Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer were first spotted getting cuddly in Miami poolside at the Mandarin Oriental a few weeks ago and out with his new lady love as she wrapped up filming after a brief trip to NYC, John Mayer has returned to the chlorinated waters once more with Jen.
Johniston (Mayerston? Jen-Jo? Jenyer? Mayifer?) were snapped clinging to each other in the pool over the weekend. Access Hollywood reports:
Photographers snapped the star couple spending some time poolside at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami on Saturday. Mayer flew south to hang g scenes for her new comedy "Marley & Me," co-starring Owen Wilson.
The duo also attended the "Marley" wrap party later that night at Nikki Coconut Grove in Miami.
Jennifer Aniston is a serial hotel abuser. Her and Brad Pitt called it quits at the Dorchester. Her and Vince Vaughn reportedly started their love affair at the Peninsula Beverly Hills. And she's a frequent guest at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles.
So it makes perfect sense that her newest relationship kicks off at the Mandarin Oriental. Located away from the busy Ocean Drive on Brickell Key, the hotel has killer views of the Biscayne Bay. Plus, John never stayed here with Jessica Simpson. Let's just hope Jen (or the movie studio) is getting a discounted rate as rooms start around $500 a night.
Nightlife Concierges: Betsy Rivera and Maria Roa-Warrant
Miami Beach is one crazy scene. It seems as if it gets more and more crowded each year. And if navigating the streets in your rental car (or even on foot) wasn't enough drama for you, then picking a place to hang out at night is probably even harder.
Hopefully, you will stay in a hotel with the hottest scene like the Delano which has the Florida Room. But sometimes that isn't always possible, especially if you don't want to spend $800 a night.
Over at the slightly more affordable Four Seasons Miami, (rooms are at $575 a night) the hotel has introduced their Nightlife Concierge team--Betsy Rivera and Maria Roa-Warrant, two women who help you get into whatever club, lounge, bar your little heart desires sans waiting in line. We're told they can even help you get into other hotels' hot lounges, such as the Florida Room, where "they have a particularly close tie."
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.
We were quite keen to visit the Conrad Miami to "uncork our passion"-- that's the name of their February wine tasting package--but now we are also interested to check out the views we could have from this hotel.
In fact there are lots of killer views from the Conrad Miami, all of them involving water. Whether you have a view across the sea or if you're concentrating on looking down to one of these neat views of the long, inviting pool, you have to admit you're getting that relaxed feel wherever you look. This picture tempts us to dive right in, but it's probably a bit dangerous from such a great height, so don't do what we do--just enjoy the view.
Some three and a half years after the Conrad Miami was bought by a local Florida company, there are still changes and improvements going on. This time it's the opening of their Level 25 lounge and restaurant as well as the Wine Attic, a wine tasting room where you can sample over 40 different wines.
To celebrate these new additions, and to coincide with the South Beach Food and Wine Festival, the Conrad Miami is offering a special wine lovers package for the last week in February. The deal comes with a pretty corny name, the "Uncork Your Passion Package", but is better than it sounds.
For $399, you'll get accommodation upgraded to the next room category plus a bottle of wine of your choice from the extensive wine list; if you stay multiple nights, you can sample a different kind every evening. The hotel says it will deliver the bottle to wherever you want: to the poolside bar (pictured), in your room or in the new Level 25 restaurant and lounge area.
The extra good news is that if you go overboard on trying out new wines, there is a coffee maker in every room, and a separate bath tub so you can soak the day away while your other half takes a cold shower. And then you'll be ready for another evening and another wine. You can book this deal now but it's only valid from February 21 to 29.
Not content to spend a mere $1,000 on a Miami hotel room during the Super Bowl? Have the kind of lover who's not content with a box of Russell Stover? Woo your avaricious amore at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, then, for maximum effect this Valentine's.
