http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T06:44:17Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/950 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/8/115620/2271 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/projectkittyrunway.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>As we told you about before, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/21/124811/024/hotels/Project_Kitty_Runway_The_Algonquin_Hotel_to_Host_a_Feline_Fashion_Show">Project Kitty Runway</a> went down at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Algonquin/local/950"><b>Algonquin Hotel</b></a> yesterday as a way to celebrate the house cat Matilda's 13th birthday and to help build awareness for the North Shore Animal League.<p><b>The Feline Fashion Show</b> (their official name but we like PKR better) featured several cats in drag ranging from "an Elvis costume to a sequined satin dress." So...how exactly do you get a cat into an Elvis costume? Sedatives? It probably has to be one of those de-clawed house cats because we know our cat would not stand for that.<p>Humans meanwhile had a better time at the show sipping on $20 specialty drinks like the Purr-tini and the juliana 2008-08-08T12:30:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/21/124811/024 <![CDATA[<p><p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/algonquin_cat.jpg"> This is a date not to be missed. On <b>August 7, 2008</b>, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Algonquin/local/950"><b>Algonquin Hotel</b></a> is holding the <b>Feline Fashion Show.</b><p>The Algonquin's famous hotel cat, Matilda, is turning 13 and to celebrate the milestone, the hotel is throwing this birthday party and fashion show which will benefit the North Shore Animal League America. Some events scheduled for the fashion show:<blockquote><p> &#183; North Shore's Purrrrfect Company therapeutic cats taking the day off from hospital and nursing home visits to strut their stuff on the Algonquin Hotel's "cat-walk." <br>&#183; Meow-Wear outfitting Matilda's friends in the latest teen-kitty couture for the cat fashion show. <br>&#183; The North Shore Animal League giving Matilda a special birthday gift of helping find juliana 2008-07-21T15:35:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/10/92333/7350 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/kitkittredge.jpg" class="imgborder">If you have a precocious young lady in your life who is currently swooning over the movie <i>Kit Kitteridge: American Girl</i>, surprise her with a stay at New York's famous <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Algonquin/local/950"><b>Algonquin Hotel</b></a>, where they've just put together an "Algonquin Girl" package.<p> <p>Treat your burgeoning reporter girl to this girl-power special, which includes a $30 gift certificate to <a href="http://www.americangirl.com/">The American Girl</a> store (which has its own extensive movie promotional vehicle under way), a diary (to encourage handwritten thoughts -- how very 20th century), and your choice of two tickets to either a Broadway show or a baseball game.<p> <p>The Algonquin is the right location for this package, seeing as how the hotel's famed Round Table was annie0007 2008-07-11T09:45:15-05:00 40.756018 -73.982310 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/19/12751/3680 <![CDATA[<p><i>Get your hot dogs, sunscreen and beer guts ready: Independence Day is just over two weeks away! If you're headed to a big city for some fireworks fun, we'll be taking a look at hotels with prime fireworks views. Have a favorite hotel for gawking at bombs bursting in air? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>Send it our way</b></a>.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/algonquin.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>We love NYC. But really, when we're ready for a relaxing, stress-free vacation, we've gotta admit that the taxis, the planning, the enormous lines for Broadway tickets and the beyond-expensive commutes to and from the airport don't really do it for us. <p>So! Our Fourth of July pick for NYC is a hotel that will plan our whole holiday weekend for us: the Jenna 2008-06-19T10:05:50-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/14/161715/040 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/sic_londonnyc.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>The Sex and the City-themed hotel package blitz begins! Last week, it was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/8/114415/4728/hotels/SATC_Packages_Mandarin_Oriental_New_York_s_Carrie_and_Co_Getaway">Mandarin Oriental New York</a>, pricing up a package for those of you with deep pockets like Mr. Big. This week, <a href=""><b>The Algonquin Hotel</b></a> is offering a two-night <b>Girls and the City</b> getaway that's a little better suited to a writer's budget.<p> Like the Mandarin, The Algonquin has teamed up with On Location to offer guests its Sex and the City tour, which include stops at Carrie and Miranda's favorite bakery, Carrie's apartment stoop and at The Pleasure Chest, where Charlotte bought her infamous Rabbit vibrator. <p>The package, available through September, also includes tickets to see Broadway's "Legally Blonde," and an appointment with a jennm 2008-04-14T17:00:02-05:00 40.756018 -73.982310 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/