Waters have receded after devastating floods in the Balkans last week, but recovery is still just beginning. And threats remain from disease, newly exposed land mines, and the pure staggering cost of the disaster. In response, artists are coming together on Tumblr to spread awareness and support relief efforts. Go ahead and pick out your favorite poster, share it on your blog, and help get the word out.
Sometimes traveling for work can be frustrating. Wrong hotels, bad hotel choices, flight problems, last minute changes. But equally it can be amazingly lovely. Like beautiful breakfast spreads or a dark, quiet room when you’ve only had 2 hours of sleep on the plane ride over.
But the thing that made my day today, was the above note.
The Zetter Hotel in Farringdon is a new find - especially as I’ve never had to stay in hotel rooms in London before.
It’s a boutique hotel with fun lighting, snacks from an “Honesty Snack Bar” and beautiful smelling soaps. The staff are friendly and helpful and there are fun touches throughout the hotel (in the rooms and in the beautiful bar and restaurant). They even have a Zetter Hotel guide that includes the names of all the staff so you know exactly who runs the place.
I stayed at the hotel only once, so it was a huge treat to open this hand written note. Unexpected. Surprise and delight as they call it in the advertising biz (though I have mistakenly called it shock and awe once…).
Well I am shocked, awed, surprised and delighted.
Thank you to the Zetter team. Brilliant customer service - above and beyond.
And this is the time we say goodbye to Stockholm. Business travel is often lonely travel, time for reflection and…well…getting work done. It’s nice that I’ve been able to travel with Jayde on the way back to London. Not only did we get some epic pictures in duty free, but I discovered that noodles can be found in the business lounge. I am traveling happy and full of my favorite food. Ever.
I realized that I’m traveling now, more than ever for work. And really what I should be doing is using this lovely space on the internet to write about it.
Though part of me wants to go back to the beginning of my eight weeks of my new job to write about all the new places I’ve been, things I’ve eaten, underground cocktail clubs, I may or may not do so. But I will, going forward, write about travel and places and whatnot. There will be pictures of food and reviews of hotels, little videos, animated gifs, whatever my heart fancies.
I realize that I’ve moved away from a lot of the creative things that I love to do - writing and creating has been at my core since the day I could talk, walk and write. So as I head back on the road to work, I’ve decided to take my destiny back into my hands and get back to the maker that I am. It’s all about making my path my own.
Here are some of the Sounds of Stockholm - I’ll add to these music lists as I travel, giving more flavor to the worlds that I’m traveling in.
