Green is the new black. Toting canvas bags to the grocery store, recycling, and buying free-range chicken are no longer fringe activities and no city has benefited more from this trend than Portland, Oregon, home of tree-huggers, granola, and no sales tax.
With six new and updated hip hotels, Portland is offering up even more of it's unique flavor to out-of-towners -- The Oregonian clued us in today.]]>
[Ed. Note: Hotel Maven Annie0007 returns with an in-depth look at an "old school" hotel in Portland.]
The autumn leaves aren't falling yet...but it's back to school at The McMenamins Kennedy School, an elementary school-turned-groovy hotel in Portland, Oregon.
You'll get an education wandering about the school - no pass required - which dates back 1915. Hallways are chock full artwork bursting with youthful exuberance and creativity: funky mosaics and murals, paintings, photographs, and more.
The rooms, converted classrooms, are appropriately themed from children's books, songs and sayings, and many have chalkboards, kids' coat hooks and bookcases. Thirsty? Squat down for a sip at a corner water fountain.
MORE]]>