A long day of fun at Kennywood amusement park had drained the energy from my daughter and me about five years ago before we walked into a DoubleTree hotel in the Pittsburgh area.
Memories had been made on roller coaster rides while enjoying the industrial and hilly vistas. Square-shaped vanilla ice cream, draped in chocolate and adorned with sprinkles, had been enjoyed earlier that day, but our stomachs now were empty.
Instantly we were greeted by a hotel employee bearing complimentary DoubleTree cookies warm and packed with chocolate chips, walnuts, rolled oats, brown sugar and other ingredients. Compared to other chocolate chip cookies I had devoured over the decades, the DoubleTree version was exceptional.
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claimed they were bullied. Take a look at this.
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three of the poll workers literally screaming at me to get back six feet.
UNKNOWN: These people were like professional agitators whose job it was to
sow discord among GOP workers who were trying to do their job. He said
something to the effect of I will kick your ass or I will kick you out of
here.
UNKNOWN: The ballot had a straight party ticket vote for both the Democrat
and the Republican. The poll worker did said, I think I m going to give it
to the Democrats, that s absolutely absurd, that is illegal.