The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel near the Hollywood Bowl

Written by Carolyn Proctor


The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel nearrepparttar Hollywood Bowl

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The first Academy Awards presentation took place atrepparttar 133673 brand-new Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California, inrepparttar 133674 Blossom Room on May 16, 1929.

Today that same hotel, albeit with a recent multi-million dollar restoration, isrepparttar 133675 only historic hotel in Hollywood still serving travelers, and one of only three such properties inrepparttar 133676 Los Angeles area. This year marksrepparttar 133677 Roosevelt's 75th Anniversary.

Amenities that those original Hollywood movie celebrities missed arerepparttar 133678 new nightclub, Feinstein's atrepparttar 133679 Cinegrill, with state-of-the-art sound and lighting, top entertainment and cuisine. We wonder what Janet Gaynor, Emil Jennings, and Clara Bow would have thought ofrepparttar 133680 Precor elliptical trainers, Star Trac treadmills, and free weights inrepparttar 133681 multi-gym fitness center?

The Hollywood Roosevelt wasrepparttar 133682 dream of local real estate baron, Charles E. Toberman, who wanted to create a hotel befittingrepparttar 133683 rapidly growing film world and its attendant social circles. The name ofrepparttar 133684 26th President ofrepparttar 133685 United States, Theodore Roosevelt, was chosen to conveyrepparttar 133686 buoyant optimism ofrepparttar 133687 Hollywood throng atrepparttar 133688 time. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were onrepparttar 133689 committee that formulatedrepparttar 133690 hotel because they, too, wanted a showplace in Hollywood.

Across from Grauman's Chinese Theatre on legendary Hollywood Boulevard,repparttar 133691 Hollywood Roosevelt is now onrepparttar 133692 National Register of Historic Places. One step intorepparttar 133693 lobby lounge area, with its massive European brass chandelier - originally holding candles - and high, ornately carved and painted ceilings and one can see why. The same intricate ceiling work dominatesrepparttar 133694 Blossom Room, which also has Mexican tile wainscoting and three original seven-foot double entry doors of carved oak. Public area floors combine saltillo and Mexican pottery tiles, stained oak and thick, deco-patterned carpets. The balcony wall features historic black and white Hollywood photography, and soft piano jazz wafts throughout.

Insiderepparttar 133695 Hollywood Boulevard entrance, with its leaded glass doors, rests a life-size bronze by sculptor Emmanuil Snitkovsky of a seated Charlie Chaplin, who lived to be 100.

It’s a Gaming Nation at Pechanga,

Written by Josh Edelson


It’s a Gaming Nation at Pechana, Temecula, California

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Leave your misconceptions of tee-pees and feathered hats at home becauserepparttar only place you'll see those items are on display in a shop. As a true oasis inrepparttar 133672 middle of nowhere, Pechanga Hotel and Casino offers more than just a weekend getaway. It's hidden amongrepparttar 133673 endless hills of dry brush in a rural town byrepparttar 133674 name of Temecula, in southern California, known for its vineyards. (Click photos to book The Pechanga Hotel and Casino.)

Upon enteringrepparttar 133675 hotel, I passed by copper-colored statues ofrepparttar 133676 Pechanga band of LuiseñBook The Pechanga Resorto Indians. The characters portrayed are participating in rituals common in their culture. One ofrepparttar 133677 statues is caught frozen in time; he's artistically drawing some sort of tribal message on a rock near a waterfall.

Continuing inward, I walked along a covered illusionary bridge surrounded by flowing water. The pleasant trickle prepared my ears forrepparttar 133678 clinking ofrepparttar 133679 many slot machines. The automatic doors opened and immediately I was sucked intorepparttar 133680 exciting world of entertainment. On my right wasrepparttar 133681 entrance torepparttar 133682 Pechanga's 90,000 square foot casino, but deciding to save money I went torepparttar 133683 front desk to check in.

I learned thatrepparttar 133684 14-floor hotel boasts 522 spacious rooms. I was fortunate enough to be housed in a one-bedroom suite onrepparttar 133685 12th floor, one level belowrepparttar 133686 rooftop lounge. After inserting my magnetic keycard, I enteredrepparttar 133687 room, surprised to findrepparttar 133688 suite seemed more like a luxurious apartment in uptown New York.

Immediately on my right wasrepparttar 133689 wet bar and kitchen area. I noticed a refrigerator nearrepparttar 133690 wet bar, packed with all sorts of goodies; from Snickers candy bars, to soda and beer, this thing was stocked. There also was a snack tray placed aboverepparttar 133691 refrigerator filled with even more snacks. Of course there is a charge for each ofrepparttar 133692 items, but being curious I decided to take out one ofrepparttar 133693 beers.

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