And you can watch the video from your room at the Gobbler Motel:
“Imagine the pitch to the investors:
“It’s going to be a futuristic, state-of-the-art motel with every modern convenience from water beds to 8-tracks. The entire dining area will be covered in deep-pile pink and purple carpet. But wait - here’s the best part. It will look like an abstract sculpture of a giant turkey. We’ll bill it as a romantic getaway - and call it The Gobbler!”
http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel
LOVE IT!
I used to put my conferences in places I wanted to visit. So, for Montreal, I put it at a Hyatt, thinking the food would be better than the Sheraton. But what was so difficult was the purple and orange carpets everywhere. It really looked a lot like this brochure.
I put one conference in New Orleans just so I could take the executive committee to dinner at Jonathan’s, an Art Deco restaurant with which I was in love. We’re having Thanksgiving in a restaurant. Wish it was that one, but long gone.