SoCal ping
Has anyone ever been to the Hotel Bel-Air bar in LA?
No, but I drove across the front lawn on night....
This thread reminds me of the movie “Silverado.” There was an “eveningstar” in that movie, wasn’t there? And that guy liked good bars.
I HAVEEEE ES back in da day LOL! my high school prom was there
No, I’ve never been tossed out of that one. LOL
Haven’t been tossed out of any, for the record.
Historic hotels abroad that I have visited include the Luna, in Venice, where I stayed in 1962. This establishment began as an eatery in the sixteenth century. In 1965, I stayed in the Ritz in Barcelona, which was not as pricey as its name suggests. During the Spanish Civil War, the Republicans' version of the KGB was reportedly headquartered here.
In 1969, I stayed in the Manger Hamilton in Washington, DC, but didn't get around to visiting its Purple Tree bar. This hotel, built in the 1920's on the corner of 14th St. and K St., NW reopened recently after having been closed for several years.
In New York, I stayed at the Pierrepont Hotel in Brooklyn Heights in August of 1961, not knowing at the time that Ramón Mercader had stayed there in 1940 while traveing to Mexico City, where he would assassinate Bolsivik leader Leon Trotsky. The building still exists, but it's no longer a hotel. In 1965 and 1966, I stayed at the New Yorker, a large hotel in midtown Manhattan, and in 1977, I attended the Young Americans For freedom conventiion at the Statler Hilton, the once and future Hotel Pennsylvania, whose telephone number, 212-PEnnsylvania 6-5000 was the title of a 1940 hit song for Glenn Miller (the number still works).
A few years ago, I stopped at the bar in the La Fonda in Santa Fe, NM, where, during World War II, the barkeeper was an FBI agent--on the lookout for spies targeting Manhattan Project activities taking place at nearby Los Alamos.
However, when I travel, I usually stay at Motel 6, since all I'm usually looking for while on the road are the three B's--bed, bath, and Bible.