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iBlog — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:51:57 +0000

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Built In 1926, This New York Hotel Offers Minimalist Urban Design With Large Glass Elevators Leading To The Reception Area On The Second Floor. And the meeting room is one that one has yet to explore.

The Time Hotel is a unique hotel experience that is reflective of the lifestyles of today’s travelers, because of renowned designer Adam D. Tihany. Something very appealing about walking into the Time.

Photos of Time Hotel’s Lobby, Lounge, Interior, Patio, Restaurant, Style…And always remember those New York City nights with patio parties so lovely. Just off Broadway in location, this is by far one to add to the New York City memories. The contemporary decor he created, captures the vitality and spirit of New York in an atmosphere of tranquility and harmony that redefines the meaning of hospitality. And crash and burn, falling. It was a great time with great people at that time but time at time hotel seemed to go by so fast…

The Hotel Staff Wears All Black. The Time Hotel’s Restaurant Serves American Cuisine, And The Time Lounge Provides Cocktails. And dessert who will forget! The Hotel Includes A Glass-encased Atrium Filled With Plants. The Fitness Center Is Open 24 Hours And Includes A 48-Inch, Flat-screen Television. With lovely postcards, white outer square with red interior and impressive typography designed to the guest that were impressive indeed. The All-white Lobby Includes Leather Chairs With Bursts Of Color From Pink Flowers. With impressive design on all rooms. Here are some favorite boutiques hotels visited…

TheTimeNY.com-224 West 49th Street-UWS

The Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco – CA

Red Dress, Strappy Shoes…

iBlog — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:18:52 +0000

Vanilla Sky/Cameron Crowe/2001

Sofia Serrano/I think she’s the saddest girl to ever hold a martini/I’ll tell you in another life when we are both cats/Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around/Open your eyes

David Aames/My dreams are a cruel joke. They taunt me. Even in my dreams, I’m an idiot who knows he’s about to wake up to reality. If I could only avoid sleep. But I can’t. I try to tell myself what to dream. I try to dream that I am flying. Something free. It never works/You keep the relationship casual…until the absolute breaking point, and then one evening or afternoon or morning…it could be months from now….

Brian Shelby/You can do whatever you want with your life, but one day you’ll know what love truly is. It’s the sour and the sweet. And I know sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet/You will never know the exquisite pain of the guy, who goes home alone/My own death was in front of me, and you know what happened? Your life flashed before my eyes/Because without the bitter, baby, the sweet ain’t as sweet.

In Bruges

Bourne Ultimatum

Brokeback Mountain

Maria Full of Grace

Osama

Lust Caution

(Many Girly Films)

Sex and the City

How To Lost A Guy In 10 Days

Miss Pettigrew

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Sunday w/ Shari

iBlog — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:55:35 +0000

Followed by lunch…

Kitsch’n

Neighborhood: Roscoe Village

2005 W. Roscoe St.

Shari ate : Grilled Cheese Sandwich & I had the Tuna Melt

YUMMMM

This Roscoe Village diner specializes in kitsch, from the Mr. Potato Head in the window to the Twinkie tiramisu on the menu. Formica kitchen tables topped with vintage toasters-turned-lamps crowd the multicolored linoleum floor and the intimate room resounds with hits of the ’70s. Most of the menu is quite modern, including ingredients like spinach pesto (in the green eggs and ham recipe), chipotle salsa and sweet-potato chips.

Husband-and-wife owners Jonathon Young and Helene Albert — he cooks, she manages — provide a warm welcome. Outdoor dining is available on the sidewalk in front, or in the beer garden in back.

Hangin’ w/ JD

Lincoln Park Zoo Stroll

The W Hotel

Taxi & The Auto Pound, Lovely…

The Chicago Airport, Many A Days…

Chinatown

Summer Beach

Eat, Pray, Love…

iBlog — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:50:35 +0000

Book Review…I became consumed with this book. I tried not to read too quickly because I wanted it to be a part of my days. It was as if the worlds door opened for me and said, come in and help yourself. I applaud her for what she went through and for finding the strength to find herself and her minds peace. Can’t wait for another book from Elizabeth Gilbert.

Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay

iBlog — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:06:47 +0000

Product Manager from Google Recommends…Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay is perched on a rocky bluff forty-five minutes from San Francisco. Oceanfront golf and spa resort resembling 19th century grand seaside lodge, on Ocean Colony Bluff tops, overlooking the coastline. Tis lovely!

