In late September, my husband and I were, once again, back up in Ohio, but this time we “planned” our stay a bit ahead. We decided to spend one of our nights at the Punderson Manor Lodge, in Newbury Ohio. When we called for a reservation, there were several rooms in the “new wing” available that fell within our budget. This kinda bummed me out. If I was gonna stay in a “historic” hotel, I wanted to at least stay…
In mid-September, my husband and I were headed back to Ohio for another visit, this time it was for family. With our visits to the Tudor Arms, and Blennerhassett, we had made up our minds that we would try and be consistent in staying at one-of-a-kind accommodations instead of your run-of-the-mill chain hotels. Face it, if you’ve seen one Holiday Inn, you’ve seen ’em all. Now, I’m not knocking regular hotels, but they certainly don’t measure up to the…
“It was late. The onyx-colored sky grew darker and darker as the midnight hour was drawing near… The weary travelers just longed for a place to lay their heads. It was calling them… It was luring them from miles away into the depths of its 128-year-old walls. It was waiting… The Blennerhassett Hotel sat patiently in the dead of night for its long-awaited guests to arrive…” Photo courtesy of The Blennerhassett Hotel, Andi Roberts photographer Jokingly, I posted the above…
Cornering Stokes Blvd and Carnegie Avenue and situated in the bustling area of University Circle, towers the majestic Tudor Arms Hotel. As I explained in my earlier heart blogs, I had booked my pre-surgery nights here at the Tudor Arms for a few different reasons. One being, it was in close proximity to the Cleveland Clinic hospital. Another, was that it offered a far more economical rate than the other adjoining chain hotels. And lastly, it was rumored to be,…