{"id":57393,"date":"2013-08-06T16:41:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T20:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=57393"},"modified":"2013-08-06T16:41:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T20:41:18","slug":"what-were-doing-not-staying-in-room-1212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/06\/what-were-doing-not-staying-in-room-1212\/","title":{"rendered":"What We\u2019re Doing: Not Staying in Room 1212"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/H_TomskyJacob-600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/H_TomskyJacob-600.jpg\" alt=\"H_TomskyJacob-600\" width=\"600\" height=\"362\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/H_TomskyJacob-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/H_TomskyJacob-600-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why should you never stay in room 1212? When should you tip the concierge? How can you raid your minibar&mdash;for free? Learn the answers to these and other shameful but reasonable questions tomorrow at noon when <em>Paris Review<\/em> editor Lorin Stein interviews Jacob Tomsky, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385535635\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0385535635&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=theparrev0f-20\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase tickets, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.92y.org\/Uptown\/Event\/Heads-in-Beds.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why should you never stay in room 1212? When should you tip the concierge? How can you raid your minibar&mdash;for free? 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