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A Free Trade, Choco-Booze Fest Is Starting At Andaz London
First it was the unadulterated success of Damian Barr as Reader in Residence. Then it was Lady GaGa’s fabby photoshoot in the Masonic Temple. This week we like Andaz London because they’re going all ethical by launching a Fair Trade cocktail in the cocktail bar at the 1901 restaurant.
The £9 cocktail is called Divine Oblivion and is not only pumped full of fair trade vodka, but is also full of fair trade chocolate and sugar. And in case you wanted a talking point for your cocktail, know this: the fair trade vodka is made from quinoa from Bolivia. How good is that?
Booze, chocolate and some ready-made date talk – something tells us they’re onto a winning combination there. Tenners at the ready.
Ps: We're gutted to hear that Damian lost out on the Arts & Business Innovation prize. Which means we're looking at these babies as consolation drinks.
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The Holidays Are Here, Let's Celebrate With Some Hotel Cocktail Cheer
You know how much we love our cocktails here at HotelChatter. We'll find any reason to celebrate with a cocktail and fortunately for us (but not for our liver), hotels feel the same way. We've slurped down Summer Cocktails and Halloween Cocktails and now we're ready for the main event, Holiday Cocktails. We'll be taking a look at these concoctions all season long. If you have a suggestion, don't hold out on us. (Photos, recipes and prices are helpful too!)
The weather outside is (nearly) frightful, but indulging in a warm cocktail is always delightful. The Summit at The Broadmoor is getting into a bone-warming state of mind their Hot Holiday Cider. With good reason, too – overnight temperatures in Colorado Springs have been dipping into the teens. Brr....
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The Best Rooftop Bar in Seville Is At The EME Hotel
As we said yesterday, rooftop pools and bars are all the rage in Seville at the moment.
But nice as the others can be, there’s one place that stands head and shoulders (or maybe that should be a couple of floors) above the others – the Santo Terraza Bar at the EME Hotel on Calle Alemanes.
For a start, the position is unbeatable – it’s in the cathedral square, facing the Giralda and the north side of the cathedral, with all its balustrades and flying buttresses and other architectural delights.
And they’ve really made the most of it, singling the hotel out from the touristy bars and shops dotted around it, by laying out a red carpet to its entrance.
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Which Rooftop Pool Should You Go For in Seville?
The pool at the Hotel Doña Maria
As we told you yesterday, we noticed last weekend that the hotel pool scene is really taking off in Seville.
The poor old Alfonso XIII may not have a particularly sexy offering, but some of the rooftop ones are good enough for you to book a room on the basis of the pool.
Perhaps the best known is the pool at the Hotel Doña Maria, just off the cathedral square, which makes for stonking views of the Giralda. The terrace is split into two levels, with the bar and some tables down below, and the pool and a few more tables up some stairs.
Obviously, the views are pretty gorge. But the place seemed a bit tired. The chairs were tatty plastic faux-rattan affairs, the tables were a bit smeary, and the pool, with its lion-head fountain, was a bit too 80s. The staff were nice, though. Rooms start at €83 - the corridors looked dowdy to us, and the lobby was a bit overspun, but a friend has stayed here and says her room was whitewashed and nice.
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Attention Tweens Over 21: Celebrate Twilight's 'New Moon' at Whiskey Blue Nola
Do you love, like really love "Twilight"? Have you read all the books front to back, twice? Are you holding countdown parties to the "New Moon" movie at your house? Would you turn immortal forever for Edward Cullen? And more importantly, are you over the age of 21?
Because that's how old you will need to be to attend the New Moon mania that's going on at Whiskey Blue New Orleans inside the W Hotel. All week long the trendy hotel bar will unabashedly embrace the "Twilight" craze and it's not entirely about Edward, Bella, and Jacob. There is an actual new moon happening on November 16th.
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The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne Serves Art With a Side of Rum
Art galleries and wine go together like rum and cigars. But in Key Biscayne, they like to shake things up. So when the folks at The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne decided to do something special for Art Basel, they decided to pair it with their Old Havana-style den, RUMBAR. That’s where the hotel is hosting a private pre-Art Basel cocktail soiree for artist Carlos Estevez on December 1st. It’s invitation only but if you happen to be a guest at the hotel we bet you can sweet-talk your way in.
The party marks the unveiling of the largest work Cuban artist Estevez has ever created—an 8-foot circular painting on canvas—so you should be able to find your way to the festivities without too much trouble. (You could also follow the sounds of RUMBAR’s resident Latin band Grupo Nostalgia, who will be jamming at the event.)
