Talk about rebound: Scarlett Johansson only split from ab-tastic hubby Ryan Reynolds in December, and she's already living it up with her newest man meat, Sean Penn. The two went public with their May-December romance at Reese Witherspoon's wedding and then went really public with a post-nuptials date at Jimmy's Bar at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa.

The couple hit up the hotel bar for some drinks and late-night eats. The lovebirds sipped gin and tonics and ate one of the thin-crust, brick oven pizzas and a club sandwich.]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-03-30T08:46:49-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/2/1271/00343 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ojaigolfcart.JPG" class="top"><p>While we were getting a preview of the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ojai+Valley+Inn/local/138">Ojai Valley Inn and Spa&#146;s</a></b> upcoming <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/25/12418/316/hotels/Golf_and_Gorge_at_Ojai_Valley_Inn_and_Spa_s_Celebrity_Chef_Classic">Celebrity Chef Golf Classic</a> last week, we poked around the resort&#146;s <b>Casa Elar</b>, and spotted this Bentley golf cart just sitting there in the villa&#146;s garage.<p>Apparently normal golf carts just aren&#146;t good enough for the VIP&#146;s that rent out five-bedroom villa. Of course, if we were spending $15,000 a night for a three-night minimum, we&#146;d want a Bentley golf cart to ferry us around the property too&#133;if not an <i>actual</i> Bentley. <p> Can&#146;t pony up the cash for the Casa Elar? Don&#146;t worry. The rest of us plebes (paying a measly $350 per night!) might just be able to sweet talk our EricRosen 2009-11-05T12:14:36-05:00 34.4392808 -119.25525 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/25/12418/316 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ojaichefs1.jpg" class="top"><p> What goes together better than chefs and golf? Well&#133;probably lots of things, but it still sounds like a pretty fun combo to us. That&#146;s why we headed up to Ojai last week to get a preview of the menu for the upcoming <b>Celebrity Chef Classic</b> at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ojai+Valley+Inn/local/138">Ojai Valley Inn & Spa</a></b>. <p> Taking place <b>Friday, November 13-Sunday, November 15</b>, the Celebrity Chef Classic will bring together five chefs from around the country to cook up a gourmet weekend for Ojai&#146;s guests, even while pitting them against each other on the golf course. The five participating maestros will be: Jamie West of the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Todd Gray of Equinox in D.C., Ming Tsai EricRosen 2009-10-26T15:46:14-05:00 34.4392808 -119.25525 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/10/123738/49 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ojaivalley.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>While speculation is rampant about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/7/125547/403/hotels/Hotel_Riverview_100_Percent_Eric_Goode_and_Sean_MacPherson_s_Next_Hotel_Project">another NYC hotel</a> from hotelier duo <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/eric%20goode"><b>Eric Goode</b></a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sean%20macpherson"><b>Sean MacPherson</b></a>, we think they might have something up their sleeves for the West Coast.<p>For starters MacPherson is a surfer dude who was behind the Swingers restaurant chains in Los Angeles. And he loves Mexico as evidenced by this quote he gave the NY Times last year, "I just went snowboarding in Colorado, and I go surfing in Mexico -- I'm a Mexican citizen."<p>Eric Goode also loves the West Coast as he owns a house in Ojai, California. Goode told the NY Times that he has owned the place for 20 years (hmm... he is older than we thought.)<blockquote><p>"I wanted a juliana 2007-12-10T13:04:51-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/10/113837/530 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kate_ojai.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Or so says the National Enquirer. Yet we have reason to believe this tabloid as of late. They were sooo spot-on about Usher's mama drama over his planned wedding the other week. <p>Anyways, according to NE, Kate Walsh of <i>Grey's Anatomy</i> has picked the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ojai+Valley+Inn/local/138"><b>Ojai Valley Inn &amp; Spa</b></a> as the setting for her nuptials to Alex Young over Labor Day Weekend. Kate and her betrothed have already paid $10,000 to reserver the inn's "exclusive" Casa Elar.<blockquote><p>The couple is expecting 110 guests who'll arrive at the inn Aug. 30 the Thursday before the wedding. They'll have a spectacular view of the flower-covered hillsides surrounding the Ojai Valley and a enjoy a dinner reception that night.</blockquote></p><p>As for the juliana 2007-08-10T11:55:09-05:00 34.439361 -119.25521 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/