April 2009
2 posts
Jumeirah Essex House
The Essex house is just lovely. With each new lobby, we’re learning to spread our tentacles a bit further and really find the right crevice to engage in our mini-wars. After perusing the main hall where black and white photos of New York past and old school stylish black phones lined the walls, we settled into the two seats you see to the back right (above).
It took awhile for our...
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
The name alone preceeds the reputation, which we found (surprise!) to be quite inflated. Growing up I seem to recall reading tons of books, lost-generation stuff, wherein drunk flappers and bourbon-breathed men about town would inevitably rest their heads at the Waldorf come night’s end. Opened in 1893 and maintaining the classic Art Deco style of later years, the Waldorf=Astoria...
March 2009
1 post
Gramercy Park Hotel
Erin and I began our first official weekly game of chess in a hotel lobby. This week it was the Gramercy Park Hotel. It was absolutely gorgeous inside, with a roaring fire and a beautiful massive chandelier (with pink flowers randomly placed on it). We found our place in front of the fireplace, on lush velvet couches.
At first, I loved everything about the lobby, but throughtout as I got...