Mini-Review: Intercontinental Miami

Note: this also appears with my reviews over on Yelp.

I stayed here for a conference that was being held at the hotel, so it was convenient. If I had to do it all over again I'd look for alternatives.

It has nice common areas, decent but dated rooms and the worst shower curtain/rod configuration possible.

The room decor felt like some odd blend of Golden Girls and Arsenio Hall.





The work space was poor, with a low set chair that would be better suited in the restaurant than under the desk.



And the shower curtain was ridiculous. Whoever conceived the idea of doing a curved, flat shower rod with the short shower curtain hooks is a genius. It took me like 45 seconds to get the thing in place because the friction of moving the curtain was pulling the hooks out of the curtain holes. Just a comedy of errors that is so needlessly stupid it's frustrating.

Room service was good and friendly. On a random note, they have little salt and pepper grinders that you get w/ your meal. Nice little touch.





And, if you're looking for some casual / quick eats in the area, I recommend checking the reviews of JD N on Yelp

SB XLI Photos Are Up

sbxli-nfltailgate-fishcakes-with-dude, originally uploaded by sindlinger.

Just posted our SBXLI pictures on Flickr. This one, for example, is from the NFL Tailgate prior to the game. I was just trying to get a picture of the "Fish Cake Sandwich" sign, [provided by the Hot Dog Cart, of course], when this cat jumped into the frame. Kind of like how it turned out anyway.

Trip was great overall. Rain was a bit of a buzzkill, since we had tremendous seats [14 rows back on the 35 yd line, behind the Bears bench]. But stil, the folks at SI.com put on a first class weekend.

Originally posted 2/10/07