Cubicle Dreamin': An Inn That Has Everything But Elvis

July 25, 2008 at 1:39 PM | by jennm | 0 Comments

Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? Send the story our way.

In this episode, Hotel Maven Jennifer Merritt puts on her blue suede shoes and heads to Graceland. Enjoy.

I'm not much of an Elvis fan, but for some reason I've always wanted to go to Graceland. Because I'm not one of those jumpsuit-and-wig-wearing fanatics, I want to make sure my trip to Memphis isn't all Elvis, all the time. It appears that the River Inn of Harbor Town may be the solution to that conundrum.

The inn overlooks the Mississippi River and, with its decorative wrought iron and gas-lit lanterns, looks more like it belongs in New Orleans than Memphis. Its 28 rooms have flat-screen TVs, four-poster beds and Gilchrist and Soames toiletries, though the bigger draw are the rooms with flower-boxed open windows that have views of the Mississippi--the perfect place to take in the sunset over the river while enjoying the port wine and chocolate truffles that come with turn-down service.

The hotel is 10 blocks northwest of Downtown Memphis and has enough onsite activities to keep guests entertained, including two restaurants, a rooftop bar and a cooking school. Rates, which start at $245 per night, include breakfast in the inn's fine-dining restaurant, Currents; Internet access; valet parking; and use of its fitness room.

Knowing all that, I almost forget what the hell I'm doing in Memphis. Oh, right--Graceland. Lucky for me, it only happens to be a short ride away.

[Photo: Darbman22]

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