Hotel Vending Machine

Tom's snacks? My husband Chris was addicted to them when he was growing up in his mom's motel. I've seen where the vending machine is in relation to his room -- let's call it four feet -- so I know that Chris's potato chip lust was real. My darling could practically reach out his window and come back with a bag of salty something.

My hotel vending machine obsession was Big Red soda, which tastes like candy and fizz and riding a pony at a circus-themed birthday party. I remember the day the vending machine down the hall from our suite was first stocked with it; I felt as if I'd won the lottery. The simple pleasures of youth.