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Top Chef's Michael V. Rocking It at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena

Where: 1401 South Oak Knoll Ave [map], Pasadena, CA, United States, 91106

We love the newest season of Top Chef for many reasons but namely because it takes place in Vegas and our baby sibling, VegasChatter gets tickled to see Vegas restaurants and chefs featured each week.

But we also love it because several of the chefs are working at hotel restaurants including one talented punk rocker chef, Michael Voltaggio, who is now the chef de cuisine at Dining Room at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. He's also one of the fiercely competitive brothers on the show. Did you see the daggers he gave his older bro after Bryan won the last challenge? Oooweee.

From the hotel's website:

Chef de Cuisine Michael Voltaggio’s celebrated style is described as new American cuisine using classic discipline and modern trends, and he delights in utilizing the bounty of seasonal produce that California offers while showcasing the best quality ingredients from around the globe.

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College Football Hotels :: Sheraton Pasadena for USC vs. UCLA

Where: 303 Cordova St [map], Pasadena , CA, United States, 91101

College football season is in full force already, and any legit NCAA Division I sports fan (or alumnus of either institution) will be pumped for the December 6th crosstown showdown between USC and UCLA.

Even if you're not a big football person, the week leading up to the game is going to be insane for partying (what? We like beer, whatchya gonna do about it?), so hitting up the LA area for a full weekend will likely prove to be a kickass time, providing you don't provoke any bar fights with rival fans.

Hotels.com's Interests Page pointed us to a killer hotel deal at the Sheraton Pasadena. Located super close to the Rose Bowl, the hotel is offering up rooms at $129 per night for December 5th and 6th so you can go cheer on your Bruins or Trojans at the big game.

And you'll have money left over to buy beer. Or to buy some crap to throw into the rival marching band's tubas. Whatever you want, really.

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HotelChatter's Rocking New Year's Eve: The Rose Bowl

If you're sick of watching the Rose Bowl on TV or want to get upclose to the Tournament of Roses parade to sniff those thousands offlowers in person, there's still time to book a Rose Bowl hotel and ticket package.

The Official Tournament of Roses website is offering several different types of packages, all of which offering five days/four nights in a Pasadena hotel, behind-the-scenes visit at Float Decorating Sites, a New Year’s Eve Celebration featuring dinner, dancing and champagne toast, a Tournament of Roses reserved Rose Parade grandstand seat and a confirmed Corner End Zone Rose Bowl Game Ticket on Jan 1, among other perks.

For you readers who aren't up on college ball, The Tournament of Roses is a long-running New Year's tradition. It begins with a flowery romp down the main promenade in Pasadena with floats dotted with a billion blooms, followed by a championship kick-off.  This has been going for nearly 100 years and it's about as nationally famous as the OSU-Michigan rivalry-- right up there with Harvard v. Yale and Army v. Navy.

Prices start as low as $1,125 per person (at the Sheraton Pasadena) to as high as $3,175 for a solo traveler at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington. And you can add on optional tours to tickle every fancy, from Universal Studios to the J. Paul Getty Museum.

[Photo: Mister Goleta]

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