Ick.Ick, ick, ick.
The empty scotch glass with the lemon twist has now been here fermenting in front of my door for three days.
Housekeeping has been here at least that many times.
What gives, Westin?
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Always Upward
About the author....
Cinda Baxter
- Retail Enabler
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- I wear a lot of hats: Consultant (Always Upward); Contributing Editor (Gifts and Decorative Accessories Magazine); retail networks founder (RetailSpeaks, Brilliant Ink, the Print Lab); seated member on a bunch of national boards; and chocolate junkie. Some days, I wear all the hats at once. Just goes to show that good chocolate makes all things possible.
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- 28 Things I Wish I'd Known....
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- Scotch Watch: Chapter 3
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- Scotch Watch: Chapter 2
- Scotch Watch
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- When planning cocktails...
- My Mug
- NSS 2008: Turning Tides
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- One last parting “gift”
- Home
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- PEK: Beijing Capital International Airport
- Headed Home
- It’s 2:30 a.m.
- Ankles Away, Update #4
- The Bathologist, Chapter 3
- Bubbles in Beijing
- The Westin Welcome, Part II
- The Westin Welcome, Part I
- Beijing, Baby
- ...and the Phoenix
- The Dragon...
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- Twenty Heads
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- On Our Way Up
- The Pagoda of Buddhist Fragrance
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- The Four Seasons
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- It’s a Small World: Chapter 2
- The Summer Palace
- It’s All In Your Viewpoint
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- The Official Picture
- Bright Light and Cool Shade
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- The Great Wall
- The VIP Car
- Sunny Morning Visit
- Happy Birthday to Me
- Ankles Away: Update #3
- The Bathologist, Chapter 2
- In Stitches
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- The Underground City
- Lost in the Hutongs
- Which Way’s Up?
- Put Put
- Ice Cream
- Aging with Grace
- The Imperial Garden
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- The Inner Court
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- Lost in Translation: Chapter 4
- Into the Inner Sanctum
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- The Hall of Middle Harmony
- Lost in Translation: Chapter 3
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- Nine by Nine
- Creatures Great and Small
- Gate of Supreme Harmony
- Golden Water
- Passing Through the Meridian
- Gates and Palaces
- The Young and The Old
- The Tunnels
- Turn Left
- Tiananmen Square
- Cabbie Tales, Chapter Two
- Flying Solo
- Ankles Away, Update #2
- Creature Comforts and The Bathologist
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