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The Obamas Really Love the Hay-Adams
The Obama family really does love the Hay-Adams Hotel. Not only did the first fam spend the weeks leading up to Barack's inauguration occupying the Presidential Suite at the iconic old-school luxe D.C. hotel, but now Michelle Obama has shown the hotel the ultimate love: the opportunity to be forever immortalized with her on the cover of Vogue.
According to People, the new first lady was photographed by famed portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz recently, and the portrait — which shows Mrs. Obama leaning on the arm of a beige Hay-Adams couch — appears on the cover of Vogue's March issue. While almost every first lady has appeared in the mag, only Hillary Clinton was ever featured on the cover before Michelle.
Naturally, we got to thinking: if we were being photographed for a Vogue cover (by Annie L., no less), which hotel would we want to serve as the backdrop for our portrait? A super cool and sleek design hotel? Or more of an older classic like the Hay Adams?
Eh, we might as well go with the Hay-Adams — especially if we knew Vogue was picking up the tab. Rates for standard rooms start at around $395.00 these days, but going rate for a one-bedroom suite (which we'd probably request because a suite would have a variety of furniture upon which to artfully arrange ourselves) is up around a staggering $3,200 a night.
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Obama Can See His New Digs From His Hotel Room
As we reported last week, Barack Obama and his family has moved out of their Chicago home and the gang has headed to D.C. For the time being, they're living in the historic Hay-Adams Hotel; word on the street is that the girls started school today.
No doubt the fam is up in the Presidential Suite (duh), where the views are probably even better than this one from a Junior Suite at the same hotel: imagine waking up every morning and gazing out the window to see the White House — your new home for at least the next four years.
Big thanks to CourtneyMay for dropping this into the HotelChatter Flickr Pool.
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The Obamas Will Check Into the Hay-Adams Hotel
President-Elect Barack Obama and his family have found a temporary home in Washington, DC until he takes office--the old-school luxury Hay-Adams Hotel. The Obamas were hoping to stay in the Blair House, an official government guest residence across from the White House but they were told by the Bushes that the house was all booked up until Jan. 15th.
So with the girls starting school on Monday, the Obamas decided to get a room at the Hay Adams. Or make that "rooms." No doubt he is going to take the Presidential Suite--which has views of the White House, a huge master bedroom, one and a half bathrooms, a large dining area and a gaslit fireplace--but also Obama's staff, security team and other aides will need some rooms too.
If you want a peek at Obama, you can try booking a room at the hotel. Rooms were open next week starting at $395 a night for a superior queen guest room.
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Alain Ducasses's Adour Opens in D.C.'s St. Regis
Celeb chef Alain Ducasse may be a suave Frenchman, but he is so en vogue with the American political landscape. That's right, he's bringing his own recipe for change to Washington (straight from a pundit's talking points!).
His latest fancypants restaurant, Adour, opens shop today at D.C.'s swank St. Regis hotel, a veritable Washington outsider setting aim to shake up the scene just two blocks north of the White House.
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Labor Day Hotels :: The Hay-Adams is Offering About-Town Packages
If you weren't impressed by Kimpton Hotels' DC offerings over Labor Day Weekend, then maybe you need to step it up a notch here.
The Hay-Adams is offering its usual "Monuments by Night" package where guests can take a private night tour of the town's best known historical monuments without having to leave their hired luxury sedan. In other words, it's a drive-by sightseeing trip.
The package also includes a specially packed goodie basket and Champagne. In the morning, a full American Breakfast for two will be served in hotel's restaurant, The Lafayette. Package rates start at $599 per night, based on availability.
If you plan on staying a little longer in DC, for the month of August, the hotel's "Summer Sizzling Package" gives guests staying four nights the fourth night free. The package also includes complimentary valet parking and a full American breakfast for two each morning. This package starts at $479 a night.
We're not sure who stays four nights in DC just for pleasure and these aren't necessarily "deals" but the nighttime drive-by tour of DC does sound fun.
[Photo: hwro]
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St. Regis in Washington D.C. Taking Reservations for February 1
The St. Regis in Washington, D.C., closed since September 2006 for a top-to-bottom renovation, will start accepting reservations today (Wednesday 11/7] for bookings February 1 and beyond. Guests can expect modernized amenities, an updated but traditional look as well as larger rooms. The hotel went from 193 rooms to 175 while building an addition. Before next year is out, the hotel will open a new restaurant and a spa.
Located two blocks north of the White House, The St. Regis has long been one of D.C.'s top luxury hotels. The $150,000- per-room re-do was designed by the New York-based firm Sills and Huniford, which, in addition to decorating for celebrites ranging from Tina Turner to Anna Wintour, redecorated the The St. Regis New York several years ago.
Published rates start at $795 per night for a superior room. Suites start at $1,495. The Presidential Suite will set you back $10,000 per night. The hotel aims to open the restaurant by next spring. As for the spa, the hotel's first, the time frame there is a summer of 2008 launch. To add more space, the hotel purchased an adjacent one-story flower shop and built up eight floors. The spa will take up three stories, with the remaining five being used as suite space.
To book, call 202-638-2626 or 877-787-3447.
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Hotel Helix Bedding is Hairy
The Hotel Helix in Washington DC has funky bedding that's for sure. But not everyone's a fan of the decor:
The room appeared to have been decorated on an unaired "Trading Spaces" episode. There were problems with frayed upholstery and unmatching pieces in rooms....Pieces were all retro, to be sure (perhaps they were found at a good garage sale), but they did not work together, and were mismatched both in color as well as period.
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Hotel Room Giveaway Alert
Five Star Alliance is giving away a big time hotel room usually reserved for shenanigans of the politicos.
The giveaway prize is for a two-night stay at The Hay-Adams
in Washington DC, in a junior suite, valued at $2,400. Entry is free, and the winner will be picked in a random drawing.
Contest particulars are this way.
Looks like you have to sign up for the newsletter in order to earn a shot at the free suite. But, hey, you gotta give a little to give a little sometimes.
The winner will be contacted by August 15, 2006.
[image via hwro]
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