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Los Angeles: Get Free Alcohol at Hotel Erwin's Snuggie Snuggle Fest

Jennifer Kester — 2011-05-27T16:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/joyofvivre.jpg" class="top"> Every time we think Snuggies have gone the way of mom jeans, they seem to pop up again. Now, they are being worn at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Erwin/local/1519">Hotel Erwin</a>. But this time there's a good reason for donning the blanket with sleeves: Locals who come to the hotel's High Rooftop Lounge in a Snuggie will get a free drink. Wearing a Snuggie outside of your home is a horrible form of public humiliation, but it just might be worth it for free alcohol. It's part of the Venice Beach hotel's Snuggie Snuggle Fest. June nights are usually chilly in Los Angeles, so the hotel's hoping that being wrapped up in a Snuggie will make you brave the cold

CA: Would You Sing for a Room Upgrade?

Jennifer Kester — 2011-05-25T11:41:47-05:00

Pacific Edge Hotel

Break out your best Lauren Alaina voice and you could win something big at several Joie de Vivre hotels. Okay, so you won't be crowned the next American Idol and have the satisfaction of beating shoulda-been-eliminated-long-ago Scotty McCreery in the battle of the teenage country crooners, but you can score an upgrade at four JDV hotels.

The Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach, Pacific Edge Hotel on Laguna Beach, Hotel Erwin in Venice Beach and Hotel Angeleno in Los Angeles will each give away one upgrade per day by providing brave guests the opportunity to sing at check-in (hasn't hotel staff been abused enough with instances like DSK at the Sofietl New York?).

CA: The More JDV Hotels You Visit, the Bigger Discounts You Get for the SoCal Passport

Jennifer Kester — 2010-10-29T10:49:49-05:00

If you're starting to do some Southern California dreaming as the chilly weather settles in, JDV Hotels is offering a deal that could get you up to 40 percent off of a stay at one of its properties.

The Southern California Dreamin' Passport gives you incremental savings for each reservation you make at one of the SoCal brand's hotels—Brentwood's Hotel Angeleno, Venice Beach's Hotel Erwin, L.A.'s Custom Hotel, Huntington Beach's Shorebreak Hotel and Laguna Beach's Pacific Edge Hotel.

A Balloon Ride Or a Waterproof Book: That's What You Get For Road Trippin' With JdV

juliab — 2010-04-28T08:55:29-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/gaigehouse.jpg" class="top"> Gaige House in Sonoma. Hot air balloon not shown Were always California dreamin, so as URLs go, www.roadtrippincalifornia.com is up there with the most attractive ones. The website is a new thing for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/joie%20de%20vivre%20hotels">Joie de Vivre</a> hotels, who are offering special road trip-minded packages at all its hotels. Its a nice idea, but theres some serious sifting through to work out whether its a deal or not and it all depends on the package, which is different for all the hotels. So, for example, stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gaige+House/local/624">Gaige House</a> in Sonoma and the Up and Away package ($619, whereas rooms start at $259) includes a hot air balloon ride, a post-flight, um, flight of a

New York: Cooper Square Hotel Jumps on the Hotel Graffiti Bandwagon

juliana — 2009-11-02T09:07:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelerwingraffiti.jpg" class="top"> Graffiti wall in progress at the Hotel Erwin in Venice, Calif. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Cooper+Square+Hotel/local/247">The Cooper Square Hotel</a>, a giant modern glass building that popped up in the Bowery of NYC, is now trying to fit in with the gritty feel of neighborhood by hiring graffiti artists to paint the wall of an adjacent building. But their "We're cool, we promise" plan has been met with some resistance from the neighbors, who have expressed their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/25/903/72653/hotels/The_Cooper_Square_War_Rages_On_Now_With_D_Bags">displeasure</a> with the hotel before. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/hip_hotel_the_place_to_spray_y33b4fBPby7wnv3gW8r3xJ">The NY Post reports</a>: <blockquote> In a wacky attempt at earning street cred, the swanky Cooper Square Hotel has commissioned four graffiti "artists" to tag the Fifth Street wall of an adjacent building it recently bought.