http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T12:12:27Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/19/72742/8227 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/somelikeithot.jpg" class="top"><p> Think of a visit to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Miramonte+Resort+And+Spa/ian/136116"><b>Miramonte Resort & Spa</b></a> as a sexy summer cocktail: mix one part Hollywood&#146;s Rat Pack glamour, a shot of desert beauty, fill to the top of the glass with the perfect pool deck setting, and stir up the perfect desert night. <br> <br> Yep, it&#146;s scorching in Coachella Valley and Miramonte is turning up the heat with special screenings of the 1959 Hollywood classic <b>Some Like it Hot</b> with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.<br> <p> Grab your special someone or gather your friends because next Thursday (and the week after that) at 8:30 p.m., hotel guests and local residents can spend a fun-filled desert night under the stars, globetrotting gourmet 2009-08-21T16:19:38-05:00 33.7208860 -116.33015 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/19/121048/747 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/miramontenaughty.jpg" class="top"><p> Let's face it. When it comes to romance packages, chocolate-covered strawberries and champange just won't cut it anymore. Hotels need to get creative in wooing us to their establishments for some romantical downtime. Which is why the "amorous indulgences" at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Miramonte+Resort+And+Spa/ian/136116"><b>Miramonte Resort & Spa</b></a> outside Palm Springs, Calif. caught our eye. <p>The resort has designated the entire month of February as the <a href="http://www.miramonteresort.com/valentine.php">"28 Days of Love"</a> and a "naughty" package has been put together in honor of this month of love.<p>The NaughtyWELL packages gives lovers room accommodations, a 60-minute couples massage with custom chocolate body butter at the resort's WELL spa, the use of a private poolside cabana, a 30-minute Naughty bath experience (more juliana 2009-01-19T15:59:48-05:00 33.7194260 -116.33009 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/4/3/223540/8011 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/blackberry_thumb.jpg"><p> "BlackBerry Thumb" is what &nbsp;carpal tunnel syndrome was in the `90's: painful, pervasive, and symptomatic of our new techie lifestyles.<p> Your finger digits need rest too, and they can find it at the <a href="http://grandchampions.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp"><b>Hyatt Grand Champions Resort and Spa</b></a> in Indian Wells, CA (125 miles east of LA). <p>The hotel's <a href="http://www.hyatt.com/gallery/champspa"><b>Agna Sera Spa</b></a> offers the BlackBerry Balm Hand Massage for $80.<blockquote><p>First, hands are warmed up with soothing rocks and an aroma hot towel. Next, kneading and compressions loosen muscles and warm oil is applied with firm strokes. The therapist then kneads and stretches deltoids, biceps, triceps, flexors and extensors, and uses an acupressure massage technique on hands and arms. The 30-minute treatment culminates with an GEM0330 2006-04-04T09:36:52-05:00 33.719426 -116.33009 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/