Best Western Gateway International Hotel Detroit Romulus

I am officially on my way to New York City (currently over Michigan!) and the trip is going well so far. The seat next to me on the plane is open, which always a bonus, AND our travel agent gave me a little upgrade which never hurts J

I am going to try to keep this blog as updated as possible… I hope you enjoy it!

Love,

Alexis

1 - The number of US road trips that have come to an end.

14660 - The number of miles I have driven in my car. Hertz said I could have my $200 dollar deposit back or keep the car. I chose the money.

43 - The number of American states that I have visited.

2 - The number of friends that came out to ...

... yesterday) was all about the Detroit show. I could write for ahours about Ticketmaster, paperless tickets, credit cards, debit cards, but let's just say: it could be so much easier... Ah well. For those who understand the pit procedure: around a 1000 wristbands were handed out. They pulled number 590-something, 500 people in the pit, I had number 213. So no change in hell. BTW, in Cleveland I DID make it into the pit. Everytime I think I can't get any closer to ...

Well, it never seems like too much luggage, or maybe it does. But after you have all the stuff packed; small bag, big bag, laptop bag, carryon bag, food bag, two big coats, an extra, extra big coat for a friend from Syria, then, THEN it seems like WAY too mucch luggage. Oy! We could travel with smaller bags, but that would mean we would bring fewer gifts, and have less ...

... She was doing some sort of non-profit work!" "Me too!" I said. Gave her ten dollar tip. If you visit the Tuba Museum, make sure you don't walk past the big steamroller flattened tuba, set in concrete outside. It's just a whole lot of FLAT! http://www.travelerstuba.com/ We just completed the well-attended NASCO Institute at U of M-Ann Arbor. I had a very good crowd for my "How To Promote the Helloutta' Your Co-op for ...

I am still at home. Only one more week. Being away from my home for three weeks requires a lot of preparation. I even know the movie that are going to have on the Flight. I am tired already!! Since I will be on a plane for almost 24 hours, I am collecting all the necessary stuff needed to be comfortable.

This is one place, which had always intrigued me; right from my days in the middle school, where I was taught it was the motor capital of the world. The name came back into my life when Sach an Auto engineer and a close friend made base at this very beautiful, historical American city and coming to the United States and seeing the very many American cars on the roads made my zeal to see Detroit even more.



So here we were, landing and ...

... the sign said it was for the flight from London. My bag came out quickly, and I got through customs before the big rush. When all those planes come in, if you're not near the front, you end up waiting as much as an hour to get through.

I grabbed some lunch and made some calls in the interval, including calling to wish my parents well on their 45th wedding anniversary.

... books I like, anything like that. It has to give me satisfaction because they aren't paying me enough, so you have to have your fun. You say you only write about music you like. You went from being a rock 'n' roller to a blues and jazz guy. Well, I started in the blues, R&B, in the '50s and then moved to jazz and then to rock, and now I've come back. So you've come full-circle? Yes, thank you. Do you think the decline in the music industry has anything to do ...

You know what's fun? Watching your boyfriend momentarily freak out while he wonders where his bag full of expensive gadgets went while he was getting patted down by an old, gray-haired TSA agent. I mean, being a wonderful, thoughful girlfriend, I had enough sense to hold on to his bag full of goodies (PEBL ...