{"id":15788,"date":"2016-11-20T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T00:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=15788"},"modified":"2016-11-20T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T00:04:56","slug":"that-time-i-ordered-room-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=15788","title":{"rendered":"That Time I Ordered Room Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a blog about that time I ordered room service and it was actually good. I thought it&#8217;s worthy of writing about because it doesn&#8217;t happen often. Most of the time when I order room service it&#8217;s overpriced and pretty mediocre. This time proved otherwise so I thought I&#8217;d share the experience along with pictures. <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s so much good food to be had in downtown Kansas City that I really prefer to go out and about and take advantage of all the city has to offer. This time however, I couldn&#8217;t put shoes on so I was stuck in my hotel room. <\/p>\n<p>Kelsey and I had our nails done at <a href=\"http:\/\/polishedkc.com\"  target=\"_blank\">Polished<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=15346\" >my new favorite nail salon<\/a>), after work that day. Kelsey who just had a polish change finished sooner than I did. She left to go take care of some errands at Cosentino&#8217;s as I put my feet under the lamp.<\/p>\n<p>When she returned, I felt my toenails and the polish felt dry. I sprayed it with the quick dry spray, felt it again, and figured I was good to go. My feet had been under the lamp a while after all.  <\/p>\n<p>I put my shoes on and we walked back to the office to grab our stuff. When we arrived at the office, I immediately took my shoes off and inspected my nails. Both of the big toes were ruined!<\/p>\n<p>Kelsey suggested that I return to the nail salon and have them fix it. I originally thought against it, thinking no one will really see my feet and the main reason I get pedicures is for the callous removal bit and not so much for the polish. However, she said I paid so much and it would be worth it to get them fixed. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I thought about it and realized that I really had nothing else going on that evening so I might as well go back and so I did. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When I came back, they knew exactly what I needed. The nail tech who did my pedicure did not look pleased. LOL. The reception girl was like, &#8220;We normally don&#8217;t recommend you put shoes on for three hours.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Three hours! That&#8217;s a long time! That would be well after their closing time. After the nail guy repainted both of my big toes, I decided to stay for 30 minutes with my feel under the drying lamp. After that I was still worried about ruining my pedicure again so I walked back to my hotel in the disposable flip flops. <\/p>\n<p>I knew I looked pretty ridiculous in my flimsy throwaway flip flops and Converse sneakers in my hand so I cut through our office building to return to my hotel room across the street. That was convenient but I still had to figure out what to do about dinner. I&#8217;m not that fond of pizza so I called every Oriental food restaurant I could find close to downtown to see if any of them would deliver to my hotel. No such luck. I was stuck with room service. <\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, I generally try to avoid room service because my experiences in the past have been pretty lackluster. Anyway, I figured it would be the same this time so I ordered dessert also to make up for what I was already expecting to be a crappy dinner. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/30799040091\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/6\/5632\/30799040091_66909d9380.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I ordered the chicken sandwich and, much to my amazement, it was actually really good. This had all of my favorite things &#8212; bacon and avocado &#8212; and none of the things I don&#8217;t like so I didn&#8217;t have to modify it at all. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/30851358236\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/6\/5578\/30851358236_7dcbfe5019.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another view of my delicious sandwich. The chips, which I think were homemade, were very good as well. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/30586309320\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/6\/5491\/30586309320_f58b64f7e5.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of pictures of my delicious dessert that, in hindsight, I really didn&#8217;t need to order after all because my sandwich was satisfying enough. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/30887515915\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/6\/5729\/30887515915_fbb4d26805.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This dessert, fittingly called the Bermuda Triangle because of its shape and also because you get lost with the first bite, was so delicious that it took a lot for me not to eat all of it. I was good and only ate one corner, though. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><BIG>I was dreaming about that cake for days.<\/BIG><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This meal totally changed my perspective about room service. I totally don&#8217;t mind ordering this sandwich and cake combo again. I won&#8217;t be dreading the next time I end up cooped up in my hotel room all evening because I know I will have this meal to look forward to. I may even purposely stay in one evening. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a blog about that time I ordered room service and it was actually good. I thought it&#8217;s worthy of writing about because it doesn&#8217;t happen often. Most of the time when I order room service it&#8217;s overpriced and pretty mediocre. 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