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Kate's Lazy Meadow Has Psychedelic WiFi

Where: 5191 Rt. 28 [map], Mt. Tremper, ny, United States, 12457

A few years back we were quite intrigued to discover B52s singer Kate Pierson had opened up a motel, but the NY Times has only just caught on to Kate's Lazy Meadow Motel not far from Woodstock on Route 28, near the Catskills. Their weekend review agreed with our thinking that it's a cool middle-of-nowhere stay with a bit of weirdness thrown in for good measure.

Kate's Lazy Meadow has nine rooms of various sizes, including two new suites (named Sakajawia and Annie Oakley) that are in stand-alone cabins. The rooms in the main motel building are all fully renovated and all except two of them include a kitchenette.

The NY Times reviewer got Room 4, the Psychedelic Gnome Room, and sounded heartily satisfied with the place, including the autumn forest wallpaper scenes. They also mentioned that WiFi is available in every room--but cell phones don't work out there.

The rates vary according to the rooms. The cheapest two (without kitchenette) are $150 mid-week, and the most expensive suite (with two bedrooms) is $225 mid-week and $275 on weekends. Sounds like the kind of place you sometimes need sunglasses inside, but it's a good overnight stop. Weird, but good.

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Here at HotelChatter, we are closely monitoring the antics of celebrities at hotels. We always love to hear who was a horrible guest, a nice guest (Coldplay) and who was doing things they shouldn't be doing (Kevin Costner, Ralph Fiennes.)

But when a celebrity makes the move from hotel guest to hotelier, there could be trouble ahead. More often than not, these celebrity-backed hotels (and we're not talking anybody in the Trump family) end up having numerous problems like design conflicts and opening delays and as was the case with Nicky O, some don't even see the light of day.

With the announcement that baseball star Reggie Jackson is the developer behind a 250-room hotel in Seaside, Calif. we thought now would be a good time to take stock at the celebrity hotel dreams out there, and where they ended up. That way Mr. October knows exactly what he's getting into.

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