Let Freedom Ring in Philly! Philadelphia Airport Residence Inn, LPP Season and Home!

Last week brought the opportunity to make my first appearance as a trainer at a Residence Inn in Philly near the airport. WHAT an amazing property, the Residence Inn brand has come so far with their amazing lobby spaces for breakfast and The Mix (evening social), local art work and rooms that are pretty amazing! This trip brought a lot of firsts...my first Residence Inn brand, my first solo in the food and beverage department and my first time working with Justin L. from our team. Justin is newer to the team as well, he will have been on the team a year in May. He could not have been more supportive and helpful throughout the week while we were there. It was really nice to work with him!

The week went by really quickly as when you are the food and beverage trainer you are only there for 5 days and leave before opening day, so I felt like it was in and out in a very short time! We had the pleasure of Rachida joining us Monday thru Wednesday, that was nice to be able to chat with her and discuss outstanding questions that I might have had. Our LPP (Leadership Performance) time is upon us so we are setting goals for 2016, picking special projects and personal development plans. One of our goals this year is to partner up with a Mentor, as soon as it was announced I knew that Queen Zirkle was meant to be mine...she agreed and we put together a plan of action for some quality topics to cover over the next year!

I can't believe it but I didn't take one picture while in Philly it was a crazy busy time with trying to soak up as much knowledge from Justin and also spending time with Rachida during the day when I had a second and dinner at night with her and Justin. It was a great training and the team was amazing, I couldn't have asked for a better staff in the kitchen for my first go around!

I flew home on Thursday and arrived in town at 2pm! Picked up a car load of friends and went to the 13th Annual Hotel and Lodging Association Trivia Night.....what a great day...it was the first night in forever that the entire #squad had been together! It was a fun night.....we needless to say didn't win trivia night...but if you asked anyone our team FOR SURE had the most fun!!! Then fingers crossed that I wouldn't be traveling on Sunday and would get to go to the Royals Opening Day! My mom didn't have her fingers crossed as she would have taken my ticket with the girls if I wouldn't have been able to make it, but she was a good sport when I didn't travel out and got to go. I promised I will take her to a game soon while I am home! It was a great day full of lots of laughs, amazing BBQ and a Royals Opening day win! Its been a great time at home and I'm now just at home working on projects around the house, some work projects and a few other things...waiting for my next travel release! If it doesn't come before the weekend I'll get the pleasure of going to Hermann MO for Darthy's Birthday Month Wine Weekend Trip.....9 girls on the train to Hermann from Kansas City for a weekend of Wine Tasting and fun! Sounds like something I don't want to miss!!!