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The US Grant Tries to Stay Young with Lounge Renovation
San Diego's historic US Grant Hotel recently gave its lounge in the Grant Grill, which opened in 1951 and was a men's-only joint for a while, a renovation and new menu to keep up with the times.
To give it a more urban feel, Esteban Lopez and James Niebling of Esteban Interiors added metal bar tables with a silver-sparkle finish topped with quartz slabs of stone and metal aggregate. Another modern touch is the walnut-topped custom dining tables with solid inlay edges and corners, metal bases, and wood balustrade pedestal. The faux-leather bar stools and banquettes in muted ivory and tan shades with a metallic gray spray finish soften up the room a bit. Panels of mosaic tiles illuminated with sconces provide some warmth.
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Boston Globe Promises the Liberty Hotel's 'Yappy Hour' Isn't So Bad
Um, are you somewhat wary of the sorts of people who you would assume might attend such functions as a "Yappy Hour"? You know, a happy hour that people attend with doggies in tow? Would you assume they might be a pack of "those" types of pet owners? And would you want to keep your distance from them? Yeah, us too, probably.
But! The Boston Globe had the same sorts of fears as we did when they made the decision to attend the Liberty Hotel's "Yappy Hour," and, fortunately, they're reporting that the event isn't so ridiculous at all:
This was the hotel’s first installment of a new weekly party called Yappy Hour where the dress code states “Canines come dressed to impress.’’ I had visions of dog owners and their pets in matching cheetah-print Juicy Couture track suits, with the poor dogs looking miserable in their ridiculous duds while their owners got sloppy drunk on Grape Escape cocktails.
I’m happy to report that instead the scene consisted of owners enjoying a drink while their dogs frolicked au natural.
The hotel hosts the cocktail hour from 5:00 to 7:00 every Wednesday this summer — and all kinds of dogs are welcome, not just the yappy breeds.
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The Iron Horse's Outdoor Lounge Might Test That Iron Liver Of Yours
Got a liver of steel? Or, shall we say...iron? Hope so — 'cause the Iron Horse Hotel just opened up their new outdoor lounge and it looks like a place we'll be hittin' up the red hot second the next time we find ourselves in the Midwest. And you'd better hurry up and chug your drinks, because Milwaukee is only warm for, like, three months.
The new outdoor lounge, The Yard, is open for the season from 4:00 to 11:00 every day. It has a totally full bar outside and is located on the sunny west side of the property, with views out onto the Menomonee River and downtown. The decor is a must-see before you get too tipsy to enjoy it, too:
Table bases and floral planters are made from vintage factory carts, shade sails are held up by old Milwaukee telephone poles and the bar and tabletops are constructed from reclaimed original fire doors.
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Kick It With Mr. Piano Man at The Broadmoor's Golden Bee
We’re staying at The Broadmoor this weekend to attend BBQ University with grill guru Steven Raichlen. The reasons why we love The Broadmoor are too plentiful to list, but beyond spa-ing and shopping (we hear there are 75%-off sales at several of the boutiques), we love to make the on-property eating and drinking rounds.
The super fancy (yet charmingly old-school) Five-Diamond Penrose School is fabulous for special occasions. We swoon for the cocktails at the super hip Adam Tihany-designed Summit Lounge. But our guilty pleasure is cozying up to the piano at the Golden Bee with an ice cold, locally brewed beer.
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Loews Miami Beach Teams Up With Pottery Barn Teen
Okay. We'll admit it. We sort of secretly love PBTeen even though we're not teens anymore and have no excuse to decorate our living spaces in hot pinks or with monogrammed rainbow throw pillows or shelving units shaped like school lockers. But we love it — and we hope it is still around when we have teenagers of our own with rooms that we can decorate all cute and fun and teen-y.
Loews Hotels apparently loves PBTeen, too (sidenote: do any teens love PBTeen? We hope so) — so much so that the hotel chain has formed a bit of a partnership with the furniture and decor line. Loews Miami Beach, a hotel geared toward families has gotten a taste of PBTeen's style in utilizing PBTeen furniture and accessories to create "an abundance of additional options for tweens and teens to enjoy during their stay."
What that actually means: they've converted one of the hotel's cabanas into a "teen dream oasis" and have totally PBTeened it out.
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The Chelsea AC Celebrates Memorial Day With New Nightlife Options
Okay, New Yorkers. You know you want to get out of the city for Memorial Day. Surely, if the weather's nice, the tourists are gonna be swarming every city block, Astoria Beer Garden is going to be packed and your normal daytime drinking spots are going to be tough to move around in. We know you probably don't want to hear this, but just flee to Jersey already. At least for the weekend.
