What causes a fully-grown (possibly even more than fully grown, *ahem*), athletic man (who has no problem with objects coming at him at 85 miles per hour) to sleep with a baseball bat beside him while he stays in an opulent, luxurious old hotel? Ghosties, of course.

Apparently, a bunch of ballplayers are going around claiming that the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee — where many, many pro baseball and basketball teams stay when they're in town to play the Milwaukee teams — is totes haunted. ]]> Jenna 2009-05-28T13:22:29-05:00 43.0394780 -87.905812 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/13/192635/704

What’s not to love about Boulder, Colorado?This town of just over 100,000 people was the first in the country to tax itself to preserve open space. Its university, University of Colorado at Boulder, offers valet parking for bikes. Its eclectic roster of residents includes aerospace engineers, Buddhist practitioners, retired Olympians and culinary stars.

For weekend warriors, it’s less than an hour drive from Denver International Airport. If ever there was poster child for proving that having an eco mindset doesn’t mean having to sacrifice the finer things in life, Boulder would be it.
]]> globetrotting gourmet 2009-05-14T16:50:07-05:00 40.0194020 -105.27941 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/27/135617/46 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/biltmorehalloween.jpg" class="top"><p>Over 50 years ago, the murder of the Black Dahlia froze Los Angeles, embroiling the whole city in a mystery so deep it was never solved and so controversial that it is still being retold through books, movies, music, and late-night ghost stories. And of course, like all good stories, it began at a hotel. Cue creepy music. <p> <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Millennium+Biltmore+Hotel+Los+Angeles/ian/124965 ">The Millenium Biltmore</a></b> was the last place the victim, The Black Dahlia, was seen before she was seen dead, in lots of pieces and so it makes sense that her story be told starting in the same place.<p> If Halloween doesn't scare your socks off on Friday night, then sign up for the Black Dahlia Bus Tour abigailmschilling 2008-10-27T14:54:22-05:00 34.0497880 -118.25405 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/21/232751/40 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/bowery_NYT.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>We're well aware that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bowery+Hotel/local/220"><b>Bowery Hotel</b></a> has <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/10/144031/11/hotels/Will_The_Bowery_Hotel_Be_the_Scene_of_the_Next_Prison_Break_">questionable neighbors</a>, but we're wondering if anyone has had any experience with the hotel's more ghastly guests? <p> We were geeky enough to take a walking ghost tour of the Lower East Side last week, when our guide (who specializes in vampires!) had us stop to check out a hidden <a href="http://www.marblecemetery.org/">marble cemetery</a> just behind the Bowery Hotel on Second Avenue (not to be confused with the more conspicuous <a href="http://www.nycmc.org/">marble cemetery</a> around the corner on Second <i>Street</i>). <p> Our guide then proceeded to tell us about how just about every night at 1 a.m., the hotel's elevators go haywire--an occurrence that allegedly happens often enough it no jennm 2008-10-23T09:00:49-05:00 40.7266450 -73.991311 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/