Part
1: IF Only…
Psychology
and Greed aside: The pressing Question
to answer Today, the 24TH of August, 2017 is:
Why bother earn IT the old-fashioned Way
when you can WIN IT and live happily ever after?
IT, of course, could and would cover a
variety & assorted Gamut of Things that Money can buy when Money is (of) no
Issue. And, for that Reason, that’s why
most People (are feelin’ lucky) and buy Lottery Tickets, gambling away a few
Bucks (if not more) in The Hopes of making Life a lot richer and better.
IT, of course, would have to be defined and
refined. After all, with that large an
Amount, Things would start to accumulate and having a System or Goal of what
you wish to do and accomplish is the wisest Route to take. IT just makes more Common Sense and affords a
lot of Cents in The Formula and “Grand Scheme” – which will be ITS Grandest only because Money is (of) no
Issue. Oh, to be in a Situation like
that? One lucky Winner is. And, like the Rest of Us, We all wonder HOW that feels.
WHY NOT ME! That’s what Multitudes of People are
thinking-out-load and saying this Morning & Day as We waken to hear that
one person (or one group of People) woke up to holding the Winningest of
Lottery Tickets amounting to $700 Million (before Taxes) that could be used in
a Variety of Ways – for a very long time.
A much longer time, IF you’re frugal and a TightWad. This, undoubtedly, is the hottest Topic
around any water cooler or coffee club.
Had
IT been me. I’d have gone into work just to
hear what my Co-Workers were saying without uttering a Word that I was/am The
Winner. Armed with a Recorder, I’d indiscreetly
record what their Innermost Thoughts are.
A few Weeks after The Excitement faded, I’d cash in the Winnings and do
one thing that I have carefully thought out and this is:
To
visit The Hilton
Hotels WHO will be celebrating their 100TH Year
Anniversary-Birthday-Celebration on May 31, 2019. Get an early Start on the Activities &
Festivities. But first, as any savvy
Traveler knows, a bit and byte of Pre-Planning must and should take place. Research is always helpful as well as the knowledgeable
Staff that The Hiltons (collectively) are known for, s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g across
6 Continent with over 540 Properties.
I’m sure to find Info that would entice as well as charge-up others to
pursue what I call:
HILTONIZING
One’s Vacation Time.
that
equates to properly maximizing the most Fun & Entertainment (from Dining to
Dancing to Shopping to Sightseeing) when IT comes to being away from Home for any
extended Period of Time. In this Case,
with $700 Million Dollars in your Pocket (and what a Big Pocket that would be),
you can be gone for a long, long time, IF not forever.
But
first, I have to state that when I travel, I take my beloved Cat with me. She’s a Calico and is The CEO of My Heart. Her
PURRSonality attracts People from
both near and afar as our Stint at The
Hilton Orrington in Evanston, Illinois was one of the best Trips We ever embarked
upon.
Live at the Hilton Orrington in Evanston, Illinois a milestone date is rapidly approaching as: September 22, 2017 marks this Property's 94TH Birthday making it one of the oldest Hilton Hotels in the continental USA.
FURthermore: Being pet-friendly is what The Hilton prides themselves on as Dogs
and Cats are now able to travel with their Owners instead of being driven to
the local Kennel and left off. SePURRation Anxiety happens no more when a Human books their Room at
Hilton Hotels.
Now,
when a Person (from a Novice to a Scholar) writes a
STORY,
IT’s customary to state The 5W’s of
Journalism that are:
Who – What – When – Where & Why?
Who
would I speak to when I wanted to know more about booking a trip culminating in
a luxury Experience highlighted and spotlighting my newly acquired $700,000,000? Although Taxes would have to be deducted from
this Amount, I chose this Amount since IT is a nice Round Number. There’s that IT
again. IT
always seems to fall into my Copy. And
now, being elevated to a Class of my very own:
$700 Millionaires Club,
with a Billion in Sight,
I’m
guessing I can get away with IT. If
not, I’ll have enough to buy my Defense Team. Whatever IT may be and with whatever IT
will buy me.
Most
Things have a Pri¢e Tag.
Of
course, IT will not buy me another 65 years as I recently turned 65
on Wednesday, August 9TH and there is not another Set of 65 Years to squander away, but even the $238,000,000 (the Amount
given to The Winner if he/she wishes to take The LUMP SUM) is a feasibly decent
Amount to recoup on a $2 Investment.
