The morning's pleasure

 Some like it cold

Black marker on watercolour paper

5.5 x 8.5 inches

Barbara Muir © 2020

One of the great pleasures of vacationing in a hotel is the room service. 

In fact it's been one of my painting themes.  My biggest painting -- 6 feet by 

8 feet, is 4 canvasses combined to create a large image of one of the best

room service breakfasts we ever had.  

The price isn't the difference, it's the attitude of the hotel staff.  That beautiful

meal was served to perfection by two waiters, who wheeled in a table,

covered in a white cloth, and a trolley with the food.  They carefully placed

two beautiful blue cloths over the white one, then designed the breakfast -- how

the food looked, where the cutlery was placed, how they folded the napkins.

There is no other way to describe the care they put into that meal.

That was served at the Hilton, Quebec City, and that hotel is closed now for

renovations until 2021.  Which is too bad, it is one of the nicest hotels we've

ever visited. But every industry is affected by COVID, and of course the travel

industry is at the top of the list.

Right now, room service is hard to come by.  We called everywhere in the

Ontario, Quebec region, and ended up at the one hotel who will bring us

a cold, continental room service breakfast (with hot coffee!).  I drew this little
drawing, and may refine it before I'm done, or try again tomorrow.  We are
camped in our hotel, costing $11 more per night than the old Ottawa jail,
which is renting out cells to guests -- seriously.

I'm convinced this is more comfortable. Much more comfortable.