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Droppin' It Low at Hotel Victor's 'Frost Bite Thursdays'
Temperatures may be dipping in some parts of the country, but the scene is still steamy in South Beach, where Hotel Victor the forecast is always cool on Frost Bite Thursdays.
Since its July launch, the weekly event’s been such a smashing success that the hotel recently added Garden Zen Thursdays for low(er)-key party hoppers. The way it works is Frost Bite goes on downstairs in the lobby, while Garden Zen takes place on the Vue Terrace right across from the pool. Feeling pepped up or played out -- there's a party for whatever your Thursday mood at Hotel Victor.
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The Five Best Hotel Bars in Los Angeles
Butterflies on the ceiling of Bar Marmont
Cocktail culture is a different breed in Los Angeles. This is a town known for "doing lunch," after all. Aspiring screenwriters and actors usually work during the day and hit clubs late at night, and slick producers hustle deals both during afternoon meetings and after hours. Happy Hour just isn't as popular here as it is in other cities you might visit.
And what makes choosing a bar even more difficult in LA is the rate of trend turnaround; one week some place is the place to be, the next you wouldn't find a Twilight cast member caught dead there.
Recently, the erstwhile travel reporter Jen Leo tweeted @HotelChatter asking us what hotels in Los Angeles would be great for a happy hour. This inspired us to revisit some of the city's most well-known hotel bars to do libation reconnaissance. Below you'll find the results of our liquored social experiment. More after the jump...
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Even If You're a Hotel Guest, The Standard's Boom Boom Room Kicks You Out at 9
Who wants to hear some ridiculous Manhattan hotel news? The Standard's top-floor lounge/club Boom Boom Room (or whatever they're calling it), only allows hotel guests up between the hours of 4-9pm. What happens at 9pm, you ask? Well, a very PYT HotelChatter operative reported back from a boozy evening in the Boom Boom Room that everyone is kicked out at the stroke of nine. This way, the place can be reopened for private and celeb-filled parties at 10pm.
This means no late night socializing and snacking and no nightcaps in the Boom Boom's plush environs, even though you are a paying guest of the hotel. Still, our operative managed to capture a few undercover pictures before the curfew came down, and we see a sampling of the "Sweets" menu above, with a fireplace after the jump.
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Where To Watch Monday Night Football If You're on The Road
What’s the best thing about Monday? Easy: Monday night. After dragging ourselves through the always-difficult first day back at work, we suddenly remember that there’s Monday Night Football ahead of us. The afternoon brightens, and we start plotting how we’re going to watch the game. On our own couch, our friend’s couch, or, the best option of all—out at a bar where we can holler at the flat screens and make new friends and enemies out of our fellow football fans doing likewise.
Hotel lobby bars in general can be good places to catch the game, but some go out of out their way to cater to NFL fanatics with rate promotions, drinks specials, and game-friendly bar food. Here are a few offering football specials at this crucial point halfway through the season:
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The Pearl Pours a Brewski Brunch for San Diego Beer Week
The Pearl Hotel will toast to San Diego's Beer Week (November 6 to 15) with a poolside beer brunch on November 8 featuring suds from local artisan brewery AleSmith Brewing Co.
The beer brunch will have four brewski-and-eats stations at each corner of the pool. At one station, the Belgian-style Grand Cru will be paired with a smoked ham and roasted pear croque monsieur. Another will offer the Speedway Stout, an imperial stout with coffee, to complement the hazelnut French toast and Tahitian vanilla custard. Old Numbskull, a West Coast-style barleywine, will come with house-smoked bacon, sunnyside-up quail eggs and bird's next hash browns.
The last station will pour Anvil, the brewery's signature beer, to go with the raisin rum coffeecake.
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'Dive Bar' Wednesdays at The Bardessono Pool
Can’t afford even the low-season $300 a night rate at Yountville’s new eco-resort, Bardessono Hotel? Fear not. The exclusive resort opens up its guests-only rooftop pool to non-guests on Wednesday evenings from 6:00-9:00pm for its punny Dive Bar, so even Napa townies can enjoy the stunning mountain and vineyard views while enjoying a dip and a drink while DJ's spin tunes near the bar.
The secluded pool is usually open only to resort guests, who come to lie in piece and quiet in one of the screened off day-bed cabanas. Come Wednesday evening, though, anyone can stop by the rooftop cement pond, and they're encouraged to come in their bathing suits to take a dip between bar rounds, with drinks going for just $8 each. The resort even throws in complimentary valet parking. That way, everyone can enjoy the privileges of being a hotel guest without having to spend a night.
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