http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T19:28:36Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Travel%2BLeisure http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/23/17128/8571 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/billboyscout.jpg" class="imgborder">In <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Bill%20Marriott"><b>Bill Marriott's</b></a> weekly blog/letter taken by his secretary, he reminisces about his days as a Boy Scout and even includes a snapshot of him as a youngster proudly sporting his uniform and a gelled up 'do.<blockquote><p>You know, back then, over sixty years ago, scouting was different from what it is today. I was a city kid and I was working on my merit badges and I had no place to camp out. So, to get camping merit badge, I had to sleep out 50 nights. <p>Where was I going to do that? <p>Well, my folks helped me buy a tent and I put it in the backyard and out of my fifty nights, I think juliana 2008-01-23T17:34:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/4/20/14935/0190 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/travel_leisure35.jpg"><p>Who knew turning 35 was cause for a celeb-studded celebration?<p>HotelChatter was able to pop in on <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com"><b>Travel + Leisure's 35th Anniversary Party</b></a> which was held at the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=97518"><b>W Westwood-Los Angeles.</b></a><p>We arrived expecting a quiet industry party held within the W's new restaurant or bar, and instead we were ushered to the hotel's pool area where the first thing we saw was <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=rachel+bilson&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8"><b>Rachel Bilson</b></a> posing on the W/T+L Red Carpet. <p> This was no industry party (FYI: We chose to step in wet grass and walk around the bathrooms to avoid this red carpet.) <p>With a Ketel One cosmo in hand, we positioned ourselves perfectly so that we could see the celebs coming into the party without juliana 2006-04-20T15:59:19-05:00 34.063011 -118.44138 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/