin. We went to a fancy shmancy Mediterranean restaurant and had one of the best meals I've had in a long time and then went to out to a tasty brunch the next day.

The Hampton Inn was subpar - the room was small, no microwave, I had to request a fridge, and I didn't even get the bottled water/snack chips due to me in honor of my Diamond Status with Hilton Honors. And to add injury to insult the afternoon cookies were oatmeal raisin/cranberry for an entire week, and then they switched to peanut butter!!! Every other Hampton switches cookies daily AND there's a preponderance of chocolate chip in the mix.

DATELINE: Germantown, MD

I'm having a little coffee, watching tv, and getting mentally prepared for a meeting this morning. This meeting is a prelude for a project here after the beginning of the New Year - we want to make sure the client can handle Teh Awesomeness of The Man. Lets hope they're prepared.

I will have to find a different hotel for when I come back. This Hampton Inn - typical hotel for my travel - but it's below my executive standards. Why?

1. No refrigerator to store my high powered business snacks and execu-fuel.
2. Room is too small for pacing and re-creating my deal closing skills.
3. Evening cookies at the front desk were over-cooked and hard