TE QUIERO BARCELONA

BUENOS DIAS FROM ROOM MATE EMMA IN BARCELONA!

VIEW OF CARRER ROSSELLO FROM MY 3RD FLOOR HOTEL ROOM

THIS HOTEL IS SO CUTE MY HEAD IS EXPLODING...I EXAGGERATE...

MY ROOM

ROOM MATE EMMA IS THE NEW ADDITION TO THE ROOM MATE CHAIN, AND I MUST SAY THAT I AM QUITE IMPRESSED....I AM A BIG FAN OF SMALL BOUTIQUE HOTELS...

BIG HOTELS ARE BULLIES

OKAY, OKAY, THERE IS NO SIGN OF ROOM SERVICE THAT I CAN SEE...I AM BUMMED ABOUT THAT...BUT IF GOD CLOSES A DOOR, HE OPENS A WINDOW...

THEY SERVE BREAKFAST 'TILL NOON AND FREE WIFI! FINALLY!! A HOTEL THAT CATERS TO THE HUNGOVER! ...FROM DRINKING COFFEE ALL NIGHT OF COURSE! ;)

GREAT LATE DAY BREAKFAST BUFFET...BRIE, TORTILLA, AND FRESH TOMATO FOR PAN AMB TOMAQUET (HOW I LOOOVE TOMAQUET)

SO HERE I AM...11:30AM...ON MY COMPUTER, POST BREAKFAST WITH BBC NEWS IN THE BACKGROUND TELLING ME SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF J.D. SALINGER HAVING BEEN THE INVENTOR OF TEEN ANGST...

I AM SOO LOOKING FORWARD TO FOOD TRIPPING IN THE BOQUERIA FOR LUNCH...

MAMA SHELTER-PARIS

LE MARAIS, PARIS, 2009

" A DESIRE. A CITY. PARIS. THE WORLD CAPITAL OF TOURISM. PARIS. A PLACE OF REFUGE. EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

THE 20TH ARRONDISEMENT IS NOT ONE OF PARIS' BEST LOVED CORNERS AND YET IT IS THE HOME OF ONE OF IT'S HIPPEST SPOTS.

mamaSHELTER

paris

A FORMER CARPARK THAT HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A STYLISH AND INNOVATIVE NEW HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND BAR

DESIGNED BY NO OTHER THAN PHILIPPE STARCK

109 rue de bagnolet

PARIS, 75020

theNEIGHBORHOOD

SAINT BLAISE; 2Oth arrondisement

"...REBEL CHARACTER AND CITY LIFE AT A COUNTRY PACE...MAMA SHELTER:THE KEY TO A CITY. MAMA, YOUR MAMA, OUR MAMA, EVERYONE'S MAMA. THIS IS YOUR SHELTER, OUR

SHELTER. A SHELTER FOR EVERYONE.."

THE ENTIRE GROUND FLOOR IS GIVEN OVER TO THE WINING AND DINING SIDE OF THE OPERATION. THERE IS A LARGE ISLAND BAR SURROUNDED BY SOFAS

DJ DECKS ARE TUCKED IN THE CORNER (which come into play later in the night) AND THERE IS A MORE FORMAL DINING AREA WITH PREDICTABLE QUIRKY AND COLORFUL CHAIRS.

AND HOW MUCH DO WE LOVE THE CHALKBOARD FLOORS, WALLS, AND CEILINGS?

...VERY MUCH...

WHILE THE DESIGN IS VERY MUCH AT THE HEART OF THE SET UP, THE FOOD AND DRINK DON'T LAG FAR BEHIND. THE MENU IS SIMPLER THAN THE MORE CUTTING EDGE ELEMENTS ELSEWHERE WOULD SUGGEST. BUT THIS IS NO COMPLAINT AS EVERYTHING IS DONE SIMPLY BUT VERY WELL INDEED. THERE IS ALSO AN EXCITING WINELIST AND CHEESE PLATE IS PARTICULARLY EXCELLENT (well this is Paris after all). THE BARTENDERS ARE ALSO HIGHLY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND CAN MIX A KILLER COCKTAIL.

BONNUITMESAMIS!