Mark and I had the pleasure of attending the Best Manager's Meeting this past weekend at the Grove Park Inn (GPI). I cannot really describe how wonderful the weekend was, for many different reasons.
Paul stayed with family friends, the Coles. Paul is good friends with the kids, I am close to Kathleen and Nick.
Our house was cleaned in preparation for Mary, John and the kids visiting. Mark and I left at about 2 on Thursday, the Welsh's arrived at 4pm.
Mark and I got to the GPI around 4pm. From the moment we arrived, it was clear that this was a different kind of resort. The staff was very friendly, including the parking / bellhop / Valet service at the front. Our luggage made it to our room before we did - I got lost looking for the elevator. I didn't realize that it was a very small elevator built into the side of the fireplace!
One of my friends described it as a Harry Potter sort of elevator - and I think the description is very clever.
The Inn has a 'turn down service' nightly to turn down the blankets on the bed to prepare for sleep. When they do this, they also trade out any used towels. Amazing. We had fresh towels at least twice a day!
Mark and I were able to concentrate on being adults, alone on a romantic weekend. Every need we had was met by the hotel. Needs were anticipated before we could even give them voice.
The dinner Thursday was out on a deck - beautiful views, amazing food. I met many of the managers that Mark works with, and some of the men that he reports to as well.
After dinner we went to a dueling piano bar..... it was fun, the piano players were amazing.
More soon
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