I spent the weekend in St. Louis at a meeting of my community service organization. We were supposed to be staying at the Sheraton West Port Tower, but when we arrived at about 9:30 p.m., we found that the three of us who rode together had been bumped to the Lakeside Chalet next door.
That meant a lot of walking back and forth during the conference, but fortunately there was a Starbucks in between.
I did not get to enjoy the "lakeside" aspect of my hotel room; when I opened my curtains I found that my view was all asphalt rooftop. That really didn’t make much difference as I only slept and showered in my room anyway.
The Sheraton complex was rather interesting. In addition to the two hotels, there were numerous bars, restaurants, nightclubs, shops and offices. The mall area in the tower had a lot of empty storefronts surrounding a theater, a comedy club and an America’s Pub. Outside, the village area between the hotels was packed with more restaurants and bars and seemed to be doing okay, although I would bet that most of the patrons were tourists.
We saw three or four wedding parties on Saturday night at both hotels combined, and I spotted a couple of roaming bachelorette groups that night as well. I was lucky enough that none of the partiers were adjacent to my room. Other club members were not so fortunate.
I got home by about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday and took a nap for a couple of hours to shake off the roadweariness and my giant Cracker Barrel lunch. I finished up the weekend with a minor amount of housework and an eary bedtime.
This week should be pretty busy at work, but fairly light on evening activities. As the weather gets colder and the days get shorter, I find myself wanting to stay in bed as much as I can. It’s probably time I invested in one of those sunlight simulating lamps!
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