How about this to entice you (and everyone else, not just NYC-ers): The new, chic Chelsea Atlantic City is gettin' ready for the summer season by launching new nightlife options on Memorial Day. Party people, meet the Cabana Club and C5.
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Above Allen at Thompson LES Issues Camo-Chic Membership Cards
Yeah, well, if we had to guess what the vibe was at Thompson LES's members-only seventh-floor bar/lounge (and bookable private event space), we would have gone with Lower-East-Side chic with lots of black and silver decor — but now we don't really know.
Down by the Hipster received its membership card and it's kinda, er, weird. Camo? Declaration of Indepence written graffiti-style? Yeah, we dunno either.
A few more deets on the space, via Grub Street: Above Allen has a retractable roof, so when the weather warms up (and the city stops getting pounded with rain), it will be an outdoor space. It only holds about 150, and "design is minimal, with upholstery from Stephen Sprouse."
Meh. We'll stick to the expensive absinthe cocktails on the second floor at Shang.
[Photo: Down by the Hipster]
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It's Good Friday All Right: W Hoboken's Chandelier Room Opens Tonight
In a matter of mere hours, the partying population of Hoboken, New Jersey will finally be able to settle their tipsy tushies into an oversize chandelier while gazing out across the Hudson River at the skyline of Manhattan. Yes, it is true: the Chandelier Room club at the W Hoboken debuts tonight at 5:30pm. No doubt the most coveted chairs in the room will be the drops of the "inhabitable" chandelier, and we can already imagine girls in short skirts sitting on each other's laps in an ongoing battle for them.
If our recent visit to the W's Living Room bar is anything to go by, then the Chandelier Room will be serving some pricey cocktails befitting their scenic location. Cheers to them, however, 'cause if we're thinking straight, the opening of this last piece of the puzzle means that the W Hoboken is complete. It's Good Friday all right, a good Friday for getting drunk.
[Image: W Hotels/EMM Group]
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Thompson LES's Outdoor Lounge is Open and Warm
It's supposed to be spring in NYC (well, everywhere), and those of us in the Big Apple know that the only glimpse of the warmer season we've had so far happened on Sunday. And then the nice weather disappeared and now it's cold again.
What we always look forward to most with the official calendar arrival of spring (despite what the weather seems to be suggesting this year) is the arrival of rooftop bars and outdoor lounges at hotels around the city. And this year, we've got a new one to add to the roster, as '09 marks the debut of the outdoor lounge at the opened-last-fall Thompson LES — and even though the weather's not so warm just yet, we're happy to report you can still get the same kind of outdoor-y effect out there right now thanks to, yes, the fact that the area is enclosed for now. And the view of the Lower East Side is good!
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The Chelsea AC Doesn't Want You to Leave Their 5th Floor
Since a popular idea of vacation relaxation involves laying on a beach chair and barely moving save for grabbing another drink, we think that Atlantic City's Chelsea Hotel will delight those who maybe won't be making it down to the tropics this summer. Aside from super-convenient proximity to the boardwalk and beach, The Chelsea boasts an all-in-one partying and dining destination which is simply their 5th Floor.
A bit like staying at an all-inclusive property without the free meals, sleeping at the Chelsea means that once you wake up, you only need take the elevator once to spend your day drinking in the Oval Bar and Living Room, shooting pool and reading by the fire in the Game Room, hanging with friends in the Terrace Room, taking a dip in the outdoor pool and then dining at the Chelsea Prime steakhouse.
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Guess the Hotel Revealed: The W Hoboken
With its wheatgrass centerpieces, its views from New Jersey into New York City, and the gentle scent of "new hotel," the W Hoboken finally welcomes guests and locals to take advantage of its many new features. Stopping by their Living Room lobby bar yesterday, we indulged in a cocktail, logged onto the 'net for an hour gratis, and proceeded to relish being warm and inside of this property, which we had previously only covered from the outside on freezing, windy days throughout the winter.
Although the Chandelier Room has faced a delay in opening, the rest of the W looks in order with their Zylo Steakhouse, a W Hotels retail store, Bliss Spa, and the Living Room in which we sat and surveyed the surroundings.
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W Hoboken's Chandelier Room Won't Drop For Another Week
Looks like we'll be waiting another week before we can swing from the chandeliers in the newly-opened W Hoboken, as their Chandelier Room lounge isn't quite finished with the primping and polishing.
Once the bar is stocked and the W has a few more guests, however, expect this newest venture from the guys behind NYC club Tenjune to attract posh partiers from both sides of the Hudson River. It may just call us in out of curiosity as well, seeing as how the decor is going to feature a ginormous, "inhabitable" chandelier, absinthe-colored accents and "classic proportions, stunning river views, and an open terrace – three key ingredients for an archetypal Great Room."
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