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Terranea Resort Opens in SoCal Today

Where: 6610 Palos Verdes Drive South [map], Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States, 90275

The incessant raining on the East Coast this week has left some of us dreaming wistfully about sunny beaches, like, say, the nice ones in California. Well, color us thrilled about today’s good luck: It’s sunny and there’s a brand-new resort opening just south of LAX.

Reportedly 10 years and $480 million in the making, Terranea Resort opens today on 102 acres of coastline. Destination Hotels & Resorts manages the 360-room hotel, which sits on the former peninsula site of Marineland of the Pacific across the channel from Catalina Island.

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Room With a Killer View :: The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs

Where: ONE LAKE CIRCLE, Colorado Springs, CO, 80906

We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.

The five-star Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO boasts 700 rooms and killer views from almost all of them -- and, frankly, for the price (suites can go for $715 per night), the view had better be awesome.

The hotel is known for its extensive spa and impressive golf course, but the real draw here might be the forthcoming Broadmoor Cottages. In May 2009, the hotel will unveil six cottages (up to 6,300 square feet) with killer views of Cheyenne Mountain and the 18th hole. Five cottages will have eight bedrooms and one will have four bedrooms -- and we can just imagine the kickass snowy weekends we could have with all our best friends.

That said, while this photo was snapped on October 5th, it might be wise to double check on the construction situation with the cottages -- since they're not finished yet, we assume there is the potential for some nasty anti-viewness here while they're going up.

[Photo: lavivienne]

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Conquer the Blue Monster at Miami's Blue Resort

Where: 5300 NW 87th. Avenu [map], Miami, FL, United States, 33178

Just outside Miami lies the City of Doral, a suburb about 8 miles from M.I.A. that -- fun fact! -- took its name from the popular (and famous, we assume) Doral Golf Resort and Spa.

But movin' in on the city's namesake golf resort now is ultra-luxe The Blue, a brand new "urban luxury escape" that will lure the golf-loving travelers out of Miami.

Besides the obvious awesomeness of the name of the golf course the resort overlooks, The Blue Monster, the all-suite property has some baller amenities in every room:

Fully-equipped kitchens, oversized private verandas and marble-tiled five-fixture bathrooms with rain shower and stand-alone Jacuzzi bathtub accompanied with a flat screen television. The room amenities include plush terry robes, 42" flat panel high-definition LCD televisions, in-room coffee/tea makers, wireless internet access, sound systems with DVD players and iPod docking stations.

Unfortunately, the resort is still in its soft opening stages so the signature restaurant (5300 Chop House) or poolside cafe aren't up and running yet, but to compensate the resort is offering rates starting at $189 until December 20th.

Wait, isn't the cookie monster a blue monster? Are there free cookies anywhere at this resort? They should really get to thinkin' about that.

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Bagpiper Entertainment at the Inn at Spanish Bay

Where: 2700 17-Mile Drive [map], Pebble Beach, CA, United States, 93953

You don't need to pony up the dough for a room at the expensive Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, Calif. to enjoy the beautiful coastal view and a sunset serenade from a Scottish bag piper at dusk.

We hit up the hotel's Lobby Lounge on Saturday night where vacationing golfers and their families gathered around one of the four fire pits on the back terrace. Here you can take in the killer views of the Pacific Ocean and the second hole of the Links at Spanish Bay.

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Express Check-Out: We Could Never Date Bill Marriott Now

Our older-man crush on Bill Marriott is officially over thanks to his latest blog post about Marriott Golf where he writes:

A lot of my fellow corporate executives like to play golf. I have a set of clubs, but they're a little bit rusty and I've got to tell you, golf is a handicap for me. I've never been able to play the game well and that's always been a frustration. I'm sure some of you know how I feel.

Ah Bill, what coulda been. Unfortunately, we need a man who can play golf and play it well. How embarrassing would it have been if we went on a date on the links with Bill and we outscored him. Or is that underscored him? Maybe Bill can pay Tiger Woods for some lessons? That could resuscitate our crush. At least we still have the Marriott Bear.

· Bill could eat his own dogfood and improve at golf. [Marriott]
· Or Bill could play the "best golf course no one knows about" and stay at the Inn. [Inn at St. Ives]
· Or Bill could just go from broke at Pebble Beach [The Inn at Spanish Bay]
· Or stay at a *gasp* Westin, in the country that invented golf [The Westin Turnberry Resort Scotland]

[Photo: zone41]