John Sharp of the Journal Star chronicled the Palins' off-limelight stay in the Peoria area:
For two days in East Peoria, at least, the 2008 Republican vice president candidate relaxed, with an afternoon at an East Peoria hair and nail salon far removed from blinding TV cameras and the swarm of reporters and security.Read the full article here for all the details.
Husband Todd dined alone and undisturbed at a Subway.
And the couple was surprised at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center with six pounds of Mocha Moose coffee, a move which led Palin to write a note to the hotel's general manager Joe LoMonaco: "Joe, Thank you so much, Sarah Palin. * this was the most special thing ever in a hotel for us!"
"We did everything we could to really make her feel as comfortable as possible," said Gina White, owner of Pamper Me Please, the tucked away hair and nail salon located off Main Street that the Palins visited Saturday afternoon. "She made us feel comfortable as well."
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"She and her husband were normal, nice people," LoMonaco said. "You never know with what you see in the news and everything. But she was really nice and down to earth."
- JP
Nice article - but - extremely unprofessional of the hotel staff to release information about what the Palins' ordered for room service etc.. If I was the General Manager of the hotel, I would be furious with the staff right now about providing this type of guest information to a reporter - regargless of who the guest was.
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