One of the most inspiring people I’ve ever met taught me to never turn down an opportunity.  Even when you have no idea what it all means in the sum of the parts of who you are, I’m realizing more and more how every contact and every experience adds up to change your life forever.

Theo, this one’s for you.

Ok, so I have a confession to make.  For the last several months I’ve been pretty doggone sick.  It started back in October right after the fires, but I’ve been through a number of seemingly unrelated phases.  Breathing problems, high blood pressure, severe loss of appetite…the list goes on.  As public as I tend to be with my life, there are certain kinds of vulnerabilities that I’d rather not disclose.  But now that I’m one follow-up appointment away from being pretty sure that I’m ok, I’m more comfortable telling this part of my story.  Plus it makes my recent twitter messages come less out of left field.

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So I’m browsing around Orbitz looking for a really clever hotel in SF for this weekend, and the non-traditional name Hotel Diva jumped out at me.  A quick glance at their site revealed that this hotel was damn near built for me:

When we worked on The Diva – the primary impression was that the hotel needed to convey sensuality in some manner. For me, hotels are about getting away from every day patterns, a break from one’s normal life. They are about sleeping in a new bed, great linens, using as much hot water as you want, room service, getting up late, and having sex in the middle of the day.

Yes, yes, yes, and more yes.  Friday will NOT come soon enough.