Did you know, and I’m betting you didn’t, that you can use a shower cap pilfered from a hotel room in your kitchen on a everyday basis?
I didn’t either!
But Heloise, she of “Hints From Heloise” fame, did, or at least does now, thanks to one of her readers, Missy Rubin of Alexandria, Va.
Miss Rubin writes (to Heloise, not to me):
What to do with all those shower caps you collect at hotels? You can use them instead of plastic wrap or foil to cover food, and it’s so much easier. Also, you can wrap your shoes in them when packing for a trip.
I can say honestly that I never would have thought of either use for a hotel shower cap. I also can say honestly that I’ve never checked out of a hotel with a shower cap in my possession. So little did I know.
If TRR readers have any other suggestions for how to use a hotel shower cap, aside, that is, from using a hotel shower cap as a home shower cap, do take the time to write me a letter (okay, an e-mail) so I may share your wisdom and creativity with other readers.
I’ve been trying to brush up on my German lately by, among other things, listening regularly to programming distributed over the web by Deutsche Welle.
If you can understand some German, or even have had just a little exposure to the language, I highly recommend dropping by over there. You’ll hear the hochest of hoch Deutsch, as the broadcasts are read by Germans with voices possessing incomparable clarity, tone, and inflection. It’s almost creepy how good they are.
The best place to start, I think, is at the “audio on demand” page.
Oh, and if you’re for in the mood for an “old Europe” view of the world, you can also listen to and read Deutsche Welle’s programming in English and 29 other languages.
My only question: What’s that annoying music-box like tune playing in the background?
A Janitor Sings Judy
Okay, this is kind of weird. Right now, in the courtyard, one of the building’s maintenance men is singing an old Judy Garland song. Quite loudly, too.
“Clang, clang, clang went the trolley. Ding, ding, ding went the bell. . . .”
Just thought you’d like to know.