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- Eight NYC Hotels For Watching the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ParadeOctober 20, 2021 - 5:42 pm
Three NYC Hotels Where Top Dogs in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Sit, Roll Over and Stay
/in Hotels Pets & Sports/by Terry TruccoNew York in mid-February is special if you happen to be a dog lover. Yes, the wind
Top dog in 1911 — Scottish Terrier Tickle Em Jock. (Westminster Kennel Club Photo)
whistles and the ground is frozen solid. But for two days — February 13 and 14 this year — Madison Square Garden is Dog Central as the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, caninedom’s show of show, sweeps into town, luring more than 3,000 of the world’s most perfect pooches. Read more
Matilda, the Celebrated Algonquin Hotel Cat, Lands Her First Book
/in Hotels Pets & Sports, Notable Check-ins/by Terry TruccoAs one of New York’s oldest and most storied hotels, The Algonquin has long been catnip for wags and writers. For decades, nearly everyone associated with the place, from the Vicious Circle and beyond, has shared stories about the hotel and its history. Everyone, it seems, except Matilda, the Algonquin cat.
That has changed. In a new illustrated children’s book, aptly titled Matilda, the Algonquin Cat, the hotel’s resident blonde in fur tells all about the hotel she’s called home for most of her nine lives.
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Meet the Peninsula New York (Edible Version), the Ultimate Gingerbread Hotel
/in Hotels and Holidays/by Terry TruccoWhat can you do with 46 lbs. of butter, 38 lbs. of milk, 76 lbs. of honey, 46 lbs. of sugar, 5 lbs. of spices, 1 1/2 lbs. of baking soda and a whopping 145 lbs. of bread flour?
You can think about opening a bakery. You can spend the foreseeable future baking cookies. Or if you happen to be Deden Putra, Executive Pastry Chef at the Peninsula New York, you can create a five-star gingerbread hotel that stands six feet tall and smells as inviting as it looks. Read more
Backdrops Count: The NYC Hotels Where Trump and Clinton Addressed the Faithful After Election 2016
/in Hotels in the News, Notable Check-ins/by Terry TruccoElection night 2016 was full of surprises, but not from the standpoint of anyone familiar with New York City hotels. Donald Trump’s post-election festivities unfurled in a ballroom of the New York Hilton Midtown, a go-to venue for big-ticket political events (the 53-year-old hotel boasts that it’s hosted every U.S. president since JFK).
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Vaclav Havel Slept Here: A Peek at a Presidential Suite Designed in His Style at the Hotel Elysee
/in Notable Check-ins/by Terry TruccoHotels love to name their suites for famous guests, creating an instant brush with glamour and a decorating theme in one swoop. Consider the Dorothy Parker Suite at the Algonquin, the Warwick Hotel’s Marion Suite, a nod to the Hollywood honey of its founder William Randolph Hearst, and the Ty Warner Penthouse at the Four Seasons New York (he invented Beanie Babies — and owns the place). Read more
Basketball Star Jeremy Linn Is Coming Back to New York. Will He Live in a Hotel This Time Around?
/in Hotels Pets & Sports, Notable Check-ins/by Terry TruccoRemember Linsanity? As New York’s beleaguered basketball fans know, it was a moment of euphoria spun by the unexpected play of Jeremy Lin, a 6’3” California-born, Harvard-educated point guard who leapt from NBA obscurity to propel the New York Knicks to a winning streak back in 2012 (those were the days). Read more
Why the Waldorf Astoria is Closing for Renovations, and Why You Should Stop By While You Can
/in Hotel Openings and Closings/by Terry TruccoIf eating Waldorf Salad at the Waldorf Astoria is high on your bucket list, consider yourself warned: the clock is ticking. Read more
New York City Hotels With Tony Award Cred
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Why the Sheraton New York Times Square Came Up Big on New York Primary Night
/in Hotels in the News, Notable Check-ins/by Terry TruccoAs you may have noticed if you followed the coverage of last night’s New York Primary, Hillary Clinton and 1,500 of her closest friends and supporters were stomping at Sheraton New York Times Square for her victory soiree. Read more
The Time Hotel Gets A Chic New Look
/in Hotel Renovations/by Terry TruccoMy first thought upon seeing the freshly renovated Time Hotel was what did the architects think when they saw what they’d be working with? With oddly shaped public spaces, ho-hum views and guest rooms that can be politely described as compact (the smallest are a mere 180 square feet), this modest 193-room hotel built in 1927 could either stymie its renovators or inspire them to be really creative. Read more