I haven’t dressed up for Halloween in quite a while and I have written a couple of Halloween themed diaries in the past so I thought I would write about an experience I had on Sunday.
Over the weekend, a friend of mine was in town visiting NYC for work. He travels quite a bit for work usually staying at Marriott properties. We scheduled to meet for dinner on Sunday, On Saturday, he texted me to tell me he was staying at the Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South for one night on Sunday and invited me to meet him there to show me the room before we went to dinner. While I had been inside The Plaza (because what NYer or tourist hasn’t?), I had never been inside the Ritz-Carlton, so I was more than happy to see the room before we went to eat.
I asked how he got the room. He said he had a one night complimentary Marriott stay but still needed to use extra points to secure the room. As you can see by my awful attempt at photography (anyone who has read any of my photo diaries knows I am usually better with a camera), his room, while on a low floor, had a view overlooking Central Park from the corner of 6th and Central Park S (W59th St).
The room itself was decent sized for NYC with a bathroom almost as big as the sleeping area. It had a king sized bed with two chairs and a small desk. On the desk was a small tray with what could be charitably described as a mini-bar. It had a bottle of Voss water (my favorite bottled water), a box of mixed nuts, a bottle of bourbon from distilled in Brooklyn, a bottle of wine I recognized the shape of but can’t remember the name (the bottle was white with blue designs and a reverse hourglass shape at the neck), and 50ml bottle of Johnny Walker Blue.
The bathroom had both a glass shower and a tub and door to close where the toilet is. The towels were very soft. I laid on the bed and found it to be one of the better beds in a hotel. Unfortunately, as has become the norm, the pillows were down pillows. I hate down pillows.
It was nice to visit a room I could never rationalize spending my own money to stay. My dream NYC stay would be at The Plaza recreating the Kevin McCallister’s Home Alone 2 experience.
Tonight’s topic is a dream hotel stay they experienced or want to experience.
Below are a couple of photos from the men’s room on the mezzanine level. Full length door in the toilet stall, a rare find in the US.
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