Where To Stay

Pillow Talk: MontBleu Casino and Resort

We were excited to stay at the MontBleu Casino and Resort (55 Highway 50, Lake Tahoe, NV 89449, 800-367-4554, , MontBleuResort.com).

A year and a half had passed since the former Cesar’s Palace was taken over by the new ownership. The new owners promised to transpose this resort into an affordable chic lodging option at the end of the row of budget to high-end hotels and resorts lining South Lake Tahoe Boulevard before the highway turns the corner to head to the north shore of the lake.

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Pillow Talk: L’Auberge de Sedona

Sedona, cradled among the famed Red Rocks of Arizona’s Red Rock State Park, this charming small town is known for its romantic, serene and spiritual location as well as its optimal outdoor adventures.

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Pillow Talk: Hilton Palm Springs

It was first class service with an air of classy casual friendliness from the moment I arrived at the Hilton Palm Springs (400 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way; 760-320-6868; PalmSprings.Hilton.com).

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Shelley Goulding, proprietor of the 9 Cranes Inn, with her two companions Philip, in her lap, and Terrance, to her right. (Photo: Super G)

Charming Sophistication: Shelley Goulding, owner of the 9 Cranes Inn

Growing up and living in many parts of the U.S. that people from the world over want to visit and traveling widely herself, Shelley Goulding dreamed of owning a bed and breakfast one day.

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Pillow Talk: The Silver Legacy Casino and Resort

Stepping inside the Silver Legacy Casino and Resort in Reno is somewhat like stepping back in time. The interior is decorative in the Western style circa 1800-something, if it wasn’t for the people dressed in modern clothing and the ringing of the casino machines, you could imagine the decadence of the old West when gold and silver was booming attracting people far and wide to the Sierra Nevada in search of great fortune.

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Pillow Talk: Art + Hotel

I wasn’t quite sure if our host was pulling up to a hotel when my travel companion and I stopped in front of the building with a health food store and an enclosed pathway alongside the building. Indeed it was the Art + Hotel.

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