which is your favorite Ian Schrager hotel?
Mar 19, 2003, 3:18 am
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which is your favorite Ian Schrager hotel?
My vote goes to the Sanderson.
Mar 19, 2003, 5:27 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Leisuremiles:
They are all a bit to "Starck" for my taste.</font>
They are all a bit to "Starck" for my taste.</font>
Aug 19, 2003, 5:49 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by speedbird001:
Just for the record, The Clift was one of the original Four Seasons....and Schrager hotels are not for me. I don't wear black</font>
Just for the record, The Clift was one of the original Four Seasons....and Schrager hotels are not for me. I don't wear black</font>
But then, I'm probably the only one who still remembers the CityParis, the El Padrino Room of the Plaza Hotel at Post and Stockton, who still calls the St. Francis "The Frantic" and who corrects people who say "Grant Street" not "Avenue" or "Portsmouth Square" not "Plaza" and most of all, who still reflexively thinks of the area below Market Street as "South of the Slot" not the other silly copycat name
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Aug 19, 2003, 6:14 pm
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OK, off topic, but I always called south of Market the "California Wine Country," especially around 6th St.....
Back on topic: Someone once suggested I look at the Royalton, so I went over there and asked to look at a room. Some desk clerk in a turtleneck sniffed that they could only do that by appointment. Haven't been tempted by the chain ever since.
Back on topic: Someone once suggested I look at the Royalton, so I went over there and asked to look at a room. Some desk clerk in a turtleneck sniffed that they could only do that by appointment. Haven't been tempted by the chain ever since.
Aug 19, 2003, 6:17 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by auh2o:
What is best way to get a good rate here? Specifically, the Mondrian in LA? Are they part of Amex FHR?
Thx.</font>
What is best way to get a good rate here? Specifically, the Mondrian in LA? Are they part of Amex FHR?
Thx.</font>
Aug 19, 2003, 10:23 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by RichardInSF:
OK, off topic, but I always called south of Market the "California Wine Country," especially around 6th St.....
Back on topic: Someone once suggested I look at the Royalton, so I went over there and asked to look at a room. Some desk clerk in a turtleneck sniffed that they could only do that by appointment. Haven't been tempted by the chain ever since.
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OK, off topic, but I always called south of Market the "California Wine Country," especially around 6th St.....
Back on topic: Someone once suggested I look at the Royalton, so I went over there and asked to look at a room. Some desk clerk in a turtleneck sniffed that they could only do that by appointment. Haven't been tempted by the chain ever since.
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Now, if you really want minimalism at its best, try the One Aldwych in London, or the Park or Grand Hyatts in Tokyo or Fukuoka.
If you insist on Starck, stay at the Peninsula in HK and eat/drink/pee at Felix...
Aug 19, 2003, 11:27 pm
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Indeed, if they do let me tour some rooms, it can work to a hotel's detriment too. I did visit one W hotel in NYC and they showed me around a few "deluxe" rooms, which, as Mark Twain said, "You couldn't swing a cat in, not without doing harm to the cat." Haven't been inside a W hotel since that tour.
A bunch of throw pillows on the bed, an "in" bar in the lobby, and staff wearing black turtlenecks -- these just aren't enough if the rooms are tiny.
I think most hoteliers must hate me.
A bunch of throw pillows on the bed, an "in" bar in the lobby, and staff wearing black turtlenecks -- these just aren't enough if the rooms are tiny.
I think most hoteliers must hate me.
Aug 20, 2003, 11:02 am
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Aug 20, 2003, 4:27 pm
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Tired format, though I think the London properties are a little less tired than the others. The SML was a scream when it first opened, but the Sanderson is the more comfortable (by Starck standards) hotel.
In my dotage, I'm going back to (aahhhh) comfort. Who said One Aldwych and the PHT ? I'm with them.
In my dotage, I'm going back to (aahhhh) comfort. Who said One Aldwych and the PHT ? I'm with them.