Aaaah Howard feeling your pain and equally so so tired of dark, featureless rooms without facilities. Saddens me to think there’s a whole generation out there who don’t know any different and have yet to understand the wonderful complexity of a pull out draw.... when I book a room now there are definite criteria to be met, in room tea making and opening windows are just two of them. Insist on it, you’re your own kind of hipster♥️
The last time I was in London, i could see the rot. It reminded me of the last time i was in NY. Which must be a good 15 years ago. I was in NY a lot in the mid to late 90s. You know, when it was still NY. Not some grotesque caricature of the Capitol from Hunger Games.
Hahahaha. I have been laughing so hard reading your essay today. It is delightful to see and hear someone actually says it out loud. I remembered in a small rural hotel I stayed in my trip, they provided me with three different kind of tea putting in three nice containers and two cups and a pot, and a cute table cloth. I couldn't find any like that when I was in working trips that my company paid for much more expensive hotels.
I feel so happy to read your writing (even about the unhappy part of the thing).
It makes Paris sound friendly. Actually, Paris is friendly these days. On my last trip I got withdrawal symptoms from the lack of sneers. NYC next, then.
Howard, I actually saw you walking on a London street about a year ago but was too scared to say hi seeing as you don't know me and that may be v annoying. Now discovering that you have a substack called Streetwalking and I saw you ACTUALLY streetwalking is a beautiful coincidence. Wish I'd swallowed the fear and said hi now.
My goodness. You have definitely captured the contempt I have felt as an occasional interloper. And I adore NYC. Having lived for a while in Brooklyn back in the 90’s before the borough was re-discovered, I practiced being a native. Public transport and walking are the modes of transportation in which I delight; but the City has a definite class structure. Perhaps my British birth and childhood contributes to my ability to mix and mingle?
Jack’s Daughter Freda ... Is her dad’s name Jack? 😀 Well, at least by removing the desk and chairs, they’ve solved the chair mismatch problem where the overstuffed chair doesn’t fit under the desk! Light, what the hell happened to hotel room light? I just thought my eyesight was getting worse because I was getting older, but now... I knew I wasn’t the crazy one; it’s really a thing they are doing, isn’t it?!
I had to read some of this to my wife. “Bertie and Jeeves in NYC,” she commented. Lovely.
Aaaah Howard feeling your pain and equally so so tired of dark, featureless rooms without facilities. Saddens me to think there’s a whole generation out there who don’t know any different and have yet to understand the wonderful complexity of a pull out draw.... when I book a room now there are definite criteria to be met, in room tea making and opening windows are just two of them. Insist on it, you’re your own kind of hipster♥️
Loved it - but surely bacon in a bagel is soooooo wrong!!
It sure isn’t kosher....
The last time I was in London, i could see the rot. It reminded me of the last time i was in NY. Which must be a good 15 years ago. I was in NY a lot in the mid to late 90s. You know, when it was still NY. Not some grotesque caricature of the Capitol from Hunger Games.
Generalisation, yes.
I should probably add, i lived in london for 23 years, so i knew her intimately. We had so much fun. It hurt the last time i was there. A lot.
Hahahaha. I have been laughing so hard reading your essay today. It is delightful to see and hear someone actually says it out loud. I remembered in a small rural hotel I stayed in my trip, they provided me with three different kind of tea putting in three nice containers and two cups and a pot, and a cute table cloth. I couldn't find any like that when I was in working trips that my company paid for much more expensive hotels.
I feel so happy to read your writing (even about the unhappy part of the thing).
It makes Paris sound friendly. Actually, Paris is friendly these days. On my last trip I got withdrawal symptoms from the lack of sneers. NYC next, then.
You must be brit-abroad as often as possible, lest these ever run dry. Thank you!
Howard, I actually saw you walking on a London street about a year ago but was too scared to say hi seeing as you don't know me and that may be v annoying. Now discovering that you have a substack called Streetwalking and I saw you ACTUALLY streetwalking is a beautiful coincidence. Wish I'd swallowed the fear and said hi now.
Thanks for taking me to a sweet place in my head & heart.
My goodness. You have definitely captured the contempt I have felt as an occasional interloper. And I adore NYC. Having lived for a while in Brooklyn back in the 90’s before the borough was re-discovered, I practiced being a native. Public transport and walking are the modes of transportation in which I delight; but the City has a definite class structure. Perhaps my British birth and childhood contributes to my ability to mix and mingle?
Jack’s Daughter Freda ... Is her dad’s name Jack? 😀 Well, at least by removing the desk and chairs, they’ve solved the chair mismatch problem where the overstuffed chair doesn’t fit under the desk! Light, what the hell happened to hotel room light? I just thought my eyesight was getting worse because I was getting older, but now... I knew I wasn’t the crazy one; it’s really a thing they are doing, isn’t it?!
We stayed in a hip hotel in NYC last year that had decided that ' a reception desk' was unnecessary.
SO BRILLIANT 💥
The iOS app needs to make the manage subscription button go to the website. Otherwise too much friction. Maybe Apple prevents that.