Yale students donned their caps and gowns this past weekend for graduation. To celebrate the Ivy Leaguers, the Study at Yale gave away a graduation present. Unfortunately, it wasn't a new car. But it was still pretty cool: The hotel handed out Moleskine notebooks embossed with the Study logo and with the Yale commencement 2011 insignia.

Moleskine, of course, is the mother of all travel notebooks/journals/etc. It's a favorite for its simple design, durability and infinite uses. All guests who stayed at the New Haven, Connecticut, hotel this past weekend got a big black Moleskine—a big upgrade from the usual hotel pad that falls apart when you use it.]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-05-23T11:32:22-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/8/4/112154/5645 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/studyatyalebellstaff.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Study+at+Yale/local/1367"><b>The Study at Yale</b></a> is settling in for the 2010-2011 academic year in New Haven, Conn., but could the 124-room Ivy League hotel be gearing up for new locations as well? That's what it sounded like when we chatted with <b>Paul McGowan</b>, the Study at Yale's creator and owner. <p>The Study at Yale has already impressed us with their spacious rooms, complete with reading chairs and ottomans as well as with their seersucker bathrobes, gingersnap cookies at the front desk and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/23/03041/7556/hotels/The_Study_at_Yale_Lets_You_Be_More_Studious_Looking_with_Eyeglass_Rental">reading glasses on loan</a>. But there are even more little touches at the hotel that we learned about from McGowan. <p>For instance, during reunion weekends, the hotel's bellstaff will wear hats commemorating the years juliana 2010-10-04T14:05:56-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/23/03041/7556 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/amysackseyeglasses.jpg" class="top"><p> When the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Study+at+Yale/local/1367"><b>Study at Yale</b></a> opened near the Ivy League campus two years ago, we got all excited about the fun perks at the hotel like complimentary WiFi,leather reading chairs and the bathrobe which featured a seersucker design stitched with the hotel&#146;s logo--<b>a pair of reading glasses.</b><p>Speaking of reading glasses, the hotel has another fun perk, well, actually it's more of a necessity. If you've forgotten your reading glasses on your trip, you can borrow a stylish pair from the hotel who has partnered up with designer <a href="http://www.amysacks.com"><b>Amy Sacks</b></a>.<p> And if you like them, you can end up purchasing them from the front desk or ordering a new pair from the Amy Sacks catalogue (Frames juliana 2010-09-23T15:56:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/6/10/381/52803

Hopefully, it's been a long time since you gifted dad with a homemade card or paper tie for Father's Day. Make up for your colored-outside-of-the-lines DIY gifts and honor your dad with a hotel getaway. Whether he likes fishing, spa-ing or grilling meat, we've rounded up some of the best offerings out there for your pops. Forget the craft project and let someone else do all of the work this year.

Check out our top five picks for dear old dad after the jump.]]> Jennifer Kester 2010-06-10T16:20:50-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/26/112034/080 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Exterior_View_Looking_In.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>Our inner geeks have been pretty excited about New Haven&#146;s new-ish hotel, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Study+at+Yale/local/1367"><strong>Study at Yale</strong></a>, ever since the place <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/17/141727/28/hotels/The_Study_at_Yale_Officially_Opens_With_Whiffenpoofs_On_Hand">opened</a> last year. But until we pay the hotel a visit ourselves, we&#146;ll have to rely on our steamy fantasy involving a rendezvous with a hunky Visiting Scholar. Er, also, the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33851-d1217689-Reviews-The_Study_at_Yale-New_Haven_Connecticut.html">TripAdvisor reviews</a>, which are impressively positive&#151;13 &#147;excellent&#148; ratings and one &#147;very good.&#148; Apparently even the doormen are &#147;dapper!&#148;</p> <p>A few highlights:</p> <p>* &#147;The only other choices near the university are a Courtyard by Marriott that in our experience could use a good cleaning, and the Omni, which is good but overpriced for what it is -- so The Study is a wonderful, welcome KatieK 2009-08-26T11:44:19-05:00 41.3087253 -72.932741 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/