These are my Lion Tales. To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales ... Through Charlotte to Toronto Hunnybear was on a...
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Apr 7, 2001 6:03 pm
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These are my Lion Tales. To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales ... Saab story The weather forecast was typical for...
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Apr 15, 2001 3:58 pm
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These are my Lion Tales. To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/liontales ... Not my personal choice, no I had set three alarms: my...
Richard Brodie
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Apr 16, 2001 2:32 pm
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Chinese tourists Kevin and Katie were coming to Vegas so I booked a one-way ticket on National Airlines. My return ticket was on the hated United Shuttle so I...
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Jun 22, 2001 3:05 pm
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Nice girls don’t get delayed I got up early to play a little video poker and the heavens were smiling on me today because I won back all of yesterday’s...
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Jun 23, 2001 3:27 pm
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Caesar salad Hunnybear and I relaxed in our suite, skipping up to the concierge lounge to get coffee, while Kevin and Katie slept in. I went down to play a...
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Jun 24, 2001 4:02 pm
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Expensive water Hunnybear went for a morning run to stay beautiful for me so I wrote and checked email. At 10:15 we headed down for brunch at Café Lago. We...
Richard Brodie
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Jun 25, 2001 9:06 pm
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No-nonsense schoolmarm For the first time in memory, both Hunnybear and I had confirmed upgrades on the hated United Shuttle flight from Lad Vegas back to Los...
Richard Brodie
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Jun 26, 2001 3:09 pm
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What was United thinking? I walked up to the American Airlines counter at McCarran where they had four agents working a nonexistent First Class line. United ...
Richard Brodie
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Jun 30, 2001 3:53 pm
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A little moist I had a bit of the lag so Hunnybear jumped up and down on my head until I woke up. We took a walk to Stage Deli, where we had some brunch....
Richard Brodie
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Jul 1, 2001 2:23 pm
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Weather delay We walked downtown again for the exercise and ended up at Zoë, a well-known SoHo restaurant, for brunch. Neither of us cared for the food,...
Richard Brodie
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Jul 2, 2001 11:36 am
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Ay, AI, Aida Hunnybear’s wakeup call came on schedule at 4:30 a.m.—1:30 West Coast time—and before I knew it she was out the door on her way to tell the...
Richard Brodie
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Jul 3, 2001 3:58 pm
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Producer quest Michael and I met KMO, Lara, and baby Logan in the 21st-floor lobby of the Hilton Times Square, where they had wisely procured a room for...
Richard Brodie
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Jul 4, 2001 2:00 pm
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Cat food I flipped on CNN but there was no news because all the reporters had the day off so I watched live coverage of the world championship hot-dog-eating...
Richard Brodie
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Jul 5, 2001 10:58 pm
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BizElite I awoke moments before the wake-up call came, followed shortly thereafter by Monkeyboy blaring out John Philip Sousa’s “Semper Fidelis” march...
Richard Brodie
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Jul 6, 2001 1:59 pm
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Ranch Flavor It was not without trepidation that I checked into the Los Angeles Red Carpet club for my 7 p.m. flight to Seattle. I had stopped flying United...
Richard Brodie
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Aug 11, 2001 6:11 pm
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Blazing Inferno We awoke at the W Seattle to find we had one of the rare rooms with a view of the Space Needle. Well, we had a view of the base of the Space...
Richard Brodie
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Aug 12, 2001 3:21 pm
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Geek sex symbol We packed up and went down to the front desk to check out of the W Seattle. It was nickel-and-dime hell. Our free night and second night at...
Richard Brodie
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Aug 13, 2001 3:39 pm
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Magic Spirit The Venetian had given free Alaska cruises to 50 of their slot players, myself included, so Hunnybear and I booked what was hopefully not our...
Richard Brodie
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Aug 29, 2001 2:32 pm
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Bon voyage We awoke well before the bellman was due to pick up our bags so we took the do-not-disturb sign off the door and prepared for the long travel day....
Richard Brodie
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Sep 6, 2001 10:01 pm
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No towers Hunnybear and I werent about to cancel our weekend in New York just because of some terrorist attacks so we switched our Starwood Free Weekend...
Richard Brodie
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Sep 22, 2001 4:01 pm
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Visit to the wreckage We opened the drapes and turned on the TV. Everything looked peaceful so I fired up Monkeyboy and wrote while Hunnybear jumped up and...
Richard Brodie
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Sep 23, 2001 2:47 pm
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Ground Zero A loud electronic alarm startled us awake around nine. I jumped out of bed and threw open the drapes to reassure myself New York was still there....
Richard Brodie
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Sep 24, 2001 10:33 pm
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Laughing Kiosks Hunnybear wanted me to accompany her to an important wedding in Miami in October. Now I love weddings but with Hunnybear stuck in Michigan and...
I solved the problem Independent Taxi arrived 10 minutes early for our 8 a.m. call but we hit every red light on the way to LAX to make up for it. We arrived...
Seared rare We had moved to the Windsor Arms, Torontos trendiest boutique hotel, for the night of the wedding reception. We had already had a legal ceremony...
Bogner Sweatshirts Our hunnymoon officially began when we locked the door to our Marina del Rey apartment and headed down to the front to catch our 5 p.m....
Susan Dalton Our airport taxi arrived 15 minutes early for our 5:45 a.m. pickup but we didnt so he cooled his heels while we finished packing for a two-day...
Stand Clear of Claim Device Tabbycat had been invited by New York New York Hotel and Casino Las Vegas to go on a complimentary Mexican Cruise aboard Grandeur...
A scramble for reaccommodation National Airlines went out of business the night before our flight so I called America West to find out in what way they, as ...
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