Pillow Talk
Know where to rest your weary travel head with reviews of hostels to luxury resorts and profiles and news of women leading the bed and breakfast, hotel, resort, and vacation rental industries.
Pillow Talk: MontBleu Casino and Resort
- Heather Cassell
- March 31, 2013
We were excited to stay at the MontBleu Casino and Resort (55 Highway 50, Lake Tahoe, NV 89449, 800-367-4554,
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.
Read MorePillow Talk: L’Auberge de Sedona
- Heather Cassell
- March 21, 2013
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.
Read MorePillow Talk: Hilton Palm Springs
- Heather Cassell
- March 18, 2013
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).
Read MoreCharming Sophistication: Shelley Goulding, owner of the 9 Cranes Inn
- Heather Cassell
- October 25, 2012
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.
Read MorePillow Talk: The Silver Legacy Casino and Resort
- Heather Cassell
- October 25, 2012
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.
Read MorePillow Talk: Art + Hotel
- Heather Cassell
- June 25, 2009
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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