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Westin Jersey City Wants to See Your Big, Teresa Giudice-style Jersey Hair

Where: 479 Washington Boulevard [map], Jersey City, NJ, United States, 07310

Once upon a time, the member of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" making all the headlines was Danielle Staub, aka the "Prostitution Whore." These days, after news of bankruptcy proceedings and anti-semitic comments made by her daughter, it's Teresa Giudice getting all the attention. She's probably best known as the one who called Staub a "prostitution whore" and, in a rage, flipped a table.

Well it turns out that Miss Thang is not only getting attention for herself, but also a New Jersey hotel—the Westin Jersey City-Newport, to be exact. On the newest episode of the reality show, airing Monday July 26, we will get to see Giudice's 10th Anniversary dinner in the Presidential Suite with her husband. Was there more table-flipping? Probably not, but that doesn't mean that the Westin is content to stay quiet in the background.

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W Fort Lauderdale: Don't Judge, Just Watch The Video

Where: 401 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, [map], Fort Lauderdale, fl, United States, 33304

So we were flipping around the channels last night and stopped on Bravo when we saw what appeared to be the W Fort Lauderdale. Yup, there she was, W FLL in all her glory hosting those screechy women from the Real Housewives of the OC. What was that? We thought we heard you laugh incredulously through our laptop speakers. Are you judging our television viewing habits? Listen, it was 10 PM, the Tivo was empty, what are we suppose to watch Jay freakin' Leno? Wait, we don't need to justify ourselves to you.

Even though you are obviously judging us for watching the rest of the Real Housewives, we are still going to treat you to the moving sites and sounds from room 1133. No, it is not quite Vicki's room, but it had a sweet ocean view.

As far as the hotel goes, the place is a bit cavernous overall. It feels like a relic of the late 2000's hotel boom. You know, one of these half hotel half cotel projects that was funded pre-Lehman so they have no other choice but to finish it and pray for the economy to turn around. However, that doesn't mean the property and the rooms are not nice, they totally are. In fact, if pressed we would say these rooms are nicer than W Boston -- then again as you all know we are suckers for a view and there is just no comparing staring at the Atlantic Ocean to gazing out onto the old Combat Zone -- ah memories.

The real highlight of W FLL, as you could see in the Housewives show, and maybe in this video, is the pool. This video on You Tube actually shows the pools full effect much better than either our photos or the Bravo show, enjoy.

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The New 'Biggest Loser' Resort Reinvents Adult Fat Camp

Alright, we're stuck for words on this one: NBC's show The Biggest Loser has expanded its franchising to include a full-on fitness resort in Utah, only 90 minutes away from the capital of gluttony: Las Vegas. The Biggest Loser Resort Fitness Ridge is everything you could ever hope for from what is essentially a "fat camp" for adults: a secluded location, a big pool, in-room DVD players, a class called "living drums," and a gift shop.

Of course, since it is a fat camp, you'll be jogging around in the desert, treading water in that pool, watching DVDs on nutritional eating, and pounding the heck out of fitness balls in your "drumming class." And there's not a single Snickers bar to be found in the gift shop. Oh man, we are shaking in our spandex pants at the thought.

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Snapshot: American Chopper Invade Park Hyatt Down Under

Where: 7 Hickson Road,, Sydney , NSW, Australia, 2000

Various HotelChatter tentacles are in Sydney for a couple of weeks, basking in honeymoon glory at the Park Hyatt Sydney. However, dispatches are reaching headquarters. Apparently she ran into the American Chopper crew outside the Park Hyatt Sydney yesterday and snapped a photo--nice.

The world-famous custom bike-building family of Paul Senior, Paulie and Mikey Teutul, are in Australia to film three episodes of their hit show.

As for the dirt on the Park Hyatt Sydney, we will all have to bide our time for a couple weeks and by then a full blown HotelChatter review should surface.

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