Sharon Feinstein

Tell me, does everyone feel like this when they come home from a long, exotic, state-of-the art, movie star holiday ? Or is it just me ? I am struggling to remember how to drive a car and make a piece of toast after having everything laid on so seamlessly for four blissful weeks. I’m still slurring and banging into doors from the jet lag and change of climate, and I don’t like the expectation that I spend my days  chained to a desk instead of beside the crashing waves or infinity swimming pool, examining bills and responding to grim phone calls from American Express instead of sipping Mohitos. So frankly, I’ve come up with an idea  to make the Thai euphoria last a bit longer. It’s something akin to Oriental Hotel in Bangkok takes on new Writer in Residence. Well I know I’m not  Somerset Maugham or Noel Coward or even Fay Weldon who lived on the top floor of The Savoy. But how about Journalist in Residence this time, sounds far more 21st century.  Not only could I do my blog from my suite overlooking the Chao Praya river and publicise life at the grand old Oriental from every aspect, but I could swing a newspaper column to enrich readers with tales of life in South East Asia. I think the Alain de Botton idea at Heathrow is terrific,  first ever airport writer-in-residence telling the story of a week at Heathrow. His book will be called A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary, written live in the departures area of Heathrow’s Terminal 5 . Let me know what you think of my hotel plan, I need solid advice, and inspiration. Go to www.sharonfeinstein.co.uk and e mail me or leave comments on the WordPress Site.