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Meet the Innkeeper
The Villa at Saugerties: A B&B with a Boutique Hotel Feel and Playgirl Connections
December 26, 2007 at 2:35 PM | 1 Comment
This is one Meet the Innkeeper series that we would love to do. The Villa at Saugerties, a bed and breakfast in the Catskills in New York, is run by Aimee Szparaga & her ex-boyfriend Richard Nocera. Szparaga was actually the former editor of the Playgirl magazine as well as Time Out New York. Thanks to a recent Page Six post we found out she's now engaged and impregnated by former Gotham 100 bachelor Steve Scher, a restaurateur. Could there be a second edition of Inn Love here?
Anyways her B&B seems to be the opposite of cheesy beefcake layouts.
Situated in a 1929 Mediterranean-style country house, the Villa is open year round to visitors who crave the intimacy and tranquility of a bed and breakfast, but the flair of an upscale boutique hotel. Graceful landscaping, superior amenities, Modern 20th Century design and attention to detail ensure that guests experience the best of the country at city standards.
Of course, Aimee hasn't turned into one of those little old ladies running a B&B. Indeed in a WSJ article from 2002 she mentioned that she liked to "greet guests in a bikini."
We gave the Villa at Saugerties a nod last year around this time when we declared the Catskills an anti-Hamptons alternative. Since then, the reviews on the place have held steady although one guest said that the innkeeper was not around the first two days of their stay and another mentioned how Aimee seemed to be in over her head. Ah yes, so much like Chateau La Rue.
Nantucket Hotel Reviews
Meet The Innkeeper: Black Point Inn
October 31, 2007 at 9:58 AM | 0 Comments
The thing about staying at an inn is sooner or later you are going to bump into the innkeeper. Whether you are a social butterfly or an introvert, when you stay at a small bed and breakfast, or an inn, you need to be prepared for your "innkeeper interaction". Which is why we figured it would be a good idea for you to get to know who runs your inn of choice before you decide to check-in. Meet The Innkeeper is our new video feature where the innkeepers get to speak directly to you, oh so intimidating potential guest, and tell you what their particular inn has to offer.
Today we present to you Neil Porta, Managing Partner at the Black Point Inn on Prouts Neck Maine. Have specific questions for Neil, or us? Leave them in the comments section below.
More on the Black Point Inn coming soon.
Nantucket Hotel Reviews
Meet The Innkeeper: Nantucket Whaler Guest House
June 18, 2007 at 12:04 PM | 0 Comments
The thing about staying at an inn is sooner or later you are going to bump into the innkeeper. Whether you are a social butterfly or an introvert, when you stay at a small bed and breakfast, or an inn, you need to be prepared for your "innkeeper interaction". Which is why we figured it would be a good idea for you to get to know who runs your inn of choice before you decide to check-in. Meet The Innkeeper is our new video feature where the innkeepers get to speak directly to you, oh so intimidating potential guest, and tell you what their particular inn has to offer.
Today we present to you Randi Ott, from the Nantucket Whaler Guest House. Have specific questions for Randi, or us? Leave them in the comments section below.
More on this Nantucket guest house, including a video room tour, later this week--thanks so much to Randi for taking the time to do this.
