Recovery: Take Two - Night 12

Awoke to the sound of train whistles and large trucks removing the fencing and other apparati from last night’s festivities. Our room was at the very end of the hall, at the strange triangle peak of the building, perhaps one of the most character-ful rooms in the place. Though the Congress would not be considered luxury by today’s standards, at one time it was the place to be in Tucson. What it lacks in modern amenities it more than makes up for in quirk and class. It is absolutely great to stay in a hotel that doesn’t have television in the rooms. It forces the guests to leave their rooms and socialize in the downstairs café, lobby, or bar. I think one of the toughest parts about traveling by yourself, especially for work purposes, is the isolation that occurs after the normal working hours. Suburban, Interstat-ish hotels and motels lack true public space and thus each evening is spent mindless watching reruns in the oversized and under-interesting rooms. Not at the Congress. No the Congress is a throwback to the time when traveling was done for the experience and the encounters, not just to say we’ve been somewhere.

We checked out and headed home in order

Raja - The Cat

to get breakfast and nap. For dinner, we stopped by my old favorite Long Wong’s for a mini-bucket of wings. The evening was spent watching CSI – Las Vegas reruns and playing with Raja the cat. Early to bed.

WIL: Sometimes when you fall upon a new idea (or at least an idea new to you) you immediately begin to find manifestations of that idea or thought in everything you see, hear and read and everyone you talk to. It was almost as if it was there all along (it usually is), but you were just too blind to see it. I find this happens most often with ideas or recognitions that challenge, or often change, our most basic ethical and moral principles. It has made me realize that perspective is so very important in our lives, whether it be politically, socially, or spiritually. And since perspective is shaped by our experiences and education, we should strive to enhance these two at all costs.

written by

exumenius on October 7, 2007 from Tucson, United States

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I stayed in room 212 next to the haunted room. I think the Congress is pretty radd. I bonded with Tiger the bartender...and the $3.00 mixed drinks. The wedding I was there to conduct was fantastic. We even got to expel some bitch who was trying to crash the reception. Good times indeed.

written by Brian Gaston on October 15, 2007

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