{"id":5451,"date":"2013-10-30T14:19:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T18:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=5451"},"modified":"2013-10-30T14:19:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T18:19:26","slug":"travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/10\/30\/travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Where&#8217;s Very Good Points?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the year draws towards an end, many are packing in last minute travel &#8211; and I&#8217;m no exception. \u00a0 October saw an unexpected amount of domestic travel for me with trips to Chicago, Washington DC and this week, Dallas. \u00a0In November, I&#8217;ll spend time in London, Ireland and Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>I spent my 100th night at Starwood this year at the W Lakeshore Chicago. They upgraded me to a corner suite and welcomed me with a perfect amenity &#8211; a bottle of sparkling water and fruit and cheese plate. \u00a0 The views from the room were gorgeous, especially at night when Navy Pier was light up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5452\" alt=\"IMG_0242\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/10\/IMG_0242-e1383155016449.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also had a once-in-a-lifetime meal at Chicago&#8217;s The Girl &amp; The Goat. \u00a0If you can get a reservation (they&#8217;re hard to come by) make sure you book! It&#8217;s an experience you don&#8217;t want to miss. \u00a0Pictured below, the Goat Empanada. \u00a0The best part? The company! I got to spend time with some amazing friends!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5453\" alt=\"IMG_0187\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/10\/IMG_0187-e1383155312182.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>s<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m headed to Dallas for Halloween and my first Element hotel stay of the year. \u00a0I&#8217;m looking forward to visiting friends and doing a little winter shopping. \u00a0 A few days later I&#8217;ll be off to Europe for a little work and a little vacation.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll spend 1 night in Paris at the Le Meridien, 5 days in London on Business and I&#8217;ll break with tradition by staying at a DoubleTree! Yep, that&#8217;s right, no Starwood hotel is even close to my budget so I have to branch out. \u00a0After that week in London I&#8217;ll spend 4 days in Copenhagen. \u00a0I&#8217;m excited for the winter markets.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any recommendations for Copenhagen, I&#8217;d love to hear them!<\/p>\n<p>After Copenhagen I&#8217;ll spend some family time for Thanksgiving in Atlanta and then I&#8217;m off to Hawaii for several weeks of Island Hoping. I&#8217;ll have plenty to write about in the next two months.<\/p>\n<p>What are your travel plans?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the year draws towards an end, many are packing in last minute travel &#8211; and I&#8217;m no exception. \u00a0 October saw an unexpected amount of domestic travel for me with trips to Chicago, Washington DC and this week, Dallas&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Where's Very Good Points?  #Travel #F2B","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[91,96],"tags":[754],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Where&#039;s Very Good Points? 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