http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T12:34:35Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/12/16632/1433 <![CDATA[<p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hilton_madison.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Today we present the view from <b>Room 1131</b> at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Madison+Monona+Terrace/ian/192656"><b>Hilton Monona Terrace</b></a> in Madison, Wisc. The photo was dropped into juliana 2007-07-12T16:09:06-05:00 43.072747 -89.380312 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/1/13211/54538 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Picture_6.png"><b>[Ed. Note: Every now and then we like to take some time out and recognize that the Midwest is not just a flyover zone between LA and NY. So if you ever get dropped in Madison, Wisconsin, stay calm. There are actually some things to do there, namely eating. Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/courtney">Courtney</a> reports from her first-hand experience with the city.]</b><p>In a city that has more restaurants per capita than anywhere else in the country, you can bet on some good food to satisfy your taste buds while you study these strange Midwestern surroundings. This also means hotel restaurants have to compete harder to keep the food snobs interested.<p> Madison is an island in the sea of Wisconsin Courtney 2006-08-02T16:11:48-05:00 43.076187 -89.386170 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/5/24/145119/547 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/floral_bedspreads.jpg">Depsite this hotel's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/4/6/13535/85859/hotels/Elvis_on_the_Edgewater">groovy history</a>, the terribly gaudy and old-fashioned floral prints are ruining the fun at <a href="https://theedgewater.com/"><b>The Edgewater Hotel</b></a> is downtown Madison. <p>The hotel sits right on Lake Monona and is within walking distance of Frank Lloyd Wright's <a href="http://www.mononaterrace.com/">Monona Terrace.</a> This old school hotel puts you right in the action of Madtown, especially during the summer when the city comes alive. Plus it's a relatively cheap getaway with plenty of package deals. <p>But those damned floral printed duvets...oh yeah and on the carpet in the lobby...and the sofas! Thankfully, the great views of the lake outside and the ever-so-charming Pier Caf&#233; and other adjoined restaurants offer some refuge from the floral prints. And besides, Courtney 2006-05-24T16:09:00-05:00 43.079270 -89.390165 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/4/6/13535/85859 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/edgewater_madison.jpg">Elvis fans often wind up in Las Vegas when they are trying to pay homage to the King's memory. But there's a hotel in Madison, Wisc. where Elvis and his roadies took over two floors during the mid-1970s. <a href="http://www.theedgewater.com"><b>Edgewater Hotel</b></a> sits on the shores of Lake Mendota. Apparently, there's even a wooden hanger from the hotel in the closet of the Lisa Marie airplane, now on display in Memphis. <p>So what was so special about this joint?<p><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/travel/tra-news-detours02.html">The Chicago Sun Times</a> says the hotel excels at creating "a community within a borrowed city."<blockquote><p>I catch the King's drift. I've been staying at the Edgewater for years. It is my favorite Midwest weekend destination....I prefer to head north for juliana 2006-04-06T09:25:05-05:00 43.079270 -89.390165 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/2/17/124738/112 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/gobbler.jpg">Not long ago, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/3/24/114146/111/Title/The_Mystery_Of_The_Gobbler_Motel">we paid our respects</a> to the Gobbler Motel, a swinging place just outside Madison, Wisconsin, that became a "70s era utopia, complete with clamshell phone booths, a rotating bar, king size water beds with built in televisions, shag carpeting, passion pits, hot tubs."<p>Sadly, we last heard the famous Gobbler Motel Restaurant (which looked like a giant turkey from the sky) was being used by some auto dealership for overflow parking, but that the restaurant was still standing.<p>But now we have an update! A far out lady friend let us know that <blockquote><p>The Gobbler resturant is still standing. It is for sale however. It is not used for the car dealership's overflow parking but they juliana 2006-02-17T13:19:45-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/