Even Luxury Hotels are Getting Wacky

Can you remember the last time you made a gingerbread house? From scratch? Us either. So we were surprised when we came across several gingerbread creations in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton Marina del Rey. What exactly are these gingerbread creations, you wonder? According to an article in the Los Angeles Loyolan, a college newspaper:

The Gingerbread Joust took place at the Ritz Carlton in Marina Del Rey on Tuesday, Nov. 11 and consisted of 10 teams competing to recreate or emulate aspects of famous Matisse artwork through the unconventional, edible medium of gingerbread. Aside from bragging rights, the various fraternities and sororities also had a grand prize to fuel their efforts: the use of the hotel's ballroom for their formal.

We think this is pretty weird. Hotel guests are encouraged to vote on their favorite creations with opportunities to double their votes by dining at Jer-ne or signing up for spa treatments. Considering the Ritz describes their clientele as mostly business travelers, we're not sure why this is even happening for a fraternity formal. We'd like to imagine plucky frat boys talking the Ritz into it. "Come on! We need a ballroom for our formal!" they may have cried.

The event is the first of what the Greeks and hotel staff hope will be a new tradition and relationship between Loyala Marymount University and the Ritz Carlton. Executive Chef Chad Minton called it "something elegantly hip" and hopes that the Gingerbread Joust, along with potential future events, will "showcase the original works of Matisse in our lobby."

Ohhhh. Maybe it's because they have original Matisse in the lobby? We didn't even notice. We were too distracted by the gingerbread "art."

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