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Profile: Cat Lincoln is a writer and social media consultant based in San Francisco. In addition to sharing her favorite travel tips on UpTake, she is a contributor to several lifestyle and green sites including GreenDaily, Holidash, StyleList and Tonic News. She also explore the wild and hilarious world of popular culture on her personal sites, wishboneclover and 40whatever. Cat is always planning her next trip to Italy or Hawaii, although she usually winds up visiting family on the East Coast.
Posts by: Cat Lincoln
Pampered Teens Get Even More Pampered at the Four Seasons
Nov 11, 2009; No CommentFour Seasons Bora Bora In my next life, I want to come back as a rich teenager. They get awesome cars for their 16th birthdays, star in hit reality TV shows, and get to indulge in special beauty pampering treatments, designed just for them at luxurious... Read more »
Ritz-Carlton Goes to Phulay Bay, Thailand
Nov 04, 2009; 2 CommentsGuests are greeted at the Phulay Bay Hotel Pavilion What could be a more perfect combination than the luxurious attention of the Ritz Carlton, combined with the remote beauty and tranquility of Southern Thailand? For some of us, absolutely nothing, which... Read more »
Top 10 Scary Movies About Hotels
Oct 28, 2009; 2 CommentsIn honor of Halloween, here is a list of the 10 scariest movie hotels of all time. Crazy managers, haunted rooms, murderous owners — movie hotels are dangerous places! 1. The Bates Motel in Psycho, (1960) As an alumni of Bates College, and someone... Read more »
W Hotel Atlanta Lives Up To ‘Whatever/Whenever’
Oct 21, 2009; No CommentPush this button for happiness at The W Recently my friend Karen wrote a post here about not loving The W Hotel during her stay in Chicago. I was thinking about her while I attended the Blogalicious Conference, which was held in The W Atlanta Midtown. Pretty... Read more »
San Francisco Hyatt Hotel and Transamerica Pyramid
Oct 21, 2009; 1 CommentHyatt Regency, San Francisco, California The dramatic architecture of the Hyatt Regency balconies, with the iconic Transamerica Pyramid in the background, makes them a part of the view on a rare fog-free day in San Francisco. Photo credit: C. Lincoln AKPC_IDS... Read more »
Baby Shower Bliss in Chicago at the Hotel Monaco
Oct 07, 2009; No CommentThe KN Tranquility Suite at the Hotel Monaco Baby showers tend to be very baby-centric, but why is that? The baby isn’t even here yet! We should change the tradition and make it all about pampering the Mom-to-be. That’s what Chicago’s... Read more »
Randy Quaid and His Lovely Wife Making Reality Show About Stiffing Hotels
Sep 30, 2009; No CommentA room at the beautiful San Ysidro Ranch - payment required! Okay, maybe they aren’t really making a reality show — yet — but you know someone, somewhere is saying, “We can feature a new hotel every week. And that crazy survivalist... Read more »
Luxury Hotels are National Security Risk – Go Ghetto for Safey?
Sep 23, 2009; No CommentAnother rumored terrorist target, because seriously no hotel would want to illustrate this post Nothing inspires a renewed dedication to sticking with a budget like a threat to life and limb. “Luxury hotels” have been identified as potential... Read more »
W Hotel Lounge at Bryant Park: Fashion Week Hot Spot
Sep 18, 2009; No CommentLiving Room Bar, W Hotel Times Square New York You know how cool the bar scene is at the W? No, I don’t need to specific which city, because they’re all uber-cool. From LA to Sydney, Australia, to Bryant Park, New York City. The W is so cool... Read more »
Hotel Makeover Story – Ritz Carlton Atlanta, GA
Sep 10, 2009; No CommentSure, we hotel people love to talk thread count, but we love to dish a good lobby makeover even more. The Ritz Carlton in Atlanta, GA, just completed a renovation in honor of their 25th anniversary. It’s all so pretty and chic, now I’m looking... Read more »
