HotelChatter - Kirkland

Say What? The Heathman Hotel Has a Root Cellar

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-07-29T17:43:19-05:00

As a hardcore foodie and big believer in the local/sustainable/seasonal movement, we’re fascinated with Trellis restaurant's Executive Chef Brian Scheehser’s root cellar. Housed underground The Heathman Hotel, the famed farm-to-table chef stashes the likes of onions, potatoes, beets, carrots, fresh crushed tomatoes and canned peaches from his 5-acre organic garden in Redmond in the 40-degree subterranean storage facility.

Trellis has become a bit of a fixture within the Kirkland community. The Heathman Hotel is a popular boutique hotel for business travelers as Microsoft visitors are within the freeway-free proximity of the tech mecca.

Don't Forget to Write: The Woodmark Hotel Sends Adults to 'Camp'

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-07-22T16:35:16-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/The_Woodmark_Kayak.jpg" class="top"> We got to take a quick look see of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/7/133452/4469/hotels/Woodmark_Hotel_Has_Gone_to_the_Birds">The Woodmark Hotel</a> last weekend, while attending <a href="http://kirklanduncorked.com/">Kirkland Uncorked</a>, a food, wine and arts festival on Seattles eastside. As a jaded Seattleite, we admit, we rarely venture east of Emerald City for our social and cultural needs, but are damn happy we did. Once a logging community, Kirkland then became a bedroom community, and is coming into its own as a hip little urban lite community/Seattle side-trip tourist destination within spitting distance of dozens of wineries. Who knew? (Oh, and Washington wines are well worth checking out.)Anyway, <a href="http://www.thewoodmark.com/">The Woodmark Hotel</a> is the only hotel smack dab on the shores of Lake Washington. And its pretty

Host Your Own "Bachelor" Viewing Party at The Heathman Kirkwood

JetSetCD — 2008-12-18T09:32:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Heathman_Kirkwood.jpg" class="top"> Somebody's proud of their hometown boy: Kirkland, Washington's own Jason Mesnick is ABC's next Bachelor, and his season looking for love will reach the nation's living rooms beginning in January. While filming as a contestant on The Bachelorette last year, Jason stopped in at Kirkland's luxe <a href="">Heathman Hotel</a> and they're still reeling from the brush with a Z-list celebrity. Every Monday, beginning from the first episode of The Bachelor on January 5th, the Heathman Hotel will offer a $1,200 Bachelor viewing party and overnight stay package for you and eleven of your closest, most gossipy friends. Included in the deal are a variety of tidbits to make you feel cozy and loved in the hometown of

Woodmark Hotel Has Gone to the Birds

juliana — 2006-07-07T13:34:52-05:00

Bird lovers, when visiting Seattle you must stop in at the luxe hotel Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland.

Why? Because instead of putting a dog on staff like other hotels have been doing lately, this hotel uses a cockatoo named Sydney to welcome guests.

He usually perches on a stand opposite the hotel front desk, where he greets visitors with a "Hi." Members of the concierge staff, who care for the bird, are trying to teach him to say "Welcome to the Woodmark."

Related Stories:
· Hotel provides a comfortable perch [Seattle Times]
· Woodmark Hotel reviews [TripAdvisor]
· Inside Fairmont's Doggie Lair [HotelChatter]