Ritz Carlton San Francisco

iBlog — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:04:27 +0000

Twas lovely… See you at the e-marketing conferences…

This 1909 structure dates from the same year as the Palace, offering the same period character, though on a much more intimate scale. The hotel’s Lower Nob Hill address gives an indication of the kind of views one can expect here, which is to say, “Nothing special.” Two small steps jump up to an elaborate lounge that rivals some of the most palatial salons in Europe. Interior of the rooms at Ritz Carlton…

The rooms are quite well standardized, with the hefty differences reflecting location and exposure. Limited glimpses of the Financial District and Chinatown are the best views one can hope for in the standard rooms, but the quieter interior units overlook the garden courtyard. Some rooms are a long but elegant walk from public areas. The rejuvenated Ritz-Carlton Club rooms on the top floors are expensive indeed, but they do offer plenty of enticements, including Continental breakfast, afternoon tea, cocktails and nibbles on an ongoing basis.

W Hotels

iBlog — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:58:35 +0000

San Francisco…

Lowes Miami Beach Hotel

iBlog — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:01:15 +0000

Lido Spa, Lowes Miami, Lincoln Road, Boca, Collins

Lido Spa, One to check out while in South Beach…

The New Standard in Miami

A Love Affair with Miami’s Past

by Ginger Harris

When last we spoke to hotelier Andre Balazs back in December, 2003, he was rather tight-lipped about his recent purchase of The Lido Spa on Island Avenue in Miami Beach. However, he did hint at his intentions for the historic spot: “It’s going to be a Standard Hotel, and it’s going to be a spa — it should be open late spring/early summer.”

Although the opening took somewhat longer than expected, today 48-year-old Balazs beams with pride when speaks of his latest endeavor, telling Spa magazine “This is not about exclusivity. It’s about enjoyment that’s accessible and affordable,” and commenting to the Miami Herald “I think that I am a little bit in love with a Miami of the past.”

It’s not that the Boston-born hotelier harbors any sort disdain for present-day South Beach by any means, rather it simply isn’t his style to pitch to the egos and attitudes that often prevail in South Beach’s velvet rope society. Balazs’ style statement is about the revival of true glamour and he seemingly has no interest in impressing the champagne-sipping jet set with bigger, louder, flashier hotels. Simply put, understated elegance has a style all its own.

Balazs has made his mark in a very demanding industry by breathing new life into hotels that time and aesthetics have forgotten, yet he does it in a way that holds true to the property’s heritage. For Balazs, it’s about finding the soul of the hotel, giving it a new lease on life and educating a whole new generation about it’s former glory while keeping them entertained within a serenely beautiful setting.

Such is true with his past ventures like the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. When Balazs took on the hotel in 1990, his purchase was to the disgust of many. Fearing he would quash the hotel’s vibe, his peers fretted about what his “updates” would do for the noted landmark. Much to their surprise, Balazs revived the spirit of the hotel. Hardly a week goes by that the press doesn’t mention the Chateau in relation to a party or celebrity.

With the Chateau’s success, Balazs took over The Raleigh in 2002, restoring it to its 1940′s glory and making it the crown jewel of hotels on Miami Beach’s famed Collins Avenue. The same praise can be attributed to Balazs’ first Standard, a former retirement home, which became a huge success in Los Angeles despite skepticism from those who said the hotel would never turn a profit with its low rates. But Balaz, as always, proved them wrong. And it’s only a matter of time before the same will be said for his latest Miami Beach offering.

With that history of success in mind, it’s completely understandable why devout admirers of Balazs’ previous work passed by the old Lido spa on Island Avenue for months to see if the hotel had yet made its transformation.

Finally, in December 2005, the signature upside down “The Standard” sign took its place just beneath the original Morris Lapidus-designed “Lido Spa” signage, signifying a new beginning for the property.

Forty years ago, if you stumbled into the Lido, you’d likely find your grandmother in her gold lame bathing dress playing mah-jongg while she awaited her spa treatment. Belonging to the Edelstein family for nearly four decades, the hotel was a hotspot for the Catskills crowd seeking seasonal refuge from winter’s chill. But now the revitalized hotel offers a refuge from the stressful chill of everyday life with its serene setting on Belle Isle.

Amenities like a 900-square-foot Turkish-style hamam, a sweat room that boasts slabs of heated marble where mostly bare spa dwellers lounge and relax help shut out the world just beyond the Lido.

“I Want You To Live A Fairytale Life”

iBlog — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:01:06 +0000

Muir Woods

iBlog — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:02:53 +0000

The incredible diversity of flora and fauna at Muir Woods can be daunting some times, elusive at other times. The redwoods themselves dominate the scene, but Steller’s jays often steal the show. Ladybugs clustering by the thousands on ancient horsetail ferns boggle the imagination, while the slimy banana slug is able to disgust and fascinate all at once. Plants adapt to low light levels on the forest floor, while whole plant/animal communities bustle in the canopy above our heads.

John Muir was ahead of the Internet revolution when he wrote,

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.”