Our New Jersey hotel has a fence on three sides and a highway on the fourth. The fence is topped with barbed wire. The hotel lost power Sunday morning but one elevator worked and security guards would escort guests that lined up outside it to their rooms via flashlight. Also, the water was cold, which meant showers were, too.
After watching Sunday's game, the best thing about the New Jersey trip is the hotel.
The best thing about your articles is that I don't have to read them. Chalk it up: No more time will be wasted on your remedial drivel.
Posted by: Ben | September 12, 2010 at 10:13 PM
How long did you spend writing that article.
Posted by: barry wade | September 12, 2010 at 10:25 PM
What a dump! That's sad too, when the hotel was the highlight of the trip, haha.
Posted by: Eric | September 12, 2010 at 10:32 PM
Setup, punch. Nice one. Even if nobody else says so.
Posted by: John W. | September 13, 2010 at 01:13 AM
Ben, Barry, you are reading a blog...not a break down of the game. Maybe you are New Jersey transplants
Posted by: 309-18, 1-2 | September 13, 2010 at 07:16 AM
What, the Observer is too cheap to set you up somewheres better than a Red Roof Inn?
Posted by: DooWayne | September 13, 2010 at 08:11 AM
Maybe if the oberver didn waste thier money sending several reporters to Tampa to slurp all over Jake you could have gotten a nicer hotel.
Posted by: Darin is an idiot | September 13, 2010 at 10:52 AM
In a world of tweets and rapid reports, this is a novel. Want more, buy a paper.
Posted by: Altheus | September 14, 2010 at 01:52 AM
Which "fleabag" hotel are you dumping on: the Renaissance? Sheraton Conference Ctr? Marriott? Embassy Suites?
Taking a pretty cheap crack on NJ with this little nugget of your prose.
Maybe if you become a good reporter and work for a quality outfit, you might get to stay at the "big boy" hotels.
Posted by: Tired of Clueless Reporters | September 19, 2010 at 05:17 PM