Bringing Sexy (Books) Back at The Heathman Hotel Portland
Flipping pages in bed isn’t exactly our idea of foreplay, but for solo travelers and super geeks, The Heathman Hotel offers a “Books By Your Bedside” package. Home to one of the country’s few catalogued hotel guest-lending libraries, this package includes accommodations for two, a tour of the hotel’s library, a hardcover edition of a book written by the hotel’s most recent guest author and other goodies.
Authors Anthony Bourdain and David Sedaris both made appearances at the hotel within the past two months. Thomas L. Friedman, a popular environmental writer, as well as Annie Leibowitz, the famed celebrity photographer, were at The Heathman back in April. Michael Pollan graced Portland with his politically-correct presence in January, along with Calvin Trillin.
We asked Amy M. Howes, Library Curator at The Heathman Hotel, which author’s books are the most-borrowed guest faves and she gave us this all-star roster: Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential), David Sedaris (When You Are Engulfed in Flames), Junot Díaz (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao), T.C. Boyle (The Women), Ken Kesey (Sailor Song), and Christopher Moore (Foot: A Novel).
We wonder if it’s only a matter of time until its sister property in Kirkland, Washington implements a similar program. After all, it’s within a hop, skip and a jump from Seattle, which was named the "Smartest City in America" by Bizjournals.com.
Rates for the “Books By Your Bedside” package start at $229.
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