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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 10:10 am
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VA1379
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I've had some not so hot experience with regards to getting the WSJ at non-FS properties that are not CY.

RI Tysons Corner - showed up for breakfast at 8:30 on a Tuesday morning and there were no papers except the USA Today. Breakfast was a zoo with 95 % of the guests being families on vacation. I found out from the front desk that they don't order any WSJ. I did manage to read a Washington Post left by a family, probably the only worthwhile local paper left IMO.

SHS Herndon - Ended up here a few weeks ago after the nearby CY Herndon Reston had no internet or phone service for several days when a Verizon crew dug into the ground and broke the cable that gave service for the entire block on the side of the CY.

Breakfast was actually a lot better than the RI in the Tysons Corner area, but they only had USA Today papers. I was in the area to close a car purchase and drop off a car rental, so I didn't make a huge fuss. Alas, someone managed to infect the lobby PC with a virus/trojan horse, which made printing a real pain in the neck.

In my limited experience, it seems like I cannot get a WSJ at RI and SHS properties, whereas the FS & CY properties I stay at tend to have plenty of WSJs.
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