COOL OR NOT COOL: Setting Up A B & B In Your Brownstone??

There's a rather heated discussion going on over at Brownstoner regarding an allegedly illegal B&B in Park Slope. The original poster is very unhappy about this situation because as they claim, this B&B "attracts a lot of transients" to our normally quiet nabe and "blocks our street every morning for airport taxis."

I'm not sure what the hell kind of transients make reservations at bed and breakfasts, but Brownstoner ClydeFrazier had my fave response to this same inquiry:

"Oh dear, are these transients urinating on the sidewalk and committing crimes to support their drug habits?
No, but they take taxis to the airport!!!

Personally I'm not so sure what the big dealio is...doesn't everyone who wants to stay in Park Slope just go to Hotel Le Blah anyway?

Hotel Le Bleu Opens Rooftop Bar: 'This is a Game Changer'

(video via Brooklyn Paper)

FIRST of all, did you know that the proper pronunciation of Hotel Le Bleu was "HOTEL LUH BLUH!?"

Yeah, well it is.

Also: OMFG YOU GUYS! Right in time for the END of the summer, HOTEL LUH BLUH'S ROOF TOP BAR IS OPEN! O-P-E-N FOR BIZNATCH! The one that was supposed to open in like 2003--yeah THAT ONE! IT'S OPPPPEEEEN NOWWWWWW!

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This is Exactly Why Hotel Le Bleu Should Never Ignore Me Again

Jesus Fucking Christ, Hotel Le Bleu! Did I tell you, or did I TELL you??

(via Gothamist)

Hotel Le Bleu: GO NAKED, OR GO HOME

Image via Restless

Hey, Hotel Le Bleu: Virtually every week I read about/see some of the naked, sexy time action going on at the new Standard Hotel in Manhattan.

Virtually every NYC blog has posted pics of some naked hottie walking around, or some 60-year-old rich, fat dude getting fucked up against the glass by his 18-year-old GF. In fact, it happens so often, I barely even bother to click anymore.

But then it hit me: this is your ticket! Seriously, Hotel le Bleu...I'm not kidding.

You need to do something that will encourage people to start walking around naked in your hotel rooms! A LOT!

BOOM.

Trust me when I say, this is gonna be your key to success.

People will start hanging around your hotel, hoping to catch a glimpse of some hot side boob. Blogs will start posting "Le Bleu Le Birthday suit" watches. And reviewers will forget that you are "tucked away" by Staples and the Taxi Garage on 4th Avenue.

Make it happen, Le Bleu. You won't be sorry....

(via Curbed)

Vue Opens At Hotel Le Bleu

photo: Nicole Bengiveno/New York Times

According to the NYT, that rooftop resturant lounge, the Vue,has opened on up at Hotel Le Bleu--i.e. Park Slope's only boutique hotel.

Now, I love the shit out of boutique hotels, but I've heard some interesting things about Hotel Le Bleu. Like:

*It's ridiculously overpriced.

*The bathrooms in the hotel rooms are open to the actual room itself, so you'll be taking a shit in front of your husband/kid/one-night-stand/professional escort.

*Hardly anyone is staying there.

*Despite the "views" they talk about in this NYT blurb, the most significant "view" is that of grimy 4th Avenue.

*This restaurant was supposed to open eons ago.

Now granted, I've never been to the joint, so this all could be untrue. Maybe the place rocks so hard, you won't even notice that there is a homeless dude with a shopping cart full of cans loitering outside the lobby, or that your hotel (plus balcony, mais oui!) overlooks the taxi cab garage next door. I guess what I'm saying is, I'm willing to let bygones be bygones and check this place out for my damn self.

Anyone been??