Saturday, March 28, 2009

musings on a busy hotel

It has been a while since I visited this spot. As I warned in my first post, I write only when I have something to say.

This week, there was a meeting I had to attend. The hotel I chose is quite crowded today. It's raining and people are standing around the lobby, waiting for their rides or whatever. But last night, I noticed there are several sports teams staying here. There are other notable folk as well.

A track team from Minnesota is here. They had their meet end yesterday. There is a soccer team from Wisconsin who begin play today... unless the rain stops them. Not only is it raining, but the temperature is low and scheduled to drop. In fact, the town expects snow by nightfall. The final sports component is a girl's softball team. I'm not sure if they have played or are going to play. But the restaurant was filled with highschool kids in everything from uniforms to pajamas chowing down on the complimentary breakfast.

Last night, I saw only two types of people. There was a group or party of enormously obese people. These were dressed in sweat suits, or shorts and t-shirts, anything they could buy that was comfortable. The second group that made itself seen was cross dressers. Each man was very well dressed and perfectly made up. These congregated outside the entrance to smoke. It was amazing to see them do so. A couple of them had long cigarette holders and flouished them like a 1920's queen of fashion.

This morning, I ran into a woman whose house has been bought by the hotel so they can build another hotel. She alternated between cheer and tears. Her house is an old one (over 100 years) and her children have become attached. On the other hand, they are excited by the possibility of a larger garden for play. She is sad to be leaving the home on which she worked so hard (single mom) and pleased at the prospect of having enough ground to build a large garage/workshop/office.

Then there the people like me. More or less what the world considers normal, and here for whatever business brings people to a hotel.

There may have been a wedding reception at the hotel restaurant. I saw several hung over men in evening clothes, or what they still had on, rumpled and wine stained shirts, trousers with silk stripes down the sides, hanging bowties staring glumly at the breakfast buffet.

At any rate, I'm leaving this afternoon. My mother, her sister and a cousin invited me to lunch. Since they all have other plans for this evening, I'll head south and hopefully avoid the snow.

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