My Life on the Road - 100% Travel Chick: AC Boston

So the last time we left off I was leaving Holland MI to head to the big city of Boston in the middle of an assignment. I'd been called in to help with the opening of the AC Hotel in Boston....a beautiful location and my first Lifestyle brand opening. This was the 7th AC to open in the US and there was a lot of pressure on this opening. I was super nervous....I would be working with Emma and Maricela whom I had heard about and knew that they had their shit together so I had to bring my A Game! It was a very stressful and crazy week, this hotel was AMAZING with lots of custom items so there was a lot of game changing during the week. Emma was awesome...keeping us all on task, even while she was fighting a crazy cold and having to do most of the orientation facilitating since I was new and Maricela was also learning. She was a trooper! Then there was Maricela and her mean parking skills....she seriously can back into any spot...its remarkable!
In the middle of all the craziness we did manage to have some fun! We went to a place called Yvonne's it was highly recommended by a guy on our team that lives in Boston. When you walk down this old brick street in downtown Boston you come up on this place called Yvonne's, when you walk in there are 2 hairstylist chairs and a reception desk! The lady at the reception desk asks if you have an appointment, if not she lets you know if they have any available, we were lucky to get one. She then reaches behind her an a spot in the wall becomes a door and opens up into one of the coolest bars I've seen in awhile. It is all wood, glass mirrors, dark lighting, and hand crafted, hand shaken cocktails....it was a show with every drink. It was the best thing we did while in Boston as it was such a fun night full of meeting new folks and laughs with MVA, Emma and Maricela!!!
This was an opening full of lots of lessons, lots of laughs and a few stressful moments. However at the end of the day I learned a lot from the other girls, got to meet a few new Marriott people and my FOSSE training class was amazing and they are still rocking it and doing very well! It was home for a couple of days and then off to Akron OH....with Shannon Cole....my battle buddy and Tim Jones another new trainer that we hadn't met yet!