A Taste of Italy in Seattle for Recessionistas

We swoon for all things Italian (pasta, leather footwear, gelato, dark wavy hair...) but right now, our pocketbook is feeling more "stay domestic cheap" than "maxxed-out credit card European fabulous."

So, when the Seattle Art Museum opens its Michelangelo Public and Private: Drawings for the Sistine Chapel and other Treasures from the Casa Buonarroti exhibit on October 15th, we're thinking a stay at nearby Alexis Hotel with its "Art of Michelanglo" package will be a whole lot more economical than round-trip fare to Florence. And since SAM is the only place showing this collection in the United States, it looks like you just gotta come to Seattle to see it.

According to SAM's Alexis Hotel package includes deluxe accommodations, 2 VIP tickets to the Michelangelo exhibit, a $10 gift certificate to the Seattle Art Museum Gift Shop (one our fave places to pick up holiday gifts if you're in a shop shop state of mind), 2 Painters Delight cocktails at the Bookstore Bar and complimentary valet parking. Diehard art connossieurs may want to consider booking Alexis Hotel's Seattle Art Museum Suite (see photo). The spacious one-bedroom suite showcases pieces from SAM, hand-picked by curator Barbara Shaiman, plus a jacuzzi which is sure to take the chill off a Seattle winter night.

The "Art of Michelanglo" package is available from October 15, 2009-February 1, 2010. Rates start at $219 a night; use rate code PMCO to book. It's a pretty great deal, since we checked room rates for October 15th, and they start at $186. Book Michealangelo tix on the SAM site, and they're $15 a pop. Jump ahead to the following week and room rates start at $250. 'Nuff said.

Want to learn more about the exhibit? Click here. Additional exhibit tickets can be tacked onto any package rate if you're traveling en masse.

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