Posts Tagged Vacation

West Hollywood extended stay hotels

Just back from a stay in West Hollywood. Stayed at Le Parc Suites. I think this place had its best moments 10 years ago. Not terrible, the service levels were good, the street is nice, but the facility is aging and probably wasn’t great to start with.

From walking around, where we should have stayed (kitchen a requirement):
* Palihouse. Looks very cool and good kitchens. Not as nice a street location as Le Parc but looks way awesomer.
* Petit Ermitage. Also full kitchens.

Close but lacking a real kitchen:
* LeMontrose Suite Hotel. Kitchenette type facilities
* Chamberlain. Kitchenette as well in some rooms

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Santa Monica Places

  • Urth Cafe — sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, breakfast too, and open at dinner time. Nice baked goods too
  • Bravo Pizza
  • Cha Cha ChickenWAY better than the website. A favorite
  • Lula Mexicana — good authentic mexican. I am always a sucker for tamales
  • Shoop’s Deli. Solid sandwich and salad fare, closed at dinner
  • Bergamot Station — good collection of galleries, easy to walk around
  • The Bridge Cinema. Ok not in Santa Monica at all, in Culver City, nice high end theatre. Reserved seating which is cool.

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All over the place — Distilleries of Scotland, DC, Bullets, Games, Doghouses, Golf, Currency, and more

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Vacation condo rental in southern cal

Looking for a place.  Homeaway, VacationRentals, Vacation Rental By Owner, OnlyInLaguna, SBBeachRentals, ParadiseRetreats seem to have bunches of listings.  Lots of overlap, obviously owners crosslist anywhere they can.

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Stylish hotels

10 Amazing Hotels With Ultra Stylish Minimalist Designs — these all look fun.

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USC/OSU tickets

USC Trojans vs Ohio State Buckeyes Football Tickets [9/13/2008] at StubHub! — stubhub seems to have the best selection.

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El Gato Azul in Prescott AZ

El Gato Azul :: 316 W. Goodwin St. Prescott AZ :: — awesome tapas place with great margaritas and a great creekside location with indoor or outdoor dining. live music. we had a great time. PS Google Maps and Hertz EverLost both have the wrong location for this restaurant. 316 West Goodwin is right — about a block and a half west of town square on Goodwin.

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Residence Inn Prescott

Residence Inn Prescott: Spacious suites and amenities for longer stays — this place is amazing. I’ve stayed in a number of Residence Inns, this one is fairly new and has great furnishings, interesting room designs, full set of services. Amazingly nice, much much nicer than the typical Residence Inn

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Fairmont Kea Lani – Maui Seaside Hotel at Polo Beach

Maui Hotels: Fairmont Kea Lani – Maui Seaside Hotel at Polo Beach — okay this place is stupidly expensive and they nickel and dime you to deal (except of course nothing costs a nickel here, they $10 and $20 you to death). But…they have amazing support for people with food allergies — they strictly adhere to an ingredients list you provide, use dedicate pots and pans, your food is cooked by a sous or head chef, served by a manager, the assistant head of food service will meet with you daily to discuss menus, etc etc. Really an amazing service and has made it possible for us to stay here — recommended if you have a food allergy or allergies to deal with. And when I travel in the future, I will ask hotels if they have an equivalent program.

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Luggage/parcels with Dry Ice

Rules governing up at NWA, Hawaiian Air, UPS. Not that complicated as long as you stay under 2 kilos of dry ice. And you want some sort of insulated box, Washington Packaging has one type of box.

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