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February 07, 2008
Milwaukee Musings
I didn't intend to blog while I was at the Wisconsin Reading Association conference in Milwaukee but sometimes you just have to. Remember, I am a Seattle girl and accustomed to 38 and raining in February. I have never landed in the snow before. I didn't know one could land in the snow. But our pilot did and quite smoothly.
Because I have been so busy, I was oblivious to the fact that the Minneapolis, MN and Milwaukee airports were closed yesterday. Thankfully, I made it in but my first few hours in WI have been interesting. First, there was the hour wait for the shuttle to the hotel. Then, when I got on, I was informed the ticket I'd been given was for someone else. And not for downtown. Even though it meant leaving her van full of passengers (who now hate my guts, I'm certain) in the 17 degree weather, the driver ran back and forth several times and finally straightened the whole thing out, all out of concern that this would be my first impression of my first ever trip to Milwaukee.
After finally getting to the Hilton and checking in, I'd barely had time to admire the Miller HiLife neon sign outside my window (this puppy is huge!) before hotel security began pounding on the door of the room next to me. I peered out the little spyhole but could only see a uniformed man banging at the door. At this point, I did what any self-respecting modern day (translated: hungry and tired) traveler would do: I went downstairs and bought a New York Times to read while I devoured an extremely tasty steak salad.
When I returned to my room, I checked next door: no police tape, no guards, no nothing. So now I am doing what any self respecting writer does on the road: curling up in bed to finish a good book, in this case, Sarah Miller's Miss Spitfire. Thankfully, it's still early so I won't have to stay up all night to finish it.
Because stay up to finish it, I would.
It's that good!
Posted by kirby at February 7, 2008 06:35 PM