The hotel's Five-Diamond Package is what you need. Start by checking into the top-floor Presidential Suite. From there you can dig into some vintage Dom Perignon before an in-room massage. Last on the night's official agenda? Room service delivers a two-carat diamond for your sweetie. You get it all for the if-you-love-me-it's-worth-it price of $50,000. All of a sudden, those Super Bowl rates don't sound so bad.
Who cares about Oscar nominations when two pop stars are taking their fake relationship one step further?
Us Weekly reports that Jessica Simpson has now joined John Mayer on tour for his Miami dates. But lil Jess need not stay in a tour bus. Nope, she's getting her freak on in the presidential suite at Four Seasons Miami.
If you want to know what it's like to stay at the Four Seasons from a normal person's perspective or if you have an actual boyfriend (not just for the cameras) that you would like to visit there with, then check out Michael de Zayas' recent review on the place.
Travel writer Michael de Zayas is in Miami on an assignment--30 Miami
hotels in 30 Miami nights. You will be able to find his detailed travel
musings in Miami and Miami Beach books later this year.
HotelChatter asked Michael to let us know his minute-by-minute thoughts on
the Miami hotel scene during his guide book mission, which he will be doing
over the next two weeks. During the fortnight, Michael will share with us
every bed, maid, drink, pool, henhouse and outhouse that comprise the Grove, Gables, Sunny Isles, North Beach, South Beach and the Key Biscayne hotel scene in 2007. If you wish to ask him a question during
his jaunt, shoot it our way.
I'll be talking about Miami's "best" hotels over the next couple weeks. Ultimately this is a subjective determination, but here's what I perceive as the main ingredient for the Mandarin Oriental's place on the ballot: it is a gentle hotel.
I stayed at this wonderful hotel on Friday. The Mandarin invented luxury, as it's defined today in Miami, when it opened this hotel about six years ago. There had been no five-star luxury hotels in Miami at that time - as incredible at that seems today. Of course, there's no shortage of luxury hotels here now. There are a dozen now in the market - and they owe a debt of gratitude to the pioneer.
There must be a formula to it - the incense, the exotic music, the orchids, the use of woods, its Asian je ne sais quoi - but the sway of the Mandarin works to soothe.
Travel writer Michael de Zayas is in Miami on an assignment--30 Miami
hotels in 30 Miami nights. You will be able to find his detailed travel
musings in Miami and Miami Beach books later this year.
HotelChatter asked Michael to let us know his minute-by-minute thoughts on
the Miami hotel scene during his guide book mission, which he will be doing
over the next two weeks. During the fortnight, Michael will share with us
every bed, maid, drink, pool, henhouse and outhouse that comprise the Grove, Gables, Sunny Isles, North Beach, South Beach and the Key Biscayne hotel scene in 2007. If you wish to ask him a question during
his jaunt, shoot it our way.
At a New Years Even party in New York I met a man who had just spent 100 days at the Four Seasons Miami. He was a lawyer who was tied up with a long case - which ended up, ironically, declared a mistrial.
One hundred days is enough to expose the flaws of any hotel. Not this one? Exactly right: he loved it. Its flaws? "Nonexistent," except for not too much to do around the neighborhood.
Seventy stories tall--the highest building south of Atlanta--my taxi seemed to have no problem locating it. Yesterday we zoomed to the middle of the hotel, pulling into the porte cochere cleverly hidden from the street. After signing over my bags I was greeted by an employee who welcomed me and escorted me past monumental bronze Botero sculptures (part of the Miami and Latin American art collection here) up elevators to the seventh floor lobby.
After check in, I was presented to a different employee who ferried me to the room elevators, pointing out Acqua, a bar, and the "two-acre pool terrace."
That's a lot of introduction. My guide book received a letter complaining about this double elevator system - a guest said it grew wearying after three days. I spent only one night, but I found it elegant and ceremonious. But I happen to equate ceremony with fun. I also liked being escorted, immediately initiated into the vaunted service experience of the famous Four Seasons mark.
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