MR. STARWOOD PREFERRED MEMBER TRAVEL NOTE OF THE WEEK

My January travel trail so far:
Fri., Jan. 2: New York to Pittsburgh, fly.
Sun, Jan 4: Pittsburgh to New York, fly.Tue, Jan 6: New York to Las Vegas, fly.Wed, Jan 7: Las Vegas to New York, fly (redeye).Thu, Jan 8: New York to Providence, train. Car to Foxboro.Sat, Jan 10: Car from Foxboro to Providence. Providence to New York, train.Tue, Jan 13: New York to New Orleans, fly.Wed, Jan 14: New Orleans to New York, fly.Fri, Jan 16: New York to Detroit; Detroit to Seattle, fly.Today: Scheduled for Seattle to Detroit; Detroit to New York, fly (redeye).
Whee!
In order, I covered Ravens-Steelers, appeared at Time Inc. event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, covered Ravens-Patriots, traveled to Louisiana for an NBC Super Bowl pregame show story, and covered the NFC title game in Seattle.
A note about the Detroit airport: It might have become my favorite one. It sounds strange, the airport in Detroit being the best in the country, but it just might be. Good places to eat, very good coffee spots (illy, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf), good and fast tram system, clean and bright, big TVs with CNN, and the best airport hotel in the country. By far. The Westin Detroit Airport, inside the terminal, is magnificently soundproof. And the best quality of a hotel that’s right off the runways must be that you can’t hear takeoffs and landings.

TEN THINGS I THINK I THINK

h. Coffeenerdness: Thanks to the ladies at the illy coffee shop inside Detroit’s airport for being prompt, cheerful and making one heck of a triple latte, the barista asking me after my first sip: “Is it okay?” No it’s not okay. It’s fantastic. And that’s rare in the hurry-up-and-take-what-we-give-you service industry in American airports.

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