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The Muse: New York City
The Muse is a new one on NPS. Our jaunts to NY often have us at 70Park or the Eventi. All three hotels are Kimpton properties. The Muse turns out to be very close to the Marriott Marquis where the...
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Monaco Pittsburgh Upholds High Style
The lobby flowers are upside down. Monaco Pittsburgh. Last time we visited, things were just getting started—but boy were they great. If anything, everything is even better at the Hotel Monaco...
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The Broadmoor: High Expectations Met
The Broadmoor is a resort tucked away at the foot of the Rockies close to Colorado Springs. Now that the annual conference we run is getting bigger, we’re moving up the food chain in terms of size. We...
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Yes, Las Vegas Still Sucks: The Aria
Las Vegas comprises equal parts Disney, Porn, and Walmart Shoppers. Pretty much three things that suck in their own ways. Combine them, and they triple suck. So whenever we are forced to come to Vegas,...
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Glassaholic: Old Fashioned
The Old Fashioned is a classic cocktail ruined by many a bad bar. There are two schools of Old Fashioned making out there. Here at NPS, we’re from the muddling school as you will see. This is a...
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The Dean Hotel: Providence, RI
For whatever reason, NPS had never set foot in Rhode Island before this trip. Turns out that Providence is a nice little town with plenty to offer. And it’s only two hours drive from the work gig...
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Back at The Donovan D.C.
No fly nöel is not all it’s cracked up to be this year. No airplanes is nice, but local meetings fill the agenda. After one whole week, we’re back in DC, this time at the Donovan. The Donovan is a...
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Brick and Mortar in Washington DC
After an exciting and very fun evening with the Neo-Futurists at the Woolly Mammoth watching (and participating in) “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind,” we headed out for an after theater cocktail...
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Catoctin Creek Distillery: Purcellville, VA
Less than two handfulls of miles from the apothecary shed itself is a home grown distillery called Catoctin Creek. Since 2009, Catoctin Creek has been distilling Rye into various award-winning...
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The Palomar in Chicago is the Real Thing
Hello Chicago Bye bye Westin, hello Chicago. The great East coast blizzard of 2016 has us stuck in the middle of the country until Sunday no make that Monday (at the earliest). But we don’t mind. We’ll...
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Old Town Montréal Gem: Saint-Sulpice Hotel
When NPS goes on the road to deliver a talk, travel arrangements are often outside of our control. Oh woe is us. Usually that is worrisome, but sometimes it works out perfectly. This is one of those...
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Irony in San Francisco: Kimpton Takes a Hit (Sir Francis Drake)
NPS loves San Francisco, and so did Bill Kimpton. Morning view from 2007 One super tragic side effect of the IHG buyout of Kimpton was a major defection of San Francisco properties from the chain....
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That’s How! Palomar DC
When Kimpton does it right, it knocks it out of the park. A quick visit to DC to see the astoundingly great Eighth Blackbird at the Kennedy Center was a perfect time to cash in a free reward night at...
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Hotel Fabric a Perfect Paris Perch
Paris in Spring Hotel Fabric is a fantastic little boutique tucked away on a side street in 11. Checkin was warm and friendly with fresh flowers. The lobby is designed to feel like a living room and...
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Closing out the Europe Trip in Style at the Zetter Townhouse London
The Zetter Townhouse is our favorite boutique hotel in London. We’ve been many times. One last night in London before flying home in the very swanky upper class on Virgin Atlantic rounded out the...
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Hotel Marlowe and the Ungrateful Bast@%d
Spring Rose: Virginia We left the Spring rose in Virginia for a short visit to Boston on Jet Blue and a quick overnight at our home away from home the Hotel Marlowe. All day meetings and dinner was...
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Richmond Rogues
OK OK, once again staying at a friend’s house, so no hotel to talk about, but after a day being trapped in a conference room in Tysons Corner, the swing over to The Rogue Gentlemen was a most welcome...
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NPS cleans the bar
Sometimes the bar must be cleaned. Here is a series of tweets from the @noplasticshower stream (follow us today)! This accounts for about half of the collection. The other half (reserves mostly) are...
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Putting in the Work: The Donovan Hotel in Washington, DC
View from the Donovan The Donovan has become our home away from home in DC mostly due to the fact that Steph Vogel (the GM) rocks. Room 1110 which we discovered on our previous outing here is well...
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The Dean to the Rescue: Providence, RI
Ever had one of those trips where you arrived just to find out that the arrangements that you thought were made were not made? Like, you go to the hertz lot on the shuttle and they don’t have you in...
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