[blparent] snack and hotel rooms

Wed Apr 4 00:44:44 UTC 2012

Uh I have never heard of a hotel charging for ice, but I will ask. My mother
is the Dallas chapter president, so I will ask her the questions you
present. 

For anyone interested, who has gone to Dallas in the past, all the
construction is done in the hotel. Now we have to content with ponds and no
barriers around them. Should be fun!

Marsha 

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Veronica Smith
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 6:29 PM
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It shows.  Why do you suppose they told me each room came with a micro?
Weird!  I will be perfectly happy with Kellog's Protein bars, dark
chocolate, peanut butter, almond or strawberry and coffee and fruit.  
Though, I will make a trip to the store and get more snacks, fruits and the
kind of milk that doesn't have to be in the fridge.  The problem with the
ice chests is when everyone is taking the ice, there isn't any left for a
glass.  I also heard they are now charging for each ice bucket?  Is that
fact or fiction?

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 8:11 PM
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At the Dallas convention hotel, there are no microwaves in the rooms. And if
when you make your reservation you want a refrigerator, you will need to
make a request for it. The last few years, even though we have checked in on
the Friday night before convention, and though we requested, we still had
trouble getting one. So my suggestion, if you have children, is to go to a
grocery store, buy the cheap Styrofoam ice chests, get a few bags of ice to
begin. You can keep milk, OJ and sodas or juice cool for the week. Your
going to have to refill the chest every day with ice from the hotel ice
machines, but it is well worth it. Without a microwaves, there are always
sandwiches, meat ones, PB&J. If you have milk, you can have cereal. When
your at the grocery store, buy plates, spoons, and knives, and cups, and
paper towels. In the morning you can always eat the granola bars, oatmeal by
using the coffee pot hot water. I have known people to go and buy a cheap
microwave for just convention and use it and then leave it. I have also
known people to buy a cheap toaster oven, hot plate, and other small
appliances for just the week. There are those roman noodles, that need hot
water. So do some of the other soups and noodle thingys. The first year I
went to the dallas convention, I had my 3 kids along, the second year, I
took just one child, and then this year I am only taking one child. It cuts
down on costs too. You can also take butter knives and spoons, for like
cutting up apples and bananas. We also usually get bananas, apples, and
perhaps oranges, for the healthy part of a meal. There are also applesauces,
that do not need to be refrigeratored. Yogurts can go in the ice cooler.
Grocery stores also sell the small mustards and mayo for the sandwiches. The
restaurants are expensive in the dallas hotel. I mean there is nothing wrong
with eating in them if you can afford it, but guess I would rather go the
cheap route. 

Can you tell I have done this a few years in a row. LOL

Marsha 

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:35 PM
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Subject: [blparent] snack and hotel rooms

Hello, I'm sure we have discussed this before and if I looked really hard in
the archives, I could find it, but could you all chime in and tell me what
kind of snacks you find beneficial in a hotel room.
I know there is a microwave, but that is all.
V

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