Visit the Met and Stay at Hotel Wales

February 5th, 2010

Ehow.com lists Hotel Wales as one of three great Upper East Side hotels to stay at if you are visiting the  Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This chic boutique hotel offers elegant accommodations with an attentive approach to personal service. The hotel features a beautiful rooftop terrace and a well-equipped fitness center. There are also two excellent restaurants. The well-appointed rooms are decorated with luscious linens, goose down duvets, fresh cut flowers and premium TV channels. A number of suites and long-term rooms are also available.

If you are headed to New York sometime this year, consider our quaint Upper East Side boutique hotel as your home base for visiting the Met and other museums on the Museum Mile. Forget Midtown – the Upper East Side is the only place to be.

Trip Advisor Reviewers Love Hotel Wales

January 29th, 2010

If you check out Hotel Wales on Trip Advisor, you will find a bunch of very recent, really positive reviews. Find out yourself why Hotel Wales is the best Upper East Side hotel choice for you.

“The price was right which was why we selected the Wales, and we got good value for the money…”

“The staff at the Wales was friendly and accommodating…”

“It’s in a prime location on the upper east side – Madison Avenue between 92nd & 93rd street and out of the maddening bustle of places like Times Square.”

Taste New York at Paola’s Restaurant

January 22nd, 2010

Looking for the perfect Manhattan day-planner idea? Hotel Wales is within steps of the Museum Mile, making it the ideal spot to escape the bustle of Midtown hotels and enjoy New York like a local. Plus, Hotel Wales is home to Paola’s Restaurant, one of the best Italian restaurants in New York (and that’s saying a lot, right?)

Check out the Gayot review of Paola’s.  Gayot gives props to Paola Bottero for being one of New York first noted female chefs and compares the eatery to “a warm sweater.” Cozy and delicious? Count us in.

Visit the Georgia O’Keeffe Exhibit at the Whitney in its Last Weekend

January 14th, 2010

Fans of Georgia O’Keeffe should head to the Whitney Museum this weekend for the last few days of her Abstraction exhibit. View more than 130 paintings, drawings, watercolors, and sculptures by one of the most famous female painters of the twentieth century, as well as selected examples from Alfred Stieglitz’s famous photographic portrait series of an often naked O’Keeffe.

Address: 945 Madison Avenue

Price:
$15, $10 students and seniors, free for members and children under 12
Reservations

Nearby Subway Stops:
6 at 77th St.

Snap a Shot of Yourself for Elle.com’s Street Chic Daily

January 4th, 2010

You’ve got style – that’s what all the girls say. You often find yourself strutting for no apparent reason.  Some people think New York is a series of streets – but you see them as runways.  You deserve to be noticed, so get Street Chic on the Elle News Blog.  Snap a fab shot of you or a friend and email it to Elle.com’s Street Chic Daily. Plus, you can comment on the chosen picture every day – fierce….or not so fierce.