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December 24, 2010

Hotel Review: W Washington DC

This week, I changed up my hotel. Thanks to a great rate on Travelzoo, I decided to check out the W Hotel Washington DC – a chic little place one block away from the White House. When I first walked in, it seemed like tourist central! I’m very used to my usual hotel that’s nearly all business travelers, so this was a different scene. Furthermore, instead of a staid lobby with classical Christmas music playing in the background (which is what I’ve become accustomed to), I found that the W was “bumping,” as my friend Kristen would say. Its lobby …

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December 16, 2010

The toughest dinner to diet

Dieters always complain about how hard it is to lose weight at a buffet. Meh – been there, done that. In fact, on my cruise, I actually managed to lose a pound! Buffets do have massive quantities of food, but there a lot of tactics for dealing with those – you scope out the whole line first, figure out what’s healthiest and load up on that, and figure out the one thing you’re dying to try and have a small portion. Nay, blog readers, the buffet is the least of my troubles in consulting. I’ve written a lot about how …

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December 14, 2010

Race Report: Reggae Marathon

(This race was run on December 4, 2010) I didn’t sleep very well last night – had some weird nightmares that made me toss and turn. I knew that it would be the sleep I got two nights before the race that would count, but I hoped that the nightmares weren’t foretelling a bad race. Unfortunately, when I woke up enough to notice, I realized that there was a steady rhythm coming from outside my room… could it be? Ugh, yes – more rain! No! I had already done my first tropical marathon (Honolulu in 2008) starting in a rainstorm, …

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December 13, 2010

7am… and I’m already spent!

Today, I was on a different flight than usual and didn’t need to be out the door to the airport until 6:30am. Bliss! To a consultant, that’s like the equivalent of sleeping till noon on a weekend 🙂 Of course, for me, that meant something more than just extra sleep (and is it really extra when you’re working till midnight anyway?) – it meant that if I planned carefully, I could hit the gym for a very quick workout before heading out. My gym opens at 5:45am, so I was going to have to time this carefully. I made sure …

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December 9, 2010

Good news all around!

In fabulous news for me, I got staffed on a new role at the same client, which will start in January and go through June. Yippee! I really love my current client, DC is a great city, and the new role is right up my alley. Furthermore, I love that I can now start planning my travel for the next few months. I’ve already daydreamed enough about the month of January to have a few things already figured out: Jan 6 – NYCJan 13 – either Charleston Marathon (where my bro and his wife live), Bermuda Marathon, or Bahamas Marathon. …

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