Driving down the West Side Highway in Manhattan this weekend, we failed to spot any naked guests gracing the windows of The Standard New York. But then we turned into Canal Street, and another thin, glassed building caught out attention. Located just west of the SoHo Grand, a block north of Canal, we thought: “Hmm, that has the unmistakable look of a much-delayed hotel under construction." But which one?
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Gotta love the ol' Gawker Stalker. Not only do we always stay abreast of where Gossip Girl is filming, but we get to see where our favorite (or least favorite, as the case may be) celebs are spotted -- and, many a time, stalky Gawker readers catch the celebs going in and out of hotels and we are able to deduce their fave places to spend the night while they're in the big city.
First up on our Hotel Stalking Tour of Manhattan (as tracked by the excellent Gawker Stalker)? None other than pop-diva-turned-country-star Jessica Simpson.]]>
Last week, HotelChatter entered Tribeca Grand Hotel hoping for some of their famous brunch goodness, only to be told by an employee at the restaurant that the brunch was repealed due to the recession. While disappointing, the excuse was not unbelievable given today's crappy economy.
Yet a rep for the hotel wanted to let us know that the brunch at Tribeca Grand actually goes on hiatus every summer and it has nothing to do with the recession or food shortages. The official flack statement is after the jump. ]]>
An interlude at the Tribeca Grand Hotel this past holiday weekend led to more than our usual share of disappointment: they have stopped serving their famous buffet brunch!
What was once a shining example of the grand tradition of hotel buffets, the weekend brunch from 10am to 3pm held in the atrium's Church Lounge was basically a $30 jumbo shrimp-for-all. So you can understand how our heart sank when we descended for such an experience at the ripe hour of noon and were instead greeted only with a menu stating that "breakfast" ended at 11am.]]>
According to the always-accurate and reliably ridiculous reference site UrbanDictionary, a "staycation" is defined as "a vacation that is spent at one's home enjoying all that home and one's home environs have to offer."
So when we take a "staycation," we spend an entire glorious Sunday in bed in the company of our TiVo and perhaps a margarita or three.
Apparently, some people consider traveling to domestic destinations rather than going abroad to be worthy of the "staycation" label as well.
For the latter group, the NYC's Soho Grand is offering the GrandLife Staycation package complete with all kinds of goodies to keep you busy during your "staycation" in the Big Apple. ]]>