Goodoodles

Hi everyone!  Happy Monday!  This is THE post this week.  I’ve scheduled it in advance because we are visiting Disneyworld!!!  Gotta love the Magic.  At all ages.  It’s BIG goodoodles.  As is the time we are able to spend with family in Florida that makes it like coming home.

Preparing all our suitcases last week got me thinking about trips and hotel stays and I thought I’d share one simple goodoodle:

1.  Sleeping under the stars.  Back in my banking days, one of my clients was Caesar’s World and for our bank meetings at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, we used to be awed by the fantasy suites, like the Pompeii suite.  Here, the high-rolling guest would arrive to find his or her rooms filled with all his or her favorite flowers, food and drink, etc.  Then the lights would dim and a deep recorded voice would welcome the guest by name to the times of ancient Pompeii when lava flowed across the earth, and thus began a sound and light show, giving the impression of lava flowing down the rock staircase leading the guest into the living room of the suite overlooking the Las Vegas Strip.   It was really fantastic…extraordinary, really. 

Whether it’s special hotel experiences like these, a simple inn on the beach, a rustic cabin in the mountains, a clean motel room to rest a weary body while on the road, or a tent under the stars, getting away from home for a bit can be very regenerating. 

In our family, our four year old is the most passionate about hotel stays.  For her, that IS the vacation.  She had the luxury this past year of sleeping under a five star roof in a Spanish beach resort near Cadiz.  The other day, when we passed a hotel sign with five stars, she commented ¨Mommy, you know why the hotels have five stars, don’t you? ”  No dear, why?   “Because they give you chocolates by your bed!”   Right you are.  Sleeping away under any kind of star that you can afford, just for the break; creative, over-the-top Las Vegas, and little girls who have it all figured out.  Goodoodles and a great week, everyone!!