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Golly Gee, The Palomar Arlington Will Give You a Tree

Where: 1121 N 19th Street [map], Arlington, VA, United States, 22209

Hey, remember Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree? Didn't it sort of change your life? And didn't it make you wish you had a tree that was your BFF and gave you stuff while teaching you lessons about life as you grew older? Yes? Us too.

Believe it or not, the Hotel Palomar Arlington may make that dream come true for you by giving you a tree. Yes. They're giving you a wee little tree. It may end up being a Giving Tree when it gets bigger, too. Which would be pretty cool.

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Arlington Gets a Westin

Where: 801 North Glebe Road [map], Arlington, VA, United States, 22202

View from the Wing headed over to the opening of the new Westin Arlington Gateway in Virgina yesterday.

While they think the hotel is better than some of the others in town, it's still nothing special on the inside.

The rooms themselves seemed quite small to me. Of course the Heavenly bed is there and the Heavenly bath (which just amounts to the curved shower curtain rod and the dual overhead spray)...
There are twelve suites currently open (that is, twelve suites outside of the top two floors that aren't done or fully determined). With over 320 rooms, I imagine upgrades won't be easy for Platinums. Frankly, the suites just felt like nice large hotel rooms, there's a living room area separated off from the bedroom that's still about the size of a regular hotel room.

They also heard talk of having a connection to the DC metro underground in the parking garage but there were no concrete details about how this would happen or when.

On the plus side, there's wi-fi in the hotel's public places.

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Avoid Arlington VA Hilton

Where: 950 North Stafford Street [map], Arlington, VA, United States, 22203

[Editor's Note: Hotel Maven jthhere proves that a hotel experience is all about setting expectations. When your expectations are not met, you come away from an otherwise innocuous hotel experience feeling burned. Remember, one person's viewpoint and all that...]

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Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City

Where: 1250 S.Hayes St. [map], Arlington, VA, United States, 22202

[Editor's Note: Hotel Maven dzot writes this review while sipping a glass of Mondavi Fume Blanc--so keep that in mind.]

The Ritz-Carlton in Arlington, VA (generally referred to as the Ritz-Carlton -- Pentagon City) is where the wire-wearing Linda Tripp met with Monica Lewinsky to get her to dish about Bill Clinton and his mating habits. While FBI agents listened in from one of the suites upstairs, the ladies had a nice little drink and some girl talk in the very lounge where I am now writing this, having sequestered a comfortable sofa and a glass of Mondavi Fume Blanc (me, that is, not Linda and Monica).

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