{"id":7558,"date":"2004-04-04T17:37:11","date_gmt":"2004-04-04T17:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/lets_make_a_deal_1.html"},"modified":"2004-04-04T17:37:11","modified_gmt":"2004-04-04T17:37:11","slug":"lets_make_a_deal_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/lets_make_a_deal_1.html","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s make a deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll let you know whenever we&#8217;re going out of town and where we&#8217;re going over the next few months &#8211; <\/p>\n<p><strong>So you don&#8217;t go there<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why? Because, when we go places, the power has a habit of going out.<\/p>\n<p>We were in Cleveland, stuck in a very hot and very dark Residence Inn,  on August 14, which was the day of the Great Northeastern Blackout. And last night, we were in Covington, at a very dark (but not very hot &#8211; but dark was bad enough) Courtyard because some transformer had blown &#8211; it wasn&#8217;t nearly as bad as Cleveland was, because it was just in a couple-of-block area and just for a couple of hours, so we could leave and have someplace electrified to go (Newport Landing, or whatever it&#8217;s called) &#8211; but, I have to admit &#8211; it was strange.<\/p>\n<p>So return to keep posted and plan accordingly. Or just always pack a flashlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll let you know whenever we&#8217;re going out of town and where we&#8217;re going over the next few months &#8211; So you don&#8217;t go there Why? Because, when we go places, the power has a habit of going out. 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