business travel miscellany

I returned late last night (actually it was the morning) from a business trip to Dallas. I'd never had the pleasure of visiting Dallas, but I really didn't get to see much. We did get out one night for dinner at the Galleria (which, oh my gosh, would have been wonderful had it not been 7:45pm when we arrived for dinner!) and ate at Luxe Cafe. Although the client event we were there for went really well, I am so glad to be back at home with the husband and doggies. Three tidbits:

• I totally carried a knife on the plane and got through security. Before you assume that I'm some serial killer, let me explain. I have a little Swiss army knife that I got in Switzerland some years ago. It has my name and the year, and has a nail file, scissors, flat screwdriver head, tweezers... very handy. I keep it in my purse for emergencies, and apparently, I forgot to take it out before we left. I am both a) a little frightened about what else makes it through security and b) thankful I was not found and subjected to a full body search.
• Hotel carpet smells gross. Worse than gross. The backstory? The peep hole in the door of my hotel room was made for giants. I am not a tall girl, but at 5'1" it's not like I have special needs or anything. I couldn't reach it on my tip toes or in shoes standing on my tip toes, so I peeked under the door. Which meant getting my face thisclose to hotel carpet. Because you know I have seen some damn Dateline special about ladies traveling alone and feel the need to be extra careful. You never know when a pocket knife-wielding serial killer will show up at your door.
• Terminal A of DFW is terrible. We arrived into Terminal D, which was awesome! We had 2 hours to kill after arriving to the airport before our flight so we thought we'd walk around and eat some dinner. Wrong. Terminal D has nothing good, and the TGI Friday's is crappy at best. On the plus side, they did have Bud Light Lime.