Cincinnati Photo of the Day
Westin downtown Cincinnati
Originally uploaded by dynamist.
I feel like the Westin downtown is a highly underrated space. It’s so open and modern, yet warm and cozy. I look for any excuse to pass through it, and often stop in the Westin lobby, sink into one of the big, comfortable chairs, and spend a little quiet time with my BlackBerry. More sane people might choose to people watch or read a book, or simply to sit and breathe. It’s a very calm space, even with hotel guests coming and going.
Bonus: It’s a great way to get to Carew Tower, with its evil TJ Maxx, another place I never need a good reason to visit. (You would be surprised how many otherwise respectable people, many of them men, have confessed to me their TJ Maxx addictions - often because, well, it’s the twelfth time they’ve bumped into me there and clearly their turn to come clean.)
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It’s a very pretty photo, but I really had to comment because Oh My God, I Love TJ Maxx so much. I even have the credit card because the reward is gift certificates to TJX. I have a sickness.
I stayed at the Westin on one of my very few trips to Cincinnati. I will never forget the elevator opening to the lobby and being greeted by three Oompa Loompa’s. Not what I was expecting as I didn’t know they were having a convention of sorts.