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Desert Chic for Cheap(er) at Borrego Ranch Resort & Spa
Okay. There are officially 31 days until Winter Solstice (a.k.a. the shortest day of the year) and we’re already going a little stir-crazy with the decrease in daylight and the plunging temperatures. The solution? Head to warmer locales, like Borrego Springs in the Southern California desert.
Sure, springtime may steal this remote desert destination’s tourist thunder with its insanely beautiful display of wildflowers at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, but wintertime temps that hover around 70 degrees are what call our name. Right. About. Now. Besides, is there anything more spectacular than seeing the moon come up over the desert? Nah, not really.
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The Hotel Bel-Air 'Truly Regrets' Disappointing Brides-to-Be With Upcoming Renovations
Yesterday we told you about how the Hotel Bel-Air impending renovations have left brides-to-be scrambling for a new place to get married until the renovations are completed, sometime in 2011. Brides who already signed contracts at the Hotel Bel-Air for their wedding days are now being moved to The Beverly Hills Hotel, a sister hotel just a few miles away that's equally posh but has quite a different feeling.
We compared it to stepping inside the pages of Us Weekly magazine where you see celebs left and right. It's the perfect hotel for a visit to Los Angeles (seriously, we see celebs everytime we pop in there) but it doesn't have the seclusion and intimacy of the Hotel Bel-Air.
It seems the hotel knows that and they sent us a statement, reiterating just how hard they are working to accommodate all the ladies in white who dreamed about getting married at the hotel. The hotel's full statement is listed below:
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Hotel Bel-Air Gives New Meaning to Treating Customers Like Dogs
Hotel Bel-Air is introducing the Precious Paws Program, a five-star amenity program designed to cater to man's best friend. The Dorchester Collection hotel gives pups the royal treatment the moment a pet steps it's paw on-property. Pet perks include: a "chic neckerchief" given upon arrival to fancy up the collar, a private photo shoot to make your pet feel like a cover girl or boy, and a frame for your furry playmate centerfold as a check-out souvenir.
Rooms are doggy-ready too. They feature dog beds and read-to-go dog bowls. Doggy turn-down service includes peanut butter treats personally made by the in-house pastry chef. (The recipe is available at check-out.) And if by chance your room attendant is afraid of dogs, or your dog is afraid of room attendants, the rooms are equipped with personalized door tags that alert staff when your dog is in the room.
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Hotel Indigo To Be San Diego's First Green Hotel
It's nice to see this whole 'going green' thing isn't just a passing trend. The brand new Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter is slated to open August 1 and has eco-ambitions beyond reusing the bathroom facecloth.
The 12-story hotel's plan is to be the “first sustainably built hotel in San Diego” (pending LEED certification) which includes design features like their "eco roofs." To help reduce heating and air-conditioning waste and filter storm-water runoff the hotel installed native plants and shrubs to the ninth-floor terrace and 12th-floor rooftop. (So far their aren't any of those Al Gore inconsistencies like a rooftop helipad to fully negate their green attempts.
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Virgin America Celebrates New Flights Out of The OC With Hotel Stays
This post stars Shira Lazar but was written by Shira Levine. Just in case you had your Shiras confused.
OMFG, while it's probably beneath the Housewives of Orange County to fly discounted airfares, for the record we'd still rather endure a six hour turbulent flight than have Vicki, Lynne or Gretchen even in the same airport as us. For now we're hopefully in the clear so long as there is no red carpet or paparazzi. You never know with Richard Branson though asVirgin America launched its high-tech, low-fare service to Orange County, California today.
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Marriott Marina del Rey Rolls Out the Bicycle Valet Service
Amazing weather often encourages bike riding which in turn breeds bike thieving. Not at the Marriott Marina del Rey.
Come May 1 the hotel will start their free bicycle valet service! Those valet guys who previously were parking CO2 emitting wheels, are now safely parking and watching those of the two-wheeling variety. (We're guessing parking a Schwinn is a lot less fun than parking a Lamborghini.)
The hotel's bike valet is their attempt at reinventing the "biker bar," alleviating LA traffic and of course luring Angelenos into their destination bar, Glow (above). Patrons can cool off in the pool and chow down on free appetizers. Just be sure to wait 20 minutes before jumping in the pool.
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San Fran's Palace Gets Its Own Book; Deal with Proactiv Not Far Off
It's not just Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson and Diddy who are pimpin and whoring themselves out in the name of cross-branding. Big name hotels are capitalizing on the infamy and notoriety of their digs. The Palm's Las Vegas and several other hotels did it with reality TV, and now San Francisco's Palace Hotel is exploiting itself literally with a new book celebrating the hotel's history and grandeur.
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Fairmont San Fran Reaches Out To 'All The Single Ladies'
We're not going back on our pinkie swear that there would be no more Valentine's Day package posts. Instead this is a sort of anti-Valentine's deal for all the single ladies (and guys) out there who just aren't sweatin' it anymore. For real cuz 'if you liked it you should have put a ring on it.' That's right. We said it!
Fairmont San Francisco has come up with the Break-Up Package to satisfy your wounded heart. Dubbed as an Un-Valentine's getaway, parties of one score "VIP access to spectacular break-up bling at wholesale prices from Padis Gems at the San Francisco Jewelry Center." (Um, you have to buy your own jewelry!?)
But with the start price of $249 a night plus tax you do get some bubbly and a little black book for new lovers and heart breakers to consume your thoughts.
The personalized “Eat Your Heart Out (insert name of ex)” cookies are a cute touch, but for the love of sex, don't wallow and eat the whole batch! The Break-up Package is available February 12 through December 30, 2009. Book online or call 1-415-772-5147 for reservations.
[Photo: The Mac Girl]
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The JUST Inn: A He Said, She Said
Just in case you were further curious about our stay at the JUST Inn in Paso Robles, Calif., we thought you might appreciate a He Said/She Said on what to expect whether you're a man or a woman, and staying two nights in this quaint yet fancypants escape. So here is more or less what went down.
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