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American Pie at the Park Hyatt Washington, DC

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 24 & M Streets, NW [map], Washington, DC, dc, United States, 20037
May 18, 2007 at 10:21 AM | by pbb | 0 Comments

Now that Conde Nast Traveler has tapped the Blue Duck Tavern for its annual hot list, we should probably fill you in on the restaurant in the Park Hyatt Washington, DC.

The focus of the room is on the open kitchen with its wood-burning oven. Executive chef Brian McBride puts it to good use, cooking up comfort food-ish cuisine that celebrates American farmers. (It is the capital after all.)

As for the menu, Conde Nast loved the duck au jus and the beet salad with goat cheese. We'd be a little more apt to tuck in to the braised lamb shank with a side of fava beans and morel mushrooms. But we all agree nothing's more American than the apple pie.

[Photo of Pecan Pie Ice Cream: flora and flying's photos]

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Cubicle Dreamin': Hotel Madera

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 1310 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. [map], Washington, DC, dc, United States, 20036
April 6, 2007 at 9:03 AM | by pbb | 0 Comments

Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? Send the story our way.

In this episode, Hotel Maven PBB imagines where he'd stay when visiting the nation's capital. Enjoy.

In honor of the cherry blossoms we missed a few weeks ago--and to toast a friend--I'm heading down Washington, DC this weekend. Sadly, a hotel paradise does not await me. But if I had my way, I'd be checking in to Kimpton's Hotel Madera.

And not just for the free WiFi, either. Smack in the middle of Dupont Circle, it's within striking distance of plenty of cool cafes and museums. The hotel's free happy hour can't hurt either, even if it is a play right out of Drury Inn's handbook. Plus, how can you not love a place that has animal-print pillows and robes in the rooms. True, the staff doesn't ballet, but you can't have it all, right?

[Photo: Joopynyc]

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To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 2401 M Street NW [map], Washington, DC, dc, United States, 20037
November 7, 2006 at 9:15 AM | by LesleyinMiami | 0 Comments

We know hotels are meant for sleeping, but the Fairmont in Washington, D.C., is taking it to an entirely literal level of zzzzen.

On Saturday, January 6, 2007, the Fairmont DC will offer a slumber party with sleep therapist Ann Dyer, who will present her trademarked Yoga Sleep Ritual. Although Dyer is the sleep expert, guests will begin their descent to dreamland with a ballroom seminar featuring Robert deStefano, founder of Sleep Garden and director of zYoga.

There, he'll reveal the secret to ixnaying what he calls the "negative sleep narrative." If you haven't fallen asleep by then, deStefano's speech is followed by a 90 minute zYoga seminar with Dyer.

Bedtime is set for 10pm, again, if you haven't already found your head rolling and eyes closing. Although they haven't said anything about having someone carry you up to your room, when you wake up the next morning you'll enjoy a continental breakfast and invigorating morning yoga session.

All this for $199 a person. Dyer's seminar alone is worth $150, according to the press release. Suddenly, we're feeling verrry sleepy....

Image via Jonk/Flickr

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· Fairmont DC reviews [TripAdvisor]

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Shocking News: Congressman Bribed with Hotel Sex

April 28, 2006 at 1:37 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that former San Diego Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham, who has already been sentenced for taking bribes, took some more bribes from contractors in the form of (in a routine order) prostitutes, a limo service and nightly stays in the Watergate Hotel's suites and possibly the Westin Grand.

Now reports are surfacing that there could be a half-dozen Republican politicians involved in the sex scandal.

While this is all very sensational, it's also sort of boring. Can't congressmen find something else scandalous to do in hotels these days? Like hard-core drugs or policy-making?

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Anna Nicole Checks into the Four Seasons

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. [map], Washington, DC, dc, United States, 20007
March 1, 2006 at 9:40 AM | by juliana | 1 Comment

In a weird twist, Anna Nicole Smith will be heading to the Supreme Court to contest her late husband's will.

One of our very reliable spies told us that she checked into the Four Seasons in Washington D.C. the other night before her Supreme Court appearance yesterday morning.

Smith was married to J. Howard Marshall II for only 14 months before he died at the age of 90, leaving a $1.6 billion estate which his son Pierce is fighting to keep solely his.

We only wonder if your real name is Vicky Lynn and you change it to Anna Nicole Smith, then marry a man with the last name Marshall, what is your alias? Trim Spa Baby?

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