Our earlier post today about who should be on The Algonquin Hotel’s 2.0 Round Table (House Rules: “No Twittering, Skyping Okay,”) has garnered a lot of responses, mostly in the form of “You should take out X and replace them with Y.” Read More
(Clockwise from top left: Ruth Bourdain, Jonathan Ames, Andy Cohen, Lena Dunham, and Blue Ivy Carter)
With the reopening of the Algonquin Hotel, we must consider who will be chosen for the honor of one of the 11 seats in the Algonquin Round Table. Read More
Matilda, resident cat at the Algonquin Hotel, has been unleashed from her satin tether, but now hotel staff have limited her hunting grounds with an electric fence around areas that serve food. No more fluffy friend to provide hope and solace alongside your martini. Read More
When we read the news that the famously literary Algonquin Hotel was partnering with the famously colorless Marriott hotel chain, our first thought was, Oh, the homogenization of New York City continues apace! Our second thought was what will become of our favorite hotel cat, Matilda?
For those unfamiliar with the feline-friendly ways Read More
The new cabaret season is in full swing. A streamlined Jack Jones, still recovering from back surgery and singing the unfailing get-well lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, accompanied in a rare appearance by the fantastic pianist Mike Renzi, kicked things off at the Algonquin, and it’s good to know he’s lost none of his Read More
The literary landmark Algonquin Hotel hosted a feline fashion show and birthday party on Thursday in honor of Matilda, the famous inn’s finicky house cat, now 13.
"I hope we get to see the cat’s pajamas," quipped one quick-witted attendee, as guests sipped $20 purr-tinis while cooing at the various costumed kitties in Read More
David Colby sat in the café of Coliseum Books, just blocks from the Algonquin Hotel where he’d spent his youth, describing his plans to take the old place back.
Real-estate powerhouse Cushman & Wakefield, the firm that sold the Plaza Hotel, has been hired to get top dollar for the Algonquin for their clients, Miller Read More
David Colby sat in the café of Coliseum Books, just blocks from the Algonquin Hotel where he’d spent his youth, describing his plans to take the old place back.
Real-estate powerhouse Cushman & Wakefield, the firm that sold the Plaza Hotel, has been hired to get top dollar for the Algonquin for their clients, Miller Read More
Wednesday 10th
We’ve learned some interesting lessons this week: that the island we choose to call home has more in common with Reykjavik than with the rest of the U.S.A.; that November is turning out, sadly, not to be the new October; that apparently a lot of Americans love monkeys. We’d like to just continue Read More
