http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-09-05T13:17:49Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/American%20Girl http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/5/211149/9813 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/barclay_americangirl.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+The+Barclay+New+York/local/798"><b>The Barclay Intercontinental</b></a> is not just a hotel for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/31/10430/3225/hotels/Where+the+U.S+Open+Players+are+Staying+in+Manhattan">U.S. Open players.</a> It's also a hotel for American Girl enthusiasts--namely girls ages 6 to whenever playing with dolls isn't cool anymore.<p>The hotel has a special check-in set up for you American Girl doll. The one you see here is &nbsp;<a href="http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/static/kayadoll.jsf/title/Kaya/saleGroupId/0/uniqueId/5/nodeId/11/webMenuId/5/LeftMenu/TRUE">Kaya</a>, "a Nez Perce girl growing up in 1764."(Note: We played with American Girl dolls when the brand was called Pleasant Company and there were only three dolls--Samantha, Molly and Kirsten. We also had to order only from catalogs. This was before the internet people! Ok TMI.)<p>The Barclay, which bill itself as a business hotel, has cashed in on the craze for American Girls with their juliana 2007-09-06T08:55:01-05:00 40.755713 -73.974396 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/26/141010/088 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/americangirl_omni.jpg"><a href="http://www.americangirl.com">American Girl</a> is practically the new Barbie.<p>If you are not up to speed on the doll world, let us break it down for you quickly. Each American Girl is from a different decade in American history: Samantha is rich girl enjoying the Victorian era; Molly is &nbsp;a feisty little girl growing up as WWII is going on; Kirsten is an Swedish immigrant whose family pioneers the plains of Minnesota in the mid 1850s.<p>Substantially larger than Barbie (and less slutty), each girl has her own set of historically accurate outfits, toys, beds, and etc. &nbsp;They cost over $100 and are sold at the American Girl Places in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.<p>So capitalizing on the frenzy that juliana 2006-07-26T15:55:01-05:00 34.052839 -118.25020 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/