http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T05:53:08Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/626 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/28/84025/781 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/WoodyAllenclarinet.jpg" class="top"><p>If being woken up at midnight by a screeching clarinet isn't your cup of tea, then you might want to avoid staying in the same hotel as Woody Allen. The famous director&#151;and part-time jazz musician&#151;opened up to the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-woody-allen-jazz-20111227,0,6350127.story?page=2"><i>LA Times</i></a> in a recent interview about his unconventional clarinet practice routines. <p>When Woody isn't commandeering whole churches in Europe, or having his driver find a secluded street where he can then lock the doors and play undisturbed, <b>he often relies on midnight practice sessions right in his hotel room</b>. And when you're Woody Allen flying all over the world to shoot movies and attend premieres, finding time (and space) to practice can be difficult. Interestingly, Woody's never really ASchechter 2011-12-28T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/6/101536/781 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/CarlylyeCarlylyeart.jpg" class="top"><p>2011 hasn't been a good year for California-based wine steward Mark Lugo. After serving four months for robbing a $275,000 Picasso off the walls of a San Francisco art gallery, Lugo now has been caught stealing yet more art out of two Manhattan hotels: the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Carlyle+New+York/local/627"><b>Carlyle</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Chambers+Hotel/local/1600"><b>Chambers</b></a>. <p>Throwing caution to the wind, Lugo apparently walked straight out of the buildings with the artworks in hand&#151;and in broad daylight, according to District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. When police finally tracked him down at his house, <b>they turned up nineteen total pieces, including another Picasso</b>. What we wanna know is, what were those hotel doormen up to when all this was happening? Walking into a ASchechter 2011-12-06T10:17:45-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/22/17158/390 <![CDATA[<p><p><p> <p> <embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1348330576" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1685994583&playerId=1348330576&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="339" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><p><p><i>There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.</i><p>&#183; <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--livinglarge1022oct22,0,7755363.story"><b>This is How We Want to Go Out: </b></a> A dying woman from Vermont spent the last 10 weeks of her life in a suite at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Carlyle+New+York/local/627"><b>Carlyle Hotel</b></a>. It cost her family about $30,000 to support this bucket list wish but honestly, it sounds amazing. [Newsday] <p>&#183; <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27320214/"><b>Not All Hotel Projects Are Dead</b></a>: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Caesars+Palace/local/107"><b>Caesar's Las Vegas</b></a> just topped off their sixth tower. No word on juliana 2008-10-22T17:23:30-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/