Comments for My Blog http://www.margaretandzach.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:19:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Honeymoon pictures now online by Cara http://www.margaretandzach.com/?p=117&cpage=1#comment-106 Cara Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:19:17 +0000 http://margaretandzach.com/2008/04/25/honeymoon-pictures-now-online/#comment-106 Great photos Margaret and Zach! Great photos Margaret and Zach!

]]> Comment on Exploring Oahu 2: Outrigger races, native dances, poke, the destitute, and scrubbing the dirt by Zach http://www.margaretandzach.com/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-104 Zach Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:30:58 +0000 http://margaretandzach.com/2008/02/01/exploring-oahu-2-outrigger-races-native-dances-poke-the-destitute-and-scrubbing-the-dirt/#comment-104 No, "elliptical machine" is Hawaiian for "snooze button." The hotel bar isn't open at that time. No, “elliptical machine” is Hawaiian for “snooze button.” The hotel bar isn’t open at that time.

]]> Comment on Exploring Oahu 2: Outrigger races, native dances, poke, the destitute, and scrubbing the dirt by Notorious CLO http://www.margaretandzach.com/?p=108&cpage=1#comment-105 Notorious CLO Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:09:38 +0000 http://margaretandzach.com/2008/02/01/exploring-oahu-2-outrigger-races-native-dances-poke-the-destitute-and-scrubbing-the-dirt/#comment-105 Is 'elliptical machine' a euphemism for 'hotel bar'? Is ‘elliptical machine’ a euphemism for ‘hotel bar’?

]]> Comment on Where we are staying by Notorious CLO http://www.margaretandzach.com/?p=106&cpage=1#comment-103 Notorious CLO Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:19:46 +0000 http://margaretandzach.com/2008/01/26/where-we-are/#comment-103 Interesting take on the alcohol. Perhaps they have different hooch at different locations. As a test, could you see what brand(s) bourbon they have? I don't require the (so-called) premium stuff, but I feel that JD, Jim Beam, or Wild Turkey are staples. Interesting take on the alcohol. Perhaps they have different hooch at different locations.

As a test, could you see what brand(s) bourbon they have? I don’t require the (so-called) premium stuff, but I feel that JD, Jim Beam, or Wild Turkey are staples.

]]> Comment on Where we are staying by Zach http://www.margaretandzach.com/?p=106&cpage=1#comment-102 Zach Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:04:56 +0000 http://margaretandzach.com/2008/01/26/where-we-are/#comment-102 My review of it on Yelp: Free Internet (DSL in the room, Wi-Fi in the lobby and by the pool), included breakfast and happy hour (don't call them "complimentary"--you taxpayers are paying for them), a friendly staff, and nice, if not fantastic rooms, make the Embassy Suites a good place to stay on Waikiki. The negatives are the parking ($25 a day, the valets are a bit rude, and there's no place to leave your car if you just need to run up to your room quickly) and the other guest: kind of a soulless, golf shirts and pleated khakis crowd. The pool is nice, if a bit overrun with loud kids. The beach view is just about nonexistent though. The construction site next door is a little loud though. And the Waikiki neighborhood is just one big tourist trap. The booze at the reception is fine; the bartenders know us by now and are generous with their pours, keeping us from having to refill every five minutes. And you're right, the breakfasts do get boring after two weeks. My review of it on Yelp:

Free Internet (DSL in the room, Wi-Fi in the lobby and by the pool), included breakfast and happy hour (don’t call them “complimentary”–you taxpayers are paying for them), a friendly staff, and nice, if not fantastic rooms, make the Embassy Suites a good place to stay on Waikiki.

The negatives are the parking ($25 a day, the valets are a bit rude, and there’s no place to leave your car if you just need to run up to your room quickly) and the other guest: kind of a soulless, golf shirts and pleated khakis crowd.

The pool is nice, if a bit overrun with loud kids. The beach view is just about nonexistent though. The construction site next door is a little loud though. And the Waikiki neighborhood is just one big tourist trap.

The booze at the reception is fine; the bartenders know us by now and are generous with their pours, keeping us from having to refill every five minutes.

And you’re right, the breakfasts do get boring after two weeks.

]]> Comment on Where we are staying by Notorious CLO http://www.margaretandzach.com/?p=106&cpage=1#comment-101 Notorious CLO Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:41:32 +0000 http://margaretandzach.com/2008/01/26/where-we-are/#comment-101 How is the Embassy Suites there? I generally enjoy them, although the 'manager reception' happy hours serve the quality of alcohol that most of us were accustomed to as teenagers. Also, the breakfasts can get a bit boring unless you love eggs. That said, you are in Hawaii, near the beach, and I am in NYC living in an apartment the size of an Embassy Suites living room and paying a monthly rent that could feed the nation of Ghana for 3 months. Note also that Embassy Suites is a Hilton brand. How is the Embassy Suites there?
I generally enjoy them, although the ‘manager reception’ happy hours serve the quality of alcohol that most of us were accustomed to as teenagers. Also, the breakfasts can get a bit boring unless you love eggs. That said, you are in Hawaii, near the beach, and I am in NYC living in an apartment the size of an Embassy Suites living room and paying a monthly rent that could feed the nation of Ghana for 3 months.

Note also that Embassy Suites is a Hilton brand.

]]> Comment on Merry Christmas: Our holiday letter for 2007 by Notorious CLO http://www.margaretandzach.com/?p=96&cpage=1#comment-100 Notorious CLO Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:28:30 +0000 http://margaretandzach.com/2007/12/26/merry-christmas-our-christmas-letter-for-2007/#comment-100 Do Zach's condition of probation allow for travel outside of VA? Will the electronic anklet reset in HI? Do Zach’s condition of probation allow for travel outside of VA? Will the electronic anklet reset in HI?

]]> Comment on Meet a wedding guest: Jen and Aaron* by Zach http://www.margaretandzach.com/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-52 Zach Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:09:37 +0000 http://margaretandzach.com/2007/07/11/meet-a-wedding-guest-jen-and-aaron/#comment-52 Chris Pearson made it: http://www.tubetorial.com/ Chris Pearson made it:

http://www.tubetorial.com/

]]> Comment on Meet a wedding guest: Jen and Aaron* by naisioxerloro http://www.margaretandzach.com/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-51 naisioxerloro Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:11:24 +0000 http://margaretandzach.com/2007/07/11/meet-a-wedding-guest-jen-and-aaron/#comment-51 Hi. Good design, who make it? Hi.
Good design, who make it?

]]> Comment on “What exactly is it that Zach does?” by Notorious CLO http://www.margaretandzach.com/?p=85&cpage=1#comment-99 Notorious CLO Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:11:26 +0000 http://margaretandzach.com/2007/10/16/what-exactly-is-it-that-zach-does/#comment-99 Fairly sure that I spotted Zach peddling beer at Fenway in last BoSox home game.... Fairly sure that I spotted Zach peddling beer at Fenway in last BoSox home game….

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