Hotel Julien

Our first night in Dubuque, I convinced Jim we needed to stay in a hotel since I NEED sleep after travelling and there were extras staying at his parents house. Its always loud anyway, so I was hoping this would give us the opportunity to sleep in a bit and be more rested for the annual party on Sunday.

Jim’s mom had told me about the newly refurbished Hotel Julien downtown and the great intro rates they were offering so I talked (ok begged) Jim into booking us a room Saturday night.

When we got there, we were more than pleasantly surprised. It was a really old hotel that had been totally redone. It is beautiful now. Hardwood doors, tall comfy beds, huge bathrooms. Very nice. Plus, the TV had cable so the kids were excited.

There was also an icemaker in the hallway. Its been years since we have seen one. Guess we have been staying in Australia or overseas too much!

We stopped in at the Al Capone suite, which Jim’s cousin and his wife had rented for the weekend (also their 5 year anniversary). WHOA! You could almost live in there and there was the safe that Al Capone supposedly used to keep his ‘goods’ when he came to Dubuque.

How cool is that?

Boys will always be boys!

A quick post before I pop off to bed. Been fighting (and losing) a battle with a sinus infection since mid last week. UGH!
And I had totally caught up on my sleep until tonight. John Barton is down from Brisbane and stopped into Chez Rhomberg for dinner then off to the couch for a Wii Tiger Woods golf rematch and now an NFL Madden Football game. Alot of cheering, jeering and yelling goes on during these games. And as I type, I hear the boys complaining that their poor wittle thumbs are sore from playing and pressing buttons too hard. Especially when John says, 'getting too passionate with my thumb!!! Uh Oh!!! Oh well. How funny is that... boys never ever grow up do they?
And as a little side note -- kept the reputation intact... Served a good meal (chicken tacos and mexican rice) and an excellent dessert (apple cake, vanilla ice cream and homemade caramel sauce). And as usual, John beat Jim on golf and right now he is up by 14 against Jim in football. Hmmmmm.