If you were a big fan of the underground band Pavement back in the day, then you might be interested in this new package from the Ace Hotel Portland.
Former Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus and his new band, The Jicks are playing in Portland at the Wonder Ballroom on May for one night only and it's the band's only stop in the Northwest. That's right, they won't be playing in Seattle.
Thus the Ace Hotel is offering out of town Malkmus fans a special package deal. For $175 you get a basic room, two tickets to the show and free parking. For $200 you get a deluxe room, tickets, parking plus a copy of The Jicks' newest album, Real Emotional Trash, on vinyl. Call 503-228-2277 to book, and mention the Stephen Malkmus package of your choice.
If you don't have the dough but really really really wanna see the show in Portland, enter in the hotel's contest to win two tickets to the show, a room at the Ace and the full Malkmus catalog, including the new album.
We knew the Ace Hotel in Portland, Oregon was a pretty hip spot but could it really be a fashion muse? Apparently so.
The hotel was the inspiration for the Japanese designer Takahiro Miyashita's Fall `08 menswear line for lable Number (N)ine. In fact, the hotel collaborated with Miyashita on the line which premiered on the runway January 17th in Paris.
A Northwest grunge aesthetic runs through Miyashita's fall pieces. The show, titled "My Own Private Portland," opened with an Ace Hotel voicemail message. Portland-made Pendleton wool blankets folded on each seat invited guests to snuggle up.
This blankets are emblazoned with the Thompson Elk, a recognizable and historical statue in downtown Portland.
The hotel and Number (N)ine are even working on some more products but for now if you want a blanket (yes, please), you can get them from the Number (N)ine's Manhattan flagship store, and (this gets us very excited) from the Ace's upcoming NYC outpost.
Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? Send the story our way.
In this episode, Contributing Editor AmandaK has a bookworm getaway. Enjoy.
There's a really, really good reason that I want to stay at the Heathman Hotel in Portland, Oregon, and it's definitely not because I want to check out the alleged ghost activity. No, this time it's all about the books.
The Heathman Hotel is famous for its 4000-book library, just unveiled to the public and ready for my voracious reading eyes. To celebrate this opening they're offering a package called "Books By Your Bedside" which sounds like the ideal hotel deal for me. For $229 a night you get a tour of the library, your very own travel reading light, a few books from the local bookstore and a hardcover copy of a book written by one of the authors who has stayed overnight at the Heathman--possibilities include Tom Wolfe, Alice Walker and John Updike.
Free books? This is my dream hotel. Now all they need to add is a few dream cocktails (also free, please) and an extremely comfortable chair, and I'll be reading my heart out for my entire stay. I have a feeling I wouldn't have a chance to check out Portland, but I'd sure as heck be getting my brain stimulated. By chance, the Heathman Hotel also looks like a pretty funky hotel, so if my eyes stray from the page I'll still be happy.
Downtown Portland's Hotel deLuxe (formerly the Mallory) opened last year and has quickly established itself as the Portland downtown hotel for business travelers, well-to-do parents visiting their kids in Portland, folks who want to stay downtown, and even locals.
The hotel was completely renovated into an up-to-date, yet old Hollywood style, hotel. What does that mean? The mood, the lighting, and the bar and restaurant all feel as exclusive as we imagine 1940's Hollywood felt, while the hotel itself accommodates the demanding guest of 2007 with iHome for iPods, flat screen HD televisions, super attentive service, and by welcoming pets. So you get to bring your dog, watch Sportscenter or CNN in HD, and walk around feeling like Jimmy Cagney.
The rooms are not huge by any stretch, nor are the public spaces, but this hotel isn't about size it is about an old Hollywood experience--thus the 400+ classic film photos on property. Plus, they have a blog written by staffers.
Who Should Stay Here:
Classic film buffs, business luxury lovers, guests who like the mix of old and new, your parents.
Who Should Avoid This Hotel:
Folks who expect an Embassy Suites sized standard room, guests who crave large lobbies and boatloads of on-site amenities, and people who dislike staying downtown.
Bottom Line:
Hotel deLuxe is smoothed out on the glamour film tip with a pop feel, appeal, to it.
The other day HotelChatter's Markj spent a night at the Ace Hotel in Portland aka "The Drugstore Cowboy Hotel." And today Amy over at NewYorkology sent in her pics from stay inside a room at the Ace which had a giant dripping cat stenciled on the wall.
She paid about $200 for this room which was called a Superior Deluxe Back--back meaning "back of the hotel" which is quieter. Her only gripes were that you had to walk downstairs for coffee in the AM and that the $20 parking was in a lot far away and the attendant didn't tell her how much it cost.
Meanwhile, we wanna know if you have stayed somewhere HotelChatter has stayed lately. Send us your reviews, pictures, room rates and good/bad experiences. If you don't know where to start, we have a few hotels that we wanna hear more about. You can comment directly on these hotel pages to share your experience.
Downtown Portland's old Hotel Clyde recently became Ace Hotel Portland, and the renovated Clyde boasts murals in every one of the 79 rooms, a popular cafeteria style restaurant in the lobby, its own coffee shop, free WiFi, free common computers, and rooms for under $100--warning--those rooms don't come with private bathrooms, you will have to pay more for the claw foot bathtub rooms.
Who Should Stay Here:
Suicide girls, hipster film buffs, folks who like a scene hotel and people looking for a cool downtown Portland hotel for under $100--make sure you don't mind common bathrooms
Who Should Avoid This Hotel:
Guests who crave constant service, light sleepers (the hotel is located in the center of Portland gay nightlife on Stark) people who don't want to plan in advance--this place is constantly sold out.
Bottom Line:
Ace Hotel Portland is basically a boutique hostel, in the spirit of New York's Hotel QT, but with a bit more history, after all, Drugstore Cowboy was filmed here.
HotelChatter Maven Annie0007 recently wrapped up a two-week jaunt through Oregon, taking her from the mountains and high desert to the lakes and coast. Along with the terrain variety, she stayed in a wide array of accommodations, from a 50s-style campground setting along a starlit lake, to a luxury cottage surrounded by deer and wildflowers, and a 1930s mountain lodge made famous in a classic horror movie. This week we'll be running her exclusive hotel reviews. If you have any questions, hit us on the tipline.
The first stop on our own personal Oregon Trail was The Park Lane Inn and Suites in Portland. At first glance, this all-suites hotel doesn't give great curb appeal: it sits at the top of a steep hill seemingly far away from the action of downtown, with a big cheesy AAA-Approved placard in the parking lot, and little signs of life in the lobby.
This is definitely a place to crash, not to party, although the 6am garbage truck just below our window seemed to conspire against us.
The story at the The Heathman Hotel is that all the rooms ending in "03" are visited by some sort of poltergeist.
Room 703 reports the highest level of mysterious activity. Guests have reported finding clean towels used, a full glass of water missing, chairs moved, and desks rearranged.
Sure you could brush off all the "03" room activity on housekeeping, but the alternate theory is that someone jumped to their death from room 1003 and is now haunting every room he or she passed on his or her final jump.
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