I brainstormed with friends this past weekend. Cheryl and Mel Hodde, Nancy Moser, Deb Raney, Rene Gutteridge, Judy Miller, Till Fell, and Stephanie Whitson. Sooo much fun! We all cook dinner together. This pic is my resisting the cream cheese that was to be used in the mocha souffles. Nancy had this fabulous menu all planned around coffee. Could anything be better? Even the beef was coated in coffee and a spicy mix. It sounds, well, unusual, but it was really good! And the gravy had coffee in it which again sounds really strange but we all loved it.Labels: Caribou Coffee, Hampton Inn, Springhill Suites
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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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Colleen, have you ever thought of bringing your own coffee in a baggie or something? I NEVER go anywhere without my special teas (one flavored w/ lavendar and one w/ pear are my standard fare). I don't see why, since most rooms these days have coffee makers, you couldn't bring and brew your own. On the other hand, it may be the water. In that case, you are sunk no matter what coffee you use.
Regarding hotel choice a free hot breakfast is my gauge. Some only have rolls and cereal, while others have a full spread. By eating hearty at breakfast we can eat two meals a day. We like Hampton Inn too. But here's a question: how come the more expensive the hotel, the less you get for your money? Go stay in a Marriott or Sheraton and there's no free internet, no free breakfast, and usually not even a coffee pot in the room...
Oh that's something we look at too, Nanc! I can't eat gluten so a continental breakfast is out. And you're right about getting so little at the big name hotels. Crazy!
I like them best when there is no chalk outlines of humans on the floor--but that would probably make it better for you?
I've stayed in some pretty bad hotels in my life. One was in Montana on a Saturday night where I heard gunshots and yelling all night. And the shower had green stuff on the walls that appeared alive. I think camping would have been better and I hate camping.
I like my hotel to have really nice bathroom facilities. Clean showers and nice towels.
Coffee was the first thing Mel looked for when we arrived at Springhill and found the coffee machines moved. He nearly screamed. For me, it's the beds. I need a comfy mattress, and I need an escape in case i can't sleep and Mel's sinuses are working him over. Springhill had both, so I was happy.
I also need clean. Fancy isn't as important as clean in a hotel room. I'm always well aware that strangers have stayed there before me--and I don't know where they've been or what they've been doing. Enough said..
When our son was in college in Iowa, we always stayed at a Country Inn & Suites. They always had freshly baked cookies waiting at the front desk just about any time of day or night. That, plus the fireplace and rocking chairs in the front lobby, made it feel like we were staying with friends.
Oh, also, that Country Inn had a great breakfast with a waffle-maker and they always let our son come and eat breakfast with us at no extra charge.
P.S. It was GREAT seeing you last weekend! Always a highlight of my year! Thanks for all the brainstorming ideas.
My son and I made a dry rub for meet using coffee. It was great! Glad y'all had a good time. :) I'll be looking forward to the books that come from this session.
Oh my gosh. I'm so cheap. I look for the cheapest price becuase even a Super 8 is a step up from the tent/forest floor I'm used to sleeping on. (Imagine my delight at ACFW conferences! :)
I love Country inn and Suites too, Deb!
Crystal, that cracked me up about no chalk outline. . . :)
Jaime, when I was your age, cheap was all I wanted too. (And clean.) Then I got spoiled. . . LOL
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