Why are all Hotels the same?, page 2

reply to post by Skyfloating

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this is my very first visit/post in the land of BTS

so, I'm going through the categories/recent posts - and, since I love a good rant - I end up here - I needed to see just how far this rant could really go :-)

and then you show me these ice palace pics

I was fine - just fine - with everything the way it is...

and now I need to travel

so, thanks for rocking the boat of my complacency :-)

meanwhile - staying there would be like staying inside art

to contribute to the rant - I've wondered if maybe hotels aren't mostly the same because people aren't comfortable with feelings - not even good feelings

I've actually come to realize - finally - that some people are afraid to enjoy themselves

and some people really do prefer everything to be the same - everywhere - and different is an annoying poke in the brain

this rant could actually apply to everywhere these days (at least - in the USA)

if it weren't for a change in the actual geography - or climate - you couldn't tell the difference from one city to the next

the same restaurants, stores - everything - the same from sea to shining sea

reply to post by seagrass

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I love Santa Fe

actual love

it's been too long since I've been there

I never stayed there - (La Fonda) but have been there - beautiful - I agree

Originally posted by Spiramirabilis
reply to post by seagrass

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I love Santa Fe

actual love

it's been too long since I've been there

I never stayed there - (La Fonda) but have been there - beautiful - I agree

Did you get to eat at the La Cantina? The place had singing broadway waiters!! Loved it.
The La Fonda is beautiful. I painted my french doors like the restaurant in another house I lived in... I went with the whole southwestern idea after that. I still have a framed print of the restaurant. I love the artsy part of Santa Fe, but not the snooty part. I had a really good time. It was snowing and all the stores had their fireplaces going. Went to Taos too. Nice.

reply to post by seagrass

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I am repainting all my walls at this moment

well, not this exact moment

I'm a color addict - or an atmosphere addict

I need change - and though I whine about it - constantly - I think I must actually like the chaos

but it drives other people crazy - one friend actually told me she didn't like coming over because I had too much to look at - too much going on - and it irritated her :-)

the flip side of that is - her house feels like a tomb - not enough going on for me

so people are different - but I think most people really don't like change - or being overstimulated maybe?

reply to post by seagrass

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no - but I did see it

maybe next time I visit I'll make a point of going there -

but I did stay at a couple of other places - much smaller - but also unique - and charming

Originally posted by Spiramirabilis
reply to post by seagrass

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I am repainting all my walls at this moment

well, not this exact moment

I'm a color addict - or an atmosphere addict

I need change - and though I whine about it - constantly - I think I must actually like the chaos

but it drives other people crazy - one friend actually told me she didn't like coming over because I had too much to look at - too much going on - and it irritated her :-)

the flip side of that is - her house feels like a tomb - not enough going on for me

so people are different - but I think most people really don't like change - or being overstimulated maybe?

I think you and I would get along fine. I know the paint people at the store.. and I own one of those chip fans... I am constantly changing colors...even before I have finished a room... Right now I am painting a mural on my daughter's wall.. Woodland creatures and trees.... I like color too, and paint is fairly cheap. It's almost obsessive. I know people with Tomb homes.. I can't stand that. I also dont' like super clean houses.... things you can't touch. I don't like ornate stuff.. I like casual stuff.

reply to post by seagrass

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color

is there anything else?

I don't know the laws of this land BTS - but - this must be way off topic?

but, there should be a thread about color - somewhere :-)

anyhow - I'm guessing that the reason you like Santa Fe - and that hotel - going by the photo - is color

which - if we were going to get into it - why are all hotels the same - I would say the absence of color is a recurring theme

color is pretty personal - so the absence of color might be more acceptable - or comfortable - for the most people

I swear - even the art they choose has no color most of the time

the reason the photos of the ice hotels really got to me is - it's the combination of light and color - sends you directly into an altered state - and really makes you feel like you are in a different place

reply to post by seagrass

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someday I'm going to live in a house with all the walls in slightly different tinted shades of white

so - yes I can believe it

if you factor in the different light from different directions (north light vs south light, etc.) as well as the light at different times of day - then tint whites to compliment or mix - with all the different colors reflecting onto each other - you could be standing in the same room - and it would be constantly changing light/value/color all day

of course - maybe that wouldn't be so much a home as a project

reply to post by seagrass

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current project - 1 wall, 3 colors - in 2 months

2nd wall - 2 colors

3rd wall - color splotches all over - test colors

bad, bad, really bad decisions were made

I had to abandon a mural when I realized - that would become my entire life if I didn't make myself stop

had to paint over it - but couldn't live with it unfinished - couldn't finish it

:-)

I understand - sometimes you have to do it/see it to know for sure

but it's only paint

reply to post by Spiramirabilis

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Not that any of what you're saying about painting your walls is on topic...but a friendly welcome to BTS anyway.

reply to post by Skyfloating

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:-)

maybe I function better in a highly structured environment, with more rules - and consequences

in real life - I'll ramble on into god-knows-where if nobody stops me

but - back on topic (or at least closer) - aside from what you mentioned earlier - about the poetic and zen-like hotel - what is your favorite stay to date?

or, was that the one?

what was the absolute worst?

reply to post by Spiramirabilis

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The absolute worst "stay" was as a teenager for one night on a park bench at below freezing temperatures, trying to cover myself with a potato bag. Its been all uphill since then

Best stay was a private Island (one of the Fiji Islands) owned by my host. I got my own Bungalow, my own beach, and my own waterfall to shower (no kidding). The only downer was the weird insects.

Your best and worst?


[edit on 22-11-2008 by Skyfloating]

reply to post by Skyfloating

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that first part just brings a tear to my eye

I once spent the night on the floor of a laundromat - but that's still a 5 star stay compared to the your park bench and potato bag

as far as the private island - how did you even make yourself leave?

well, I am not all that well traveled - which is a little ironic because when I was young - that was the only thing I ever wanted to do

so, not as many experiences to sort through

my best is easy though - because i was young - and it was my first time out of the country - probably like your first love to some extent - left a big impression

it was Mexico - but not coastal, resort Mexico
- it was Mexico City and surrounding towns - and all of it was pretty cool

we got to our hotel in Taxco in the middle of the night - so you couldn't really see anything - and there's the whole exhaustion thing - so - didn't really notice anything

but the next morning I woke up to find that my room was literally hanging over a valley - facing a green, green hill (I come from a place with not so much green) and there were birds everywhere - it felt like it was hanging in the sky

I wanted to live there

I've been in some nice hotels since then - but that's the one

the worst - can't think of an experience that really stands out as just awful

reply to post by seagrass

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first of all - you have rats? :-) - I've known people who've had them - they are charming

2nd - maybe getting past my personal obsession with color - definitely - a lack of creativity is why so many hotels feel like cubicles

I do think they're shooting for a common denominator - not what would please the most people - but what would bother the least amount of people

I've never been on a cruise - but, I've never been attracted to them - all those people trapped together in a floating steel warehouse - ?

I love the ocean - so, there's something about the idea - of staying out on the water - but, there are other ways

I love traveling - and have done more low budget - rougher, road trip type trips than luxury trips - and have to say that sometimes hot and cold running water and a place to lie down are sometimes all I need. If the place is clean - then I'm extra happy

but, I'm not philosophically opposed to nice sheets, a room with a view - and candy on my pillow :-)

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