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Halloween at the Marriott

by Tony Manes , posted Nov 1 2012 11:53AM

SO..

MY WIFE RENTED SOME COSTUMES..

& WE WENT TO THE "SCARY FOR CHARITY" HALLOWEEN BASH..

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MARRIOTT..

"SHE" WENT AS A FLAPPER..

& "I" DRESSED-AS A "GANGSTER"..

"NOT" A "SNOOP DOG" GANGSTER..

"BUT" AN "AL CAPONE" GANGSTER..

"I" HADN'T BEEN TO A COSTUME PARTY IN "YEARS"
& HAD FORGOTTEN HOW MUCH FUN THEY CAN BE..

ALTHOUGH IT "IS" HARD TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE YOU "KNOW"..

(WHO IS THIS "SMELLY"-HIPPY WALKING UP TO US?--OH..IT'S JIM LUFF--& DO I "KNOW" THIS WOMAN DRESSED AS "HONEY BOO BOO"?--OH IT'S TERRA NARDULLI)..

"&"..

THE MARRIOTT HAD A "SPECIAL-ROOM RATE" FOR "SCARY FOR CHARITY"..

SO.."WE"
SPENT THE NIGHT..

& ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN IN THAT MARRIOTT "HUNDREDS" OF TIMES OVER THE YEARS..

(DATING-BACK TO WHEN IT WAS A "HOLIDAY INN SELECT")..

WE HAD "NEVER" SPENT THE NIGHT..

WE HAD A NICE..BIG ROOM..
ON THE 7TH FLOOR..
WITH A-VIEW OF BAKERSFIELD..

KING-SIZE BED..
FLAT-SCREEN TV..
ICE MACHINE "RIGHT"-AROUND THE CORNER..
& "FREE" WI-FI..

IT WAS A "REALLY"-NICE ROOM & WE ENJOYED OUR-STAY..

"BUT"..

I COULDN'T "HELP"
BUT "THINK" ABOUT
"OUR" KIDS..

WHEN THEY WERE "YOUNG"..

WE USED TO GO TO "A-LOT" OF CONDORS GAMES..

& WE WOULD ALWAYS PARK "IN"
THE MARRIOTT PARKING LOT..

& WHEN THE GAME WAS "OVER"

& WE WERE "RETURNING" TO OUR CAR..

WE WOULD "ALWAYS" HAVE AN "ELEVATOR-RACE" AT THE MARRIOTT..

GIRLS AGAINST BOYS..

THERE ARE "3"-ELEVATORS THERE

& AS WE WALKED "INTO" THE LOBBY..
EACH SIDE WOULD PICK-1 OF THE 3..

& WE WOULD HOP ON OUR ELEVATOR..

RIDE IT "ALL-THE-WAY" TO THE TOP FLOOR..

LET THE DOORS-OPEN..

PUSH-"1"..

& RACE BACK-DOWN TO THE LOBBY..

IT WAS "LIKE" A GOOFY FAMILY-TRADITION..

& WE'D GET OFF THE ELEVATOR..

& BE LAUGHING & GIGGLING..
& TALKING-SMACK..

& AS WE GOT "ON" THAT "SAME" ELEVATOR SATURDAY NIGHT..

TO HEAD-UP TO OUR 7TH FLOOR ROOM..

I COULDN'T "HELP"
BUT BE REMINDED OF THE KIDS..

& BEING "ON" THOSE ELEVATORS "WITH"-THEM..

I COULD ALMOST "SEE"-THEM..

& "HEAR"-THEM LAUGHING..

& I WAS REMINDED

THAT IT-IS-"TRULY"
THE "SIMPLIEST"-MOMENTS..

THAT CREATE
THE "WARMEST"..
"LONGEST"-LASTING MEMORIES..

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