We were up in Vancouver, B.C. for an 08.08.08 wedding this weekend and stayed in Kimpton's Pacific Palisades Hotel to supplement our sloshy time with a bit of "fun and fabulous" (the hotel's tagline) -- but, unfortch, so was everyone else in the greater Vancouver metro area! It was busy! It was an adventure!

Follow along as we take you through a hotel experience full of broken elevators, ice cold shower surprises, heart-shaped coffee tables and staffers who say "dude" a lot. ]]> Jenna 2008-08-11T16:21:43-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/8/11129/56550 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kimpton_palisades_Living.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>Our <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Guess%20the%20Hotel">Guess the Hotel</a></b> from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/7/15539/37530/hotels/Guess_the_Hotel_It_s_Aboot_Time_We_Gave_You_an_Easy_One">yesterday </a>was easy, and hotel maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/comments/2008/8/7/15539/37530/1?mode=alone;showrate=1#1">CourtneyMay</a> was the first to call it. It was the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Pacific+Palisades+Hotel+-+A+Kimpton+Hotel/ian/123668">Pacific Palisades</a></b> in Vancouver, a <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Kimpton%20Hotels">Kimpton</a></b> property with a sort of funky retro beach-y vibe. [Note: when we think Canada, "retro beach-y" does not come to mind. We know.] <p>We hinted about the wine hour -- a tradition at all Kimpton properties -- and noted that they talk funny here. Since the Pacific Palisades is the only Canadian Kimpton (and Canada is clearly the only place in the world where they talk funny), it should have been a dead giveaway...but we thought a shot of the home of Kimpton's famed <a Jenna 2008-08-08T11:29:38-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/