Our Guess the Hotel from yesterday was easy, and hotel maven CourtneyMay was the first to call it. It was the Pacific Palisades in Vancouver, a Kimpton property with a sort of funky retro beach-y vibe. [Note: when we think Canada, "retro beach-y" does not come to mind. We know.]
We hinted about the wine hour -- a tradition at all Kimpton properties -- and noted that they talk funny here. Since the Pacific Palisades is the only Canadian Kimpton (and Canada is clearly the only place in the world where they talk funny), it should have been a dead giveaway...but we thought a shot of the home of Kimpton's famed pet concierge "desk" might give it away too.
We've got an 08.08.08 wedding to hit up today, but we'll be back with a full review next week.
Guess the Hotel is back -- and we thought the last few were kind of tough, so we're givin' you an easy one today.
If you're new to the game, here's how it works (sit down for this -- it's complicated): we give you some hints, you give us some guesses in comments below. Are you ready? Yes? Okay. Onto the hints!
· The hotel was named to the 2004 Conde Nast Traveler Gold List, named one of the "World's Best Places To Stay."
· It calls itself "fun and fabulous"...which we like because it reminds us of us! (Just kidding. But not really.)
· The hotel hosts a wine hour in an art gallery every night.
We spent a very short time in the hotel as we got in late at night and had to be out the door by 10am for a meeting. However, this was plenty of time for us to realize why the hotel is one of Manhattan's best luxury hotels. That is, unless you overstep your check-out time.
Guess the Hotel returns again and this time it's not some barf-ugly Days Inn in Santa Monica. (Thank god for that!) Instead, we're bringing you a little treat from New York City.
If you're new to the game, here's how it works. We give you some hints, you give us some guesses in comments below. And away we go!
It's time for the big reveal in our latest edition of Guess the Hotel and a giant gold star sticker is in the mail to PatrickSW who correctly guessed that this fugly hotel is indeed the Days Inn in Santa Monica. Here it is in its full glory and here is how the hotel describes its unique look:
Come and experience an architecturally unique encounter at the whimsically designed Inn that is destined to lift your spirits and caress your heart.
Funny. Everytime we drive by this hotel we either gag a little or cry. Guests have mixed reviews on the place with the true bright spot here being not the pink paint but the low value. Suffice to say, we'd take an Aloft here anyday.
And we are back with another exciting installment of our most popular game here on HotelChatter---Guess The Hotel.
This one is a doozy. Please don't hold a mirror up to this image because it would crack for realz! This hotel is without a doubt one of the ugliest buildings in Los Angeles. Can you guess which one it is? Here are some hints:
· It's in West Los Angeles. · Every sinful 80s architecture fad ever invented has been embraced by (presumably) coked-out building developers. · It sports some eagle statures on its roof. We think that's to keep away the birds but like, it could totally be part of the design. · The actual brand of the hotel is not amongst the luxury set.
WHICH hotel in Beverly Hills is being used for porn shoots? Businessmen across the street say they can't get any work done because they're too busy looking at the action.
Bow Chicka Bow-Wowwww!
We'd be better equipped to make an educated guess if we had a little more info -- say, the film's budget or theme -- but we'll leave it up to you to guess the hotel based on sleaze factor and proximity to business-suited peeper-creepers.
We were perusing the vast treasure trove of merriment and wonder otherwise known as Craigslist when we came across this interesting little job posting:
Seeking a highly seasoned chef to man our newest kitchen. Must have positive press/customer following or has worked under a well known chef with superb credentials.
Our restaurant which is slated to open in 2 and half months has lost our chef that received a Michelin star as chef de cuisine under a well known NYC restaurateur due to this person starting there own venture.
The restaurant...is situated in a new hotel. Our menu and kitchen design was geared towards a steak house with refined side dishes/sauces.
