The Belmond here in SB has been tragically underutilized. I was at a wedding there last year and the property truly smelled like shit, I was appalled. Justin and Tyler are living my dream life. The property has the best bones, I really can’t wait to see what they do with it.
Eeeee as a Santa Barbara native I am cautiously excited for the El Encanto makeover!! My mom and her best friends met while working there in the 1980s. In the early 2000s I used to love going for tea with my grandma. It has a breathtaking view and luxurious ease to it. I really hope they stick to their word of not catering to transplants/influencers with bad taste. A member's club would be sweet... the member's club at the Rosewood Miramar is so fabulous but untouchably exclusive these days, this would be a nice additional option!!
true story... saw Casey Affleck carrying a painted pig sculpture over his shoulder when he was checking out. Guess he liked it on the grounds and must have asked to buy it.
El Encanto looks amazing, and I love the Chiltern and Bowery as references, as those are great hotels. The problem most of these guys get wrong is they understand that Chiltern and Bowery are awesome hotels, but they don't understand why. No amount of money can match the maniacal attention to detail that AB pays to his hotels, hiring, and the laid-back, natural service that is also highly tuned up. Sean/Eric at The Bowery have an unmatched abiity to create cozy, human scaled environments that offer the ideal kind of laid back luxury without fusiness. Because the Tinder guys are rich, but are not in hospitality, they will probably hire a buzzy design firm and another high end graphic designer to kit out the interiors and the brand. That would probably be the first mistake. Most designers design hotels for magazine features and portfolio shots - rarely have I been to a hotel put together by a "well known designer" that actually got it right (other than Chiltern, and that was done by Studio KO, hardly "well known" to most outside of major architecture/ design nerds -- and even that was with a heavy hand from Andre, as I have heard from people inside the AB camp). To get it right, they need the right designer or team, and they really need to spend the money to see it all through. Sounds like they are playing the long game, hopefully, and we might get another great American hotel if they get it right...
What we need is coffee that is easy to find and good, plugs in the right places, a staff that is in tune to details but not fussy, lights that dim, water glasses in the room, good room service on proper plates with nice cutlery, a comfortable lounge, a simple phone that is easy to work, good water pressure, nice towels, etc. --- no amount of furniture or coffee table books can make up for it if there isn't a super strong culture of service and excellence with the right amount of cool.
And I say this having been to enough of these acquisitions and reinventions of iconic properties to know that they almost ALWAYS miss the mark. In fact I'm struggling to think of one that didn't...
spreadthejelly getting the love it deserves!
Thank god someone is widening the aperture of motherhood content
Recently came across this job board for interns on Loyola Marymount’s website : https://careers.lmu.edu/jobs/?stag%5B0%5D=entertainment-tv-film
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The Belmond here in SB has been tragically underutilized. I was at a wedding there last year and the property truly smelled like shit, I was appalled. Justin and Tyler are living my dream life. The property has the best bones, I really can’t wait to see what they do with it.
Sad to hear. Was great not too long ago but maybe there’s new hope
-you have to be a huge loser/trust fund baby to spend time splitting a PJ. if you cant afford it just buy a ticket on kayak like the rest of us.
I dont even let my girl sell a couch online it's embarrassing
-big time power move by that little weirdo bezos
-you gotta be DTF to stay at the tinder hotel
-BIEBER knows how to deliver summer bangerz. lfg
Eeeee as a Santa Barbara native I am cautiously excited for the El Encanto makeover!! My mom and her best friends met while working there in the 1980s. In the early 2000s I used to love going for tea with my grandma. It has a breathtaking view and luxurious ease to it. I really hope they stick to their word of not catering to transplants/influencers with bad taste. A member's club would be sweet... the member's club at the Rosewood Miramar is so fabulous but untouchably exclusive these days, this would be a nice additional option!!
Also on a random note: it appears Morgan Riddle is now on Substack!
https://reservationforriddle.substack.com/
...and apparently on their first date, Riddle made Taylor Fritz watch Midsommar.
(Sorry this is very entertaining to me)
https://reservationforriddle.substack.com/p/my-weirdest-escapism
El Encanto was great under Belmond (LVMH owned) so will be interesting to see if they take the experience in a different direction.
it better be going in a different direction with that much money going into it
true story... saw Casey Affleck carrying a painted pig sculpture over his shoulder when he was checking out. Guess he liked it on the grounds and must have asked to buy it.
Julie Houts did the illustrations on the new J. Crew scarves - her work is so lovely!! My fav was the Southampton edition!
https://www.instagram.com/jooleeloren/p/DKhtOymRxxX/?img_index=1
El Encanto looks amazing, and I love the Chiltern and Bowery as references, as those are great hotels. The problem most of these guys get wrong is they understand that Chiltern and Bowery are awesome hotels, but they don't understand why. No amount of money can match the maniacal attention to detail that AB pays to his hotels, hiring, and the laid-back, natural service that is also highly tuned up. Sean/Eric at The Bowery have an unmatched abiity to create cozy, human scaled environments that offer the ideal kind of laid back luxury without fusiness. Because the Tinder guys are rich, but are not in hospitality, they will probably hire a buzzy design firm and another high end graphic designer to kit out the interiors and the brand. That would probably be the first mistake. Most designers design hotels for magazine features and portfolio shots - rarely have I been to a hotel put together by a "well known designer" that actually got it right (other than Chiltern, and that was done by Studio KO, hardly "well known" to most outside of major architecture/ design nerds -- and even that was with a heavy hand from Andre, as I have heard from people inside the AB camp). To get it right, they need the right designer or team, and they really need to spend the money to see it all through. Sounds like they are playing the long game, hopefully, and we might get another great American hotel if they get it right...
What we need is coffee that is easy to find and good, plugs in the right places, a staff that is in tune to details but not fussy, lights that dim, water glasses in the room, good room service on proper plates with nice cutlery, a comfortable lounge, a simple phone that is easy to work, good water pressure, nice towels, etc. --- no amount of furniture or coffee table books can make up for it if there isn't a super strong culture of service and excellence with the right amount of cool.
And I say this having been to enough of these acquisitions and reinventions of iconic properties to know that they almost ALWAYS miss the mark. In fact I'm struggling to think of one that didn't...
Can you unpack the de-filler trend for us olds not on tiktok please?