http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T04:10:58Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Aspen%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/14/729/82057 <![CDATA[<p><i>You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i><p><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Anti_View_Hotel_Durant_Aspen.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>There are only 19 rooms at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Durant/ian/187091"><b>Hotel Durant</b></a> in amandak 2008-08-14T09:20:09-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/9/161413/3936 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kimptonsky.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>It's hot. The beach at Coney Island is crowded and Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs just aren't doin' it for you anymore. You're sitting inside watching Top Chef, your tummy is rumbling, the chefs turn you on and you're wondering which contestant is going to land that coveted ticket to the Food and Wine Classic in Aspen. <p>And then it dawns on you: Colorado is <i>not</i> as hot as wherever you are, and the <a href="http://www.foodandwine.com/promo/classic/">Aspen Food and Wine Classic</a> is this weekend (June 13-15). The place will be crawling with hot chefs. You should go. <p>Well, here's the catch: tickets to the Classic have been sold out for a good long while now, but rumor has it Jenna 2008-06-09T16:22:18-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/9/215314/6060 <![CDATA[<p><p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Contributing Editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/natalieww/stories">NatalieWW</a> hits the slopes...in her mind. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/aspenskis.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Ski-Hotels-2008-Map"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/skihotels2008.jpg" align="right"></a>With much of the Western U.S experiencing dramatic snowfall, I just couldn't NatalieWW 2008-01-10T10:35:01-05:00 39.192098 -106.82742 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/9/195858/165 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Little_Nell.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><p> Of course, Lloyd Christmas described this city best when he decided to follow his lady love across the country in <i>Dumb And Dumber</i>:<br> <blockquote><p> A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called Aspen. </blockquote></p><p> In the film, Lauren Holly, as the endearingly indifferent object of Lloyd's affection, embodies the WASP persona. When visiting Aspen, her character, Mary Swanson, could very well have stayed at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Little+Nell/ian/127315"><b>The Little Nell</b></a>. For the past three years, The Little Nell has made Conde Nast Traveler's Gold List. It's self-described "understated elegance" sounds like the kind of quiet haughtiness exclusive to Old Money folks. <p>And ced138 2007-12-11T09:00:01-05:00 39.186415 -106.81763 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/