We already know that Fairmont Hotels loves dogs--and has quite a few Canine Ambassadors. But most of them, apart from the infamous Catie Copley in Boston, live in Canada.

Thankfully, the latest addition to the pack is installed a little closer to home, at the Fairmont Pittsburgh.

This lovely girl is Edie. Just as the bar at Fairmont Pittsburgh is named after the city's favorite son, Andy Warhol, the newest staff member is named after Warhol's muse, Edie Sedgwick. Instead of appearing in incomprehensible art films, though, this Edie is on hand to welcome guests to the hotel, and walk them to their rooms if they so choose.

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If you smell something sweet coming from the kitchen of the Fairmont Pittsburgh's Habitat, it may not be edible. The hotel restaurant has started cooking up its own soap for guests.

The housemade signature soaps are all natural, with such ingredients as tallow (rendered beef fat), water, coconut oil, blended vegetable and olive oil, lye and natural aromatic oils. The result is soap bars in scents like oatmeal honey, Earl Grey bergamot, lemongrass pear ginger, rosemary mint and lavender chamomile. ]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-04-19T12:32:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/30/91857/7872 <![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><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/PiratesFairmont.jpg" class="top"><p>Don't you love cities where the sports stadiums are right downtown? It makes getting to the game easier and creates a much stronger MsRebecca 2010-09-30T14:14:56-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/27/10338/3831 <![CDATA[<p><object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=618709217001&playerID=4862856001&playerKey=AQ%2E%2E,AAAAAE7CVnI%2E,RUihgoZlRJi9tuTl58qaAut8tr6OMl2M&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=618709217001&playerID=4862856001&playerKey=AQ%2E%2E,AAAAAE7CVnI%2E,RUihgoZlRJi9tuTl58qaAut8tr6OMl2M&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><p> When it opened in March, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/FAIRMONT+PITTSBURGH/local/4683"><b>Fairmont Pittsburgh</b></a> immediately became the highest-end hotel in town and was quickly adopted as the go-to property by the city's elite as well as high-flying visitors from sports teams and the arts. (Opera singer Renée Fleming was a recent guest.)<p> We had the chance to stay at the hotel this weekend and are happy to say that the floor-to-ceiling window views we were <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/29/85248/8296/hotels/The_Fairmont_Pittsburgh_Opens_Today">excited about</a> on paper lived up MsRebecca 2010-09-27T11:26:27-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/29/85248/8296 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Fairmont_PittsburghPG.jpg" class="top"><p>While the New York Times is only now getting around to reviewing the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/admin/story/2010/3/29/74523/3637"><b>Hotel Palomar</b></a> in Philadelphia six months after it opened, another hotel chain unveils its first venture elsewhere in the great state of Pennsylvania&#151;a round of applause, please, for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fairmont+Pittsburgh/ian/333264"><b>Fairmont Pittsburgh</b></a>, which opens its doors today.<p><p>Pittbsurgh may seem like a surprising choice for the high-end Fairmont brand, but the hotel&#146;s general manager tells the <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10085/1045722-28.stm"><i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i></a> that there has been a &#147;pent-up demand for a different option and a luxury option&#148; when it comes to the city&#146;s accommodations. Sharing a building with PNC bank, condo owners, and a law firm, the Fairmont hopes to serve the Fortune 500 and biomedical crowd now MsRebecca 2010-03-29T11:20:47-05:00 40.4414331 -80.002052 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/