anyone can make a reservation.....it's keeping it that's important.

remember that seinfeld episode? and isn't it true? anyone can pick up the phone and say, "hey i'd like 

to stay at hotel bellclaire from this date to this date." and the hotel can say,"Sure! come on down!" But the key friends, is in keeping the reservation. a reservation means it's reserved. on hold for you. it means thank you for your money, we will see you then. 

so imagine my shock when we arrived in nyc and hotel belleclaire explained that the reservation i made on MAY 4TH 2015 AND PAID FOR, would not be available until tomorrow. however they could put me and my husband up in a tiny king room that is connected to another tiny king room by a door that locks for tonight. our room will be ready tomorrow and they will give us $50 back. for our honeymoon. our honeymoon. 

this room is so tiny it's like a dorm room. a dorm room friends. 

and i've already given these jack holes money. 

now, in situations like this, if i were alone, i would have literally pulled my pants down and shown my rear end. in the lobby. i would have disgraced not only myself but i would have shamed everyone around me. in short, i would have been arrested. i try to be classy but bad business sends me over the edge of reason. 

instead, i called my dear husband over to  the counter for the lady to repeat what she had said to me. and i told him it was ok, we were going to go upstairs and then adress the situation. and he said i was a lot nicer than he was. 

then i stayed in the room while dear sweet aaron handled the situation. i like to imagine it looked a lot like it does when he has to appraoch the table at a wrestling tournament when someone has made a wrong call against one of his boys. red in the face, veins in the neck buldging out. we've all seen it before. like that time he chased the refs off the field during the football game when they refused to call a fifth quarter for the kids.

in reality i don't know what it looked like. but i do know that when he came back the issue was solved. we'll stay in the tiny dorm room tonight. but tomorrow we will be upgraded to a parlour suite with a seperate sitting room. we will still get $50 back and we won't have to pay for the upgrade. and we got a free bottle of wine. 

so far we've eaten some kosher pizza. not bad. but the most delightful smartest thing we've seen? insomnia cookies. yep. a cookie store. cooked to perfection - almost raw in the middle. even better - they deliver until 3am. with milk...

why didn't i think of that million dollar idea?