MY RENOWN SOURCES:
Two People instantly came to mind, namely Xiomara Machado, The Sales Coordinator & Michael Batio, Front Desk of The
Hilton on Orrington that celebrates and marks their 94TH
Birthday on September 22, 2017. Both are
extremely friendly and knowledgeable as I asked Questions in order to know
where I would go in the huge labyrinth of HOW
The Hiltons Corporation carved
out their Niche in the Travel Industry, that I find totally fascinating. 2019 marks their Century Mark which coincided
with the Invention of the Car and Air Plane so that getting from one Hotel or
City to another would be much easier.
Imagine attempting that in a Stage Coach or via the Pony Express.
Combined
from Xio and Michael, I learned that the Waldorf
Astorias and Conrads (that are “like
a Castle” as Michael
described them) were the Two Major Luxury Hotels owned and operated by The Hiltons. The
Waldorf Astoria in New York City always had “The Name” attached to IT that I had learned about when I was a pre-Teen thanks to a
classy Mother who instilled the Best in her Three Children. Opulence.
Beauty. IT was “The Place” to be seen.
However, if The Conrads were
castle-like, as Michael detailed,
then what’s good for The Queen would be suitable for me, amongst the Nouveau
Riche. Cali & I, that is.
While
speaking to Xiomara she explained an
unknown Fact to me that I had never thought about before. Granted, I never was hypothetically a $700
Million Lottery Winner before, she explained that “The Date” in which a Person booked their Room made a great
Significance in price. Location was also
of utmost importance. That, I already knew…to a certain degree… as Demand is
always “demanding.” A Room in a small
and idyllic Town or Secondary Marketplace would not be as expensive as a Suite
in 1 of the Top Ten Cities in The World.
That made Sense to me. Common or
Uncommon Sense aside, Money talks.
Xio and I stood and thought about what Date I
would be taking up my Guesthood at a Waldorf
Astoria (as my chosen Spot) and she
cited that New Year’s Eve would be the most costly. IT is the biggest Party that the entire World participates
in. That made Sense again. Then, as I contemplated how I’d write this
Blog, IT dawned on me that the most popular Event
of My Era had to have been New Year’s Eve of 1999 at 11:59 PM when The Year
2000 arrive. From the passing of The Century, The 1900s to The New Millennium
of The 2000s, IT was something Guy Lombardo would have
treasured had he not died prematurely in1977 missing all that FUN & Hoopla. Never before and never again had a Date bore
so much Significance.
That Deduction then had me thinking about
my HOLIDATE [as
I am “America’s Premier Eventologist” – a Title I received from Gene Koprowski of Insight Magazine in
Washington, DC – August 25, 1997) and “The Premier Eventologist in The History of The World” by Eric Zorn – Chicago Tribune – January, 2001] called:
2000 Days Before 2000 ©1994
that
began on Monday, July 11, 1994. Marked
as The 2000TH Day Before 2000 The Theme was to do 2000 Things Before
2000 so that The Participant can say he/she accomplished 2000 Things Before 2000 never planned before The Turn of
that incredible EVENT. Needless to say, IT launched and established my EVENTOLOGY Career and I was amongst the Top 125
People/Firms doing something extraordinarily special for:
The Arrival of The Dawn of a New
Era.
But
that was Yesterday – 17.5 years – of Yesterdays and Yesterday is gone. Today, Socially, Politically and Economically
wise, The Times are far different than they were during The 1900s and even the
Early 2000s.
LET’s CONTINUE…
Therefore,
I would have to decide upon a Location and a Date in which I would begin my
$700,000,000 Send-off Voyage. Would I
need 700 Million Reasons WHY or just
a few in which to get started? The one
vastly important Point that a(ny) Traveler needs to worry about is The
Weather. For instance, IT is now Hurricane Season and not a good Time to plan a Trip to
any Location in that Zone. I know that
for sure as on Sunday, August 17, 1969, my Mother
Betty, Father Louis & Sister Linda were in New Orleans when Hurricane Camille arrived (blowing into
Town with Tail Winds of 80 MPH), touted as the Worst ‘Cane to hit the
continental USA to that point in recorded Meteorological Tables. Like IT was said at Woodstock:
“We were scared ____-less”
and
We
were frozen in place not knowing if we were going to live or die.
No
better Phrase could have been used. Had IT not been for Fate, We may have permanently perished in that Parrish, but that
was not The Case to be. Otherwise, I would not be here daydreaming about where
and what Hilton I’d be starting “My Larger
than Life Vacation” on. I was
getting all my Ducks lined up in a Row in order to make this the Top Bucket List
EVENT of my and Cali’s Lives. She has Nine
of those as she’s a Cat. >^..^<
Combined We have 10 Lifetimes.
