Merrily on Our Way

Which Springfield?

I just got back from Springfield, Illinois. The battle for Simpsons fame is on. Notice this attempt to convince us that Springfield is home not only to Abe, but to Homer as well.

Marketing Makes Everything Special

I intended to spend the day in Springfield, Illinois, today to get my Lincoln fix, but I stopped first in Lincoln and at New Salem. I didn't leave New Salem until they closed the place up at 5pm, so I had to go to Plan B for Springfield. It was an easy decision to spend the night in Springfield so I could kick of the day here first thing in the morning. The tough part was deciding where to stay. As you can see, it wasn't easy:

Marketing is everything, isn't it?!

Every Shower Should Have One of These!

The shower at my house is a two-handled hot and cold shower. Traveling on sabbatical now, of course, I'm seeing a bunch of other configurations. Wow! You should see the temp and water control they have at the Affinia 50 in New York.

You just set the temperature knob once. That's it on the bottom. You never have to mess with it again. Everytime thereafter that you want to shower, you simply use the upper lever to control the water flow. Every shower should have one of these inventions!

The Affinia 50 is a great hotel. Reasonable as far as NY prices go, and centrally located--a close walk to Grand Central and Rockefeller Center, and a comfortable walk to Times Square.

We had a full kitchen, including stove and full-size refrigerator. Air conditioning worked great and room was quiet...for New York.

You know, one thing I noticed: New York has horns honking like nobody's business. It eventually became humorous to hear them. With all those cabs, there was no ear-pounding, window-rattling BOOM BOOM BOOM coming from bass-heavy stereos in cars like in California. Ah!