http://isoglossia.com/2007/11/21/great-and-humble/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:02:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://isoglossia.com/2007/11/21/great-and-humble/comment-page-1/#comment-47773 Martha Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:57:15 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/2007/11/21/great-and-humble/#comment-47773 As former PR Director for the Mount Washington Resort, I have to resist the urge to defend my territory... I'm now just a "stay at home mom" and I am trying to remind myself that I don't need to concern myself with such things, now that I have diapers and sleep deprivation to occupy me. Still, I have to say that The Mount Wash is a stunning place, and an even more stunning setting. Lots of changes are afoot with new management and zillions of dollars in construction and improvement. And the former owners, although yes, were looking after the bottom line, saved the Hotel from the wrecking ball, and also have saved us from another chain hotel. As former PR Director for the Mount Washington Resort, I have to resist the urge to defend my territory… I’m now just a “stay at home mom” and I am trying to remind myself that I don’t need to concern myself with such things, now that I have diapers and sleep deprivation to occupy me. Still, I have to say that The Mount Wash is a stunning place, and an even more stunning setting. Lots of changes are afoot with new management and zillions of dollars in construction and improvement. And the former owners, although yes, were looking after the bottom line, saved the Hotel from the wrecking ball, and also have saved us from another chain hotel.

]]> http://isoglossia.com/2007/11/21/great-and-humble/comment-page-1/#comment-47351 SquamLoon Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:46:08 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/2007/11/21/great-and-humble/#comment-47351 And now it's a horrid place where a paying guest can't get a cup of tea at 3:30 in the afternoon... I've had several occasions to stay there of late due to my sweetheart's business, and each has been ghastly... dealing with crazy conventions... one time it was the handbell players (a pretty sound, but there were thousands of them)--another time it was the crafts extravaganza... there's always some kind of cutout to stick your face in and get your picture taken... our shower was broken and they could neither fix it nor give us a new room... oh, I could go on and on... but what it comes down to is, they lost their grandeur in the name of the bottom line, and now they're a constant study in contradictions. And now it’s a horrid place where a paying guest can’t get a cup of tea at 3:30 in the afternoon… I’ve had several occasions to stay there of late due to my sweetheart’s business, and each has been ghastly… dealing with crazy conventions… one time it was the handbell players (a pretty sound, but there were thousands of them)–another time it was the crafts extravaganza… there’s always some kind of cutout to stick your face in and get your picture taken… our shower was broken and they could neither fix it nor give us a new room… oh, I could go on and on… but what it comes down to is, they lost their grandeur in the name of the bottom line, and now they’re a constant study in contradictions.

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