Why not enjoy them at Hilton
Hotels that has proved (PURRoved) themselves. One that has garnered a Good Name and is
reputable. We would not be disappointed.
THERE
WILL NEVER BE A DECEMBER 31, 1999 EVER AGAIN:
Therefore,
We decided that booking a Luxury Suite before or after New Year’s Eve would be
much cheaper than on that Day Itself. Of
course, IT would be booked Months if not Years before
so We learned a Valuable Lesson as We begin our Grand Voyage. Those Two Pointers are to decide upon a
Location and a Date. Then, everything
would fall into place. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
Taking
My Cat’s Needs into consideration
and The Fact that I insist she has green grass under her Paws, for $700,000,000,
I could easily buy an entire Island for her.
OR, if I decided not to have to bother with all the Minute, Petty & Little Things that would
have to be taken care of, We could travel to one of the Hilton’s Island Resorts and roost there for a Spell. Now, We are beginning to think like a Global
Traveler. Island Living would fit my Cat’s Needs to a “T” as she likes
prowling and PURRowling around and under The Moonlight.
UNDERSTATEMENTS
ASIDE: With $700,000,000 as back-up,
endless Options & Opportunities exist.
We just have to decide on WHEN
and WHERE, 2 of the 5 Journalism
Questions that good Author(ities) and Journalists use in their STORieS. And, what a STORY
this would make (for). That’s FUR in Fluent CAT-ese.
What
Michael had stated about THE CONRADS being “castle-like” piqued
my Interest. That sounded like 1 of our
Top Stops. Destinations in TraveLingo
(Travel + Lingo = TraveLingo).
BACK
IN THAT OTHER CENTURY & MILLENNIUM:
Back
in July of 1976 when I worked at a major Advertising Firm near North Michigan
Avenue in Chicago, one of my Co-Workers was given an Opportunity to quit work
and travel to Europe with her Grandmother who wanted to see The Old World one
last time. How I envied Dawn.
Her Grandma said to not pack a thing.
As soon as they stepped foot in Rome, their First Destination, they’d
buy trunks and fill those up as they traversed on their Ways - with whatever
their Little Hearts desired. Had they
adopted me, I’d have been extremely happy.
By the way, this was before Lottery Mania took over every Man’s Frontal Cortex. Then years later, Backpacking across Europe
caught on. No matter WHAT, there’s a wide-range of Hotel
Accommodations you can indulge in and if you recently won the Lottery, that
indulgence can be(come) the Greatest Splurge of a Lifetime.
WHICH REMINDS ME OF: My
HOLIDATE known as National Splurge Day ©1994 that is amongst my Top 3 EVENTS of the 1,900 (in 34 precise Categories) that
I created beginning on July 25, 1990 at 9:45 PM CST. Winning a Lottery – even a smaller one –
would place me – anyone – into a Bracket of their own.
Xiomara stated that Location is of utmost
Importance when booking a Room – Suite – Room at The Hilton Hotels. HOW that Lump Sum would be spent is The
Topic of every NewsRoom and Person who took that Chance and bought a Ticket. HOW…yet
another Journalism Term would open up more Doors to these plush and exotic
Locations. Cali, of course, refers to them as:
#lo_CAT_ions
because
she needs Room and Board while she travels the Room in PURRSuit of WHAT-ever
a Petite Calico needs.
#va_CAT_ions
&
#stay_CAT_ions
also
fit that Bill. And, that is THE KEY TERM that has driven this
Essay. HOW much Bang for your Buck can you get with $700,000,000 if you
stayCATion at a deluxe Holiday Hotel as The Hiltons that have Hospitality down
to “The T” as well as:
HOSPETALITY ®
[The Name of Cali's & My Book once Our Travels are complete and Monies are depleted.
Humor: Time to laugh-out-loud]
as
I collectively refer to those us Animal Lovers who refuse to leave home without
our beloved Pets. Now, nobody steal that
Term now as $700,000,000 will get me a
huge Bank of Powerful Intellectual Property Attorneys. Plus, I’ll already be THE CAT’s MEOW or “Flavor of The Day” thrown into The
Limelight only because my Winning Numbers fell into place. Not that I found a Cure for Aids; built Homes
for all The Syrians Refugees struggling against War Crimes; rescued the Syrian
Cats who are also suffering from PTSD; dissolved Racial Hate; melted down all
the Guns on the South & West Sides of Chicago; and provided Food &
Shelter for the ever-growing Problem of Homeless due to Global Warming…
AS THERE ARE… a few more pertinent and pressing Issues
that Money cannot or ever buy, but those are the leading ones in which “a
Little” can go towards a mighty crucial and critical Issue that could affect us
– if not for The Hand of Fate that can change at any Moment.
