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Miami: The Viceroy Miami's Illy Espresso Machine Will Make You Happy Morning and Night

juliana — 2009-11-17T12:04:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/illyviceroy.jpg" class="top"> We are continuing to geek out over <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/In-Room%20Coffee%20Makers">in-room coffee makers</a>. Yesterday, we showed you how the folks <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/16/152252/38/hotels/The_Richardson_Hotel_s_Nespresso_Machine_Helps_The_Down_Under_Jet_Lag_">Down Under</a> do it and today we're including an in-room coffee maker that we forgot to include in our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-photos/full/25/The+Best+of+In-Room+Coffee+Makers">original round-up</a>--The Illy Espresso machine at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Viceroy+Miami/local/1403">Viceroy Miami</a>.The Francis Francis X8 espresso machines from Illy are found in all rooms at the hotel and there is no grinding of beans or scooping of ground espresso to deal with here. Just plop in a pod into "Frank" (we can call it that, right?) and steaming hot espresso is yours in a matter of seconds. There is milk and as you can see, oranges to accompany your drink as

Miami: Yet Another Bad Music Video Filmed at a Miami Hotel

juliana — 2009-10-14T09:48:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="448" height="374"><param name="movie" value="http://videos.onsmash.com/e/ebqF7DDLSShGJDLU"></param><param name="allowFullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param><embed src="http://videos.onsmash.com/e/ebqF7DDLSShGJDLU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowNetworking="all" allowScriptAccess="always" width="448" height="374"></embed></object>What is up with Miami and bad rap videos? First, there was Pitbull's "Hotel Room Service" at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/13/141925/247/hotels/Pitbull_Films_Hotel_Room_Service_Video_at_Miami_s_EPIC_Hotel">EPIC Hotel.</a> Then John Legend, Kanye and Consequence filmed an unexciting video at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/30/23112/2557/hotels/Kanye_John_Legend_and_Consequence_Do_Whatever_You_Want_at_The_Fontainebleau">The Fontainebleau</a>. And now we have Rick Ross and Robin Thicke b-boying it all over the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Viceroy+Miami/local/1403">Viceroy Miami</a> and the Icon Brickell complex with their new video, <a href="http://videos.onsmash.com/v/ebqF7DDLSShGJDLU">"Lay Back."</a> Everywhere they go in the video, there are skimpy girls in bikinis and high heels--chilling at the Viceroy's super long pool, doing a sexy strut in the spa, getting cozy in a (faux) guestroom and making out in the

Kelly Wearstler: From Playboy to The New Yorker

MsRebecca — 2009-09-16T11:14:52-05:00

It’s not often that we turn to The New Yorker to read about hotels, but thanks to Fashion Week, the September 14 issue of the high-brow magazine is the Style Issue—and it features Kor Group’s glamorous designer Kelly Wearstler. Having recently stayed at one of Wearstler’s signature designy-design hotels, the Viceroy Miami, we were eager to find out more about the “presiding grande dame of West Coast interior design.”

Miami: What It's Like Swimming in the Longest Infinity-Edge Pool in Florida

MsRebecca — 2009-08-13T12:06:12-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/15thfloor2.jpg" class="top">As weve noted before, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Viceroy+Miami/local/1403">Viceroy Miami</a> is pretty damn good looking. So we were psyched about our recent visit, and were especially looking forward to swimming in the hotels (and Icon Brickells) much-hyped pools. True, they are spectacular. But also? Deserted. As in, cue the spooky music quiet.We arrived around 6.30 p.m. on a Friday evening, so perhaps all the hotel guests were taking disco naps before a night on the town, because they were nowhere to be seen. There were two or three Icon residents lounging in the thermal hot tub (which is actually the size of many South Beach hotel pools) but otherwise, the 15th-floor pool terrace was all ours. Swimming the length of

Miami: Pretty Yourself at Viceroy Miami, in the Name of Medicine

KatieK — 2009-08-05T11:09:28-05:00

Yesterday we spread the word that Miami Spa Month is extending through August, but we thought you might be interested in more details on Viceroy Miami’s offerings.

Turns out the “Quenched Facial” isn’t the only temptation awaiting us at the hotel’s Spa at Icon Brickell. You might also be intrigued by their brand-new Medi-Rejuvenation treatments — the sorts of splurges that seem custom-made for Miami, don't you think?