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Los Angeles: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Gets Jazzed About Brunch

EricRosen — 2009-11-20T15:04:30-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/DAK0TAJazzBrunchAD.jpg" class="top"> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hollywood+Roosevelt+Hotel/local/11">Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel</a> has a long and checkered history that well pre-dates todays celebrity tantrums and Super Sweet 16 parties. As a way of hearkening back to that golden-hued heyday, the hotel has started offering a new Jazz Brunch on Sundays from 11:00am-3:00pm. Since the special brunch starts at $18 per person, its actually a pretty good deal, especially for a Thompson Hotel, and especially considering that overnight parking will run you around $30, and the standard rate for a stay at the hotel starts at $225 a night.If youre anything like us, youre naturally dubious about any meal that is accompanied by live music. What is this, the shoe department of Nordstroms? But we

Los Angeles: Celebrate Halloween Where 'Ghostbusters' Was Filmed

Heidi Atwal — 2009-10-23T14:43:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/millenniumbilt1.jpg" class="top"> 'Tis the season for a parade of hotel parties. Holiday dinners in the hundred dollar range are just around the corner, but it's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/halloween hotels">Halloween</a> that precedes the hanging of tinsel from marble-tiled lobbies. Most of the upcoming events we've heard of are the standard ballroom/costume/D.J. affairs that attract crowds of 20-somethings. Raucous fun, maybe, but they also tend to bring out scenesters in droves, which leaves those looking to celebrate over classy cocktails in a lurch. Enter L.A.'s <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Millennium+Biltmore+Hotel+Los+Angeles/ian/124965">Millennium Biltmore</a>, who is hosting an <a href="http://www.millenniumhotels.com/millenniumlosangeles/specials/specials_0059.html">"All Hallow's Eve" party</a> at their Gallery Bar on October 31st from 4:00 PM to 2:00 AM, and forgoing "sexy nurse" overtures in favor of a vintage vibe. The

Los Angeles: Inside The Hollywood Roosevelt's Tower Rooms

JetSetCD — 2009-06-19T10:27:49-05:00

<![CDATA[<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_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=26832899001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" /><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_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=26832899001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" 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> While off about the world, staying in everything from bed-and-breakfasts to five-star hotels, don't forget that you need some transportation to reach these places. Over at <a href="http://www.jaunted.com">Jaunted</a>, we've been covering the launch of <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/jetblue%20lax%20inaugural">Jetblue's inaugural LAX routes</a>, and the airline was kind enough to put us up at the good old <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hollywood+Roosevelt+Hotel/local/11">Hollywood Roosevelt</a>, conveniently around the corner from their <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/6/18/10558/9210/travel/JetBlue%2C+VH1+and+Robin+Thicke+Take+Over+MyHouse+in+Hollywood">afterparty</a> at the club MyHouse. Since we've already been to this hotel previously, staying

Hollywood: When Your Prom is Held at Hollywood Roosevelt, It Makes Headlines

Jenna — 2009-05-29T09:36:12-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/sergiogarciatimes.jpg" class="top"> If your prom was held at<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hollywood+Roosevelt+Hotel/local/11"> The Hollywood Roosevelt</a>, you'd think it would end up being kinda...oh, we don't know: West-Coast-Gossip-Girl-swank. A place that is known as a playground for celebs a.k.a. the "popular kids" of the adult set has gotta be kind of an intimidating setting for kids, no? And prom is kind of insanely intimidating as it is, right? Wouldn't you think that some horror stories would come outta a prom held at the Roosevelt? Well: not the case. Quite the opposite, actually: the result was one of the most heartwarming prom stories ever. When the Fairfax High School prom was held there on Saturday night, an openly gay teen, Sergio Garcia,

West Hollywood: Is The Sunset Tower the New Hollywood Roosevelt?

juliana — 2009-03-19T16:09:28-05:00

This recent item in Page Six about a recent debaucherous party at the The Sunset Tower had us a bit concerned. And it's not because we are distraught over the caliber of women that How I Met Your Mother cutie Jason Segel is dating--although it does worry us quite a bit. No, what has our hotel geek radar blipping is that the Sunset Tower is looking a lot like another Hollywood hotel of lore--The Hollywood Roosevelt.

Back in 2005 the Hollywood Roosevelt was out of control with its celebrity guests and their parties. The hotel was actually the ultimate haven for A-list celebs who were still denying they had a substance abuse problem.