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The St. Regis Atlanta Has a Sweet Tea With Some Kick

Where: 88 West Paces Ferry Road [map], Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30305

Atlanta's "Beverly Hills East" aka Buckhead is working the sophisticate. The brand new St. Regis Atlanta, where a king-size room starts at $240 and comes with butler service is delivering impressively on dining. The hotel has brought in a notable chef to open their signature restaurant.

Paces 88, led by Atlanta Chef de Cuisine Mark Alba opened just two nights ago. We hear guests can expect an American restaurant with a twist on local and seasonal southern recipes. The Paces 88 name comes from the hotel's address (88 West Paces Ferry Road).

Breakfast sounds killer good with options like the skillet-crisp Georgian trout with shirred eggs, pork belly cracklings and roasted pear compote, or maybe the mini buckwheat and cottage cheese flapjacks with fresh berry salad and warm Vermont syrup. (OK, not all of it is local.) The lunch and dinner menus are equally intriguing, and everything sounds even better after a few St. Regis traditional drinks like the white peach bellini and West Paces Mary.

We want to try their boozehound's spin on sweet tea. The Paces Iced Tea blends Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea vodka, pomegranate juice and lime for thirst-quenching cold summer drink we're pretty sure goes down quickly so we'll be ordering doubles. You'll find us out on the patio by the fountain and tropical backdrop.

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Two Atlanta Hotels We Would Have Stayed In If We Were Richer

Don't get us wrong, the Atlanta Marriott Marquis is no Motel 6, but if we could do it again, we'd have splurged to spend the night in these lovely Atlanta spots.

Twelve Hotel And Residences Centennial Park -- Downtown is where we imagine the Housewives of Atlanta staying while they have ridiculous work done on their ridiculous multi-room (and in some cases now foreclosed) mega-mansions.

Twelve is an all-suite condo hotel ideal for long-term stays. At 700 square feet, the rooms are bigger than the average person's rental apartment. They include full kitchens and private balconies. Plus with everything in-room computer automated for room service and housekeeping, the staff is spared having to deal with any outrageous behavior, and guests' outrageous behavior can go unreported.

Deluxe two bedroom suites average at $359 a night. (Hell, that's only $10,770 a month.)

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Atlanta Marriott Marquis Thinks Guests Can Still Expense Everything

Where: 265 Peachtree Center Avenue [map], Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303

It's always shocking when a major hotel like the recently-renovated Atlanta Marriott Marquis isn't super convenient for business travelers. In this time of recessionary layoffs and cutbacks, the business and conference hotel is still obnoxiously charging for Internet connectivity. How hard it is to switch from broadband to WiFi, Mister Bill Marriott?

At $12.95 for noon-to-noon service in the rooms and then a discounted $9.95 around the food court on the reception and marquis levels, charging on top of the $159 to $221.95 a night for a king size bed in a city view room still seems cruel and unusual.

Guests hunched over their laptops outside the in-hotel Starbucks were not happy. We actually found some working connections not provided by the Marriott Marquis. Interestingly, from inside the Marriott Marquis we got free service from the Hyatt Regency Atlanta just across the street.

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Air Force One Can Now Land at the W Atlanta

Where: 45 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard [map], Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30308

Good news for Richard Branson, John Travolta and pilot-as-hobby guys like them with their highfallutin' flying planes. If ever they need to land in the Hotlanta area, they can land on the brand spanking new The W Atlanta Downtown roof. The boutique hotel has stepped it up an amenity notch with a private helipad for whatever the reason it is that fancypants people on the go need private helipads.

While we're not sure how many people are flying their private jets in this recession, if there is one man who can eco-acceptably fly privately, it's President Obama on Air Force One. Only he and a handful of other notables can have an insane carbon footprint if insane carbon footprints must be had.

And while working this fantasy scenario of the Prez enjoying an "urban escape" at the W Atlanta Downtown, it should be noted that he can enjoy some excellent grub at BLT Steak. If Michelle is tagging along, she can unwind in the 9,000 square foot Bliss Spa. And since we all know what a fit dude Obama is, he'd totally make good use of the "ultra modern fitness facility and a glamorous zero-edge pool."

You and the Obamas can book now starting at $153.33 for a room with a king size bed and fit for a President and his First Lady. You will have to get your own room.

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An Atlanta Hotel Goes Down The Drain

Where: 3050 Peachtree Rd NW [map], Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30305

In the past few years, Atlanta Georgia's Buckhead neighborhood has become the place for new luxury hotel projects, everyone from the Ritz-Carlton, St Regis, Sheraton, W, InterContinental, Westin, JW Marriott is either building a hotel or has a location there already.

The development which really put Buckhead on the map is called Streets of Buckhead, and has high-end shopping, restaurants and condos in addition to Starwood Capital's 1 Hotel & Baccarat Hotel, both of which were to include residences. Now it seems both of those hotels have been taken out of the development.

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