http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:56:56Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Catskills http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/12/44245/1199 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Kate_s_Lazy_Meadow_Room.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>A few years back we were quite intrigued to discover B52s singer Kate Pierson had <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2004/8/9/132232/8361/hotels/Kate_s_Lazy_Meadow_Motel_The_Whole_Shack_Shimmies">opened up a motel</a>, but the NY Times has only just caught on to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com"><b>Kate's Lazy Meadow Motel</b></a> not far from Woodstock on Route 28, near the Catskills. Their weekend review agreed with our thinking that it's a cool middle-of-nowhere stay with a bit of weirdness thrown in for good measure.</p><p>Kate's Lazy Meadow has nine rooms of various sizes, including two new suites (named Sakajawia and Annie Oakley) that are in stand-alone cabins. The rooms in the main motel building are all fully renovated and all except two of them include a kitchenette.</p><p>The NY Times reviewer got Room 4, the amandak 2008-05-12T09:30:01-05:00 42.035731 -74.277900 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/25/223317/49 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/villasaugerties.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>This is one <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Meet%20The%20Innkeeper">Meet the Innkeeper</a> series that we would love to do. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Villas+at+Saugerties/local/129"><b>The Villa at Saugerties</b></a>, a bed and breakfast in the Catskills in New York, is run by Aimee Szparaga &amp; her ex-boyfriend Richard Nocera. Szparaga was actually the former editor of the <i>Playgirl</i> magazine as well as Time Out New York. Thanks to a recent Page Six post we found out she's now engaged and impregnated by former Gotham 100 bachelor Steve Scher, a restaurateur. Could there be a second edition of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tori%20Spelling"><i>Inn Love</i></a> here?<p>Anyways her B&amp;B seems to be the opposite of cheesy beefcake layouts.<blockquote><p>Situated in a 1929 Mediterranean-style country house, the Villa is open year round to visitors who crave juliana 2007-12-26T14:35:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/