Barack Obama visits Pittsburgh today so he can drop the puck at the Penguins' hockey game, oh, and probably remind us all that "Main St. is suffering" and "we don't need four more years of broken George W. Bush policies." Agreed, dude, but switch up the syntax once in awhile so the talking points aren't so obvious.

We digress. Our priority here is to decipher where Obama might rest his potentially presidential head. What Pittsburgh boasts in rusty bridges and abandoned factories, it lacks in top-tier hotels. So we've been able to narrow it down fairly easily.

]]> ced138 2008-10-10T09:29:27-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/18/15049/3920 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Westin_Convention_Center.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>When you read the website of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Westin+Convention+Center+Pittsburgh/ian/115317"><b>Westin Convention Center</b></a> in Pittsburgh, they say "Enjoy views of the cityscape from one of our 616 guest rooms and suites". </p><p>"One of our rooms" might be the key phrase here, because a recent guest there shot this photo to depict the view from his room. If you squint really hard you can probably see a bit of a cityscape, but really we can just see a big flat roof and a few air-conditioners.<p> All a bit grey and plain, but perhaps some of the other six hundred rooms do have something better to gaze at.<p><i>[Photo: <a href="http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/15/a7/8e/our-view.jpg">pwrshift</a>]</i><br><br> <b>Related Stories:</b><br>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/2/6/16204/98609/hotels/Get+Ready+for+the+Steelers+Parade">Get Ready for the Steelers Parade</a> [HotelChatter]<br>&#183; <a amandak 2007-07-19T09:15:01-05:00 40.441704 -79.879305 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/2/6/16204/98609 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/renaissancepitt.jpg">The Bus and the Steelers played an excellent game yesterday winning the Superbowl XL (not like we watched--we were too busy eating seven-layer dip and chips) and in honor of the gridiron champions, we are descending on Pittsburgh to check out their hotel scene. <p>We got the skinny on the hotels from one FOHC (Friend of Hotel Chatter, if you will) who's living in town. <blockquote><p><a href="<a href="http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/PITBR"><b>The Renaissance Pittsburgh</b></a> is my all time favorite. The rooms are affordable and gorgeous, it overlooks PNC park (baseball stadium) and they have a really small swanky bar. There is also a really nice restaurant in it called OPUS. Another good thing is it is right in the theater district so juliana 2006-02-06T17:56:11-05:00 40.443806 -80.002442 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/1/28/83519/7866 Last week, less then 24 hours before the AFC Championship Game in Pittsburgh, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was battling a nasty flu bug at the Sheraton Four Points Airport in room 304.

Apparently, Brady spiked a fever of 103, and needed an IV just hours before the game.

The Four Points Sheraton should immediately enshrine the room, and only sell it to guests that have a big presentation, or a big game the following day.