Sleep Peacefully At Malaysia's UNESCO-Recognized Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

Omri — 2009-10-20T13:58:40-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/22421/2009_10_19_HC___CheongFatt.jpg" class="top"><p>Originally built as a 38-room feng shui masterpiece for 19th century merchant Cheong Fatt Tze, the <a href="http://www.cheongfatttzemansion.com/"><b>Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion</b></a> fell on hard times as its Malaysian Georgeton neighborhood became a mid-20th century slum. Nonetheless it never lost the fame of its singular design, a unique mix of Eastern and Western influences that somehow blends cast-iron staircases and pillars, Gothic windows, Chinese porcelain, and Art Nouveau stained glass. <p>Some time after its original construction the mansion was coated with its now-famous blue exterior, a mix of lime and Indigo plant die, and became the Blue Mansion. Eventually restorers took over and began transforming it into a modern <a href="http://www.cheongfatttzemansion.com/">half-hotel half-museum conservation project,</a> part of a more general

Napa: Napa Valley's Poetry Inn: From The Inside Out

DanielR — 2008-06-04T09:45:02-05:00

A couple weeks ago we told you about the Ultimate Birthday Bash package offered by Poetry Inn located in Yountville, CA, about an hour fifteen minutes north of San Francisco.

Having Chef Thomas Keller cook you and 9 of your most intimate friends dinner sounds grand beyond all expectation, however, the 5 rooms and suites that make up Poetry Inn embody a classic simple elegance that speaks to quality and homeyness above all else.

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Sleep Peacefully At Malaysia's UNESCO-Recognized Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

Napa: Napa Valley's Poetry Inn: From The Inside Out