Aromatherapy On The Road

I'm in Detroit today visiting the Ford company. Check out what's going on on the Twitter feed #fordsafety. Since I've gotten to be a bit of a road warrior this year, I actually am starting to have a basis for comparison of hotels, airlines, etc. So, a couple of observations.

I almost hate to say this in case Homeland Security is reading this, but things are loosening up a bit. On my flight out a passenger in front of me gave his small lighter to the security folks and was told to just keep it. Female travelers flew through security with carry-ons...surely filled with many small tubes of liquids and gels. This, at first appears to be good news until on guard told me that they actually just "assess the threat". Sounds like racial/ethnic profiling to me....

On a different note, I was quite pleased to see that the Dearborn Inn, a Marriott hotel has just wonderful aromatherapy products- shampoo, conditioner and body lotion - yummy. unfortunately they are all individually packaged. I'd prefer to see them in a dispenser. While Marriott, I know is working on going green, dispensing with the Styrofoam coffee cups and individually packed toiletries.

I'll be home later today...probably should purchase some carbon offsets for this one day trip...