Ms. Machado stressed that Location was tantamount in
booking my Trip. Therefore, my Assistant,
Google (the Greatest Search Engine although Librarians were our First Search
Engine, per se that was a Line from Carol Kleiman who was the Jobs Editor of
the Chicago Tribune circa 2002) found out that The Top 10 Most Expensive Cities
in the World are:
1.
Singapore
2.
Hong Kong
3.
Zurich, Switzerland
4.
Tokyo, Japan
5.
Osaka, Japan
6.
Seoul, South Korea
7.
Geneva, Switzerland
8.
Paris, France
9.
New York City
10. Copenhagen, Denmark
Dumbfounded,
I personally assumed that Dubai, Cannes and Honolulu would appear on that Top
Ten List, but who am I to argue as a Member of the Nouveau Rich on an Escapade
of a Lifetime accompanied by her Amazing Cat.
Or would that rightly be changed to #esCATade. With Money like that We could formulate our
Own List and indeed We plan to.
Now,
I’m guestimating that IF Cali &
I were to spend a Year in each of these Cities at the Fanciest Hilton ever built there, We’d be able
to spend a sizable Chunk of that $700,000,000. We would be very happy to do that as THE HILTON supports a Foundation that
helps those in need called:
WHEN
LOGIC + REASON COINCIDE:
That
way…since We cannot (proverbially) take IT with us, We’d (at least) be able to spend IT and thus help “The
Impoverished & Weak” in that Community that We would see while “out and
about” being “The Observant Sightseers” that We would be(come).
And,
WHAT would become the most Expensive
Meal anyone could consume in those Cities?
With a Plethora of Chefs, a Cook and Bake-off would certain whet all of
our insatiable Appetites. We are talking
about “Active Consumption at its Finest.”
The Envy and Makings of any TV Food Show. My Cali donning a Chef’s Hat would be PURRiceless – priceless.
Destination
Luxury via Google
states that the Price Range of the Ten Most Plush Abodes ranges from the Cities
of:
ATHENS at $35,000 a night
DUBAI at $12,000 a night
FIJI at $40,000 a night
GENEVA,
SWITZERLAND at $68,000 a night
ISTANBUL $26,385 a night
JAIPUR, INDIA at $45,000 a night
LAS VEGAS at $40,000 a night
LONDON at $23,500 a night
NEW YORK at $45,000 a night
PARIS at $27,000 a night
PORTO CERVO, ITALY
at $26,000 a
night
SHANGHAI at $26,450 a night
ST. REGIS
MAURITIUS at $30,000 a night
THE UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES at $35,000 a
night
This
I do know (from doing all this Research).
Nice – über comfortable Hotel Rooms can be secured if you’re a Lottery
Winner in an Assortment of ultra exciting Cities as listed above...for Starters and/or Newby Travellers and their HousePets.
INSERT:
With a Special Thank You to: MATT HERSHBERGER who penned this Blog in April, 2017 entitled:
15 MOST EXPENSIVE
HOTEL ROOMS IN THE WORLD.
this
Online Article at:
https://destinationluxury.com/15-expensive-hotel-rooms-world/
certainly opened
up “My
Eyes” as to “what’s out there…” for the next Time when The Lottery gets
that High & I am then the Lucky Winner.
“Chicken Soup for The Hiltonian Soul.”
©2017
Quote of ASK: ADRiENNE SiOUX
KOOPERSMiTH
Thursday, August 24, 201 7 - 2:22 PM CST
EDiTORiAL NOTE: Part 2 of this Blog Entry will be posted once
I give more thought to this mesmerizing Topic.
Check back by Tuesday, September 5 after Labor Day: 2017. Since The Winner has now come forth, IT is now “The Battle of The Bloggers”
who posts The Best One; therefore, this is still a Work-in-Progress. IT takes Time, Energy, Spontaneity,
Imagination, Creativity – all Elements that Money cannot buy – to
think about HOW that Amount will or
will not be spent. I’m sure I’ll have Lots of New Friends WHO wish to help me on that Open Front. Take a Ticket and
stand-in-line. I’ll call you.
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In this 3H: HiltonHotel_Hospitality Series, you may also wish to
read:
THURSDAY,
JULY 27, 2017
HILTON HOTELS: Now you need never leave your Pets “Home Alone.”
When your Hotel Accommodations instantly destress Animal Lovers: Hilton leads
The Way. Approaching their 100TH Century Mark on May 31, 2019.
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