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Friday, October 14, 2011

The Hotel I'm Staying In This Week Is Ugly

Posted by on Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:10 PM

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But check out the view...

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1
very mature.

perhaps you could smear a booger on the mirror and post a picture of it, too.
Posted by ohlookpenishumorwowaren'tweedgy... on October 14, 2011 at 2:16 PM
2
very mature.

perhaps you could smear a booger on the mirror and post a picture of it, too.
Posted by ohlookpenishumorwowaren'tweedgy... on October 14, 2011 at 2:16 PM
3
is that the view from the rear?
Posted by davery on October 14, 2011 at 2:16 PM
gloomy gus 4
Now, I adore that hotel. Look at it - it's magnificent.

Not fond of the view - proportionally it's a pencil dick. A big pencil dick, but still...
Posted by gloomy gus on October 14, 2011 at 2:17 PM
MacCrocodile 5
@1 - Oh my god, yes!

Did you have to pay extra for that room?
Posted by MacCrocodile on October 14, 2011 at 2:17 PM
Vince 6
Does anything cum out of that?
Posted by Vince on October 14, 2011 at 2:18 PM
Cato the Younger Younger 7
Penis humor from a man of your advanced age, I mean in a couple of years AARP will be sending you flyers, isn't cute any more.

It's a sign of dementia
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on October 14, 2011 at 2:20 PM
amazonmidwife 8
I agree. (And I live here.) Move to the Renaissance; it's closer to the good downtown bars.
Posted by amazonmidwife http://amazonmidwife.linuxcolumbus.com on October 14, 2011 at 2:22 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 9
It's true, Cato - he'll start getting the flyers in three years. I don't know how they know when you turn 50, but they know.

And what the hell is that fucking thing anyway?
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on October 14, 2011 at 2:23 PM
amazonmidwife 10
Occupy Columbus is also going to be right down the street at the Statehouse tomorrow at 11A.
Posted by amazonmidwife http://amazonmidwife.linuxcolumbus.com on October 14, 2011 at 2:23 PM
John Horstman 11
@7: Pretty sure it's a sign of being a skeezy, sleazy sex advice columnist/faggot with a podcast/author/soon-to-be television personality. The man blogs about the Urinal of the Day, for fuck's sake. Frankly, I think it's WAY funnier coming from an adult than from a twelve-year-old.
Posted by John Horstman on October 14, 2011 at 2:27 PM
Certainly! 12
I'm a woman and to me, dick jokes never get old.

That's a particularly egregious one. Who came up with that design? Who approved it?
Posted by Certainly! on October 14, 2011 at 2:34 PM
13
Looks like super villain's lair.
Posted by rummy42 on October 14, 2011 at 2:38 PM
14
In Jon Stewart's words:

"Cooooooock!"
Posted by gromm on October 14, 2011 at 2:39 PM
thatsnotright 15
They should just go whole hog and make the sides of tha place a giant screen billboard. Or a drive in movie, then they could show 3D porn and the dick thing would come in handy.
Posted by thatsnotright on October 14, 2011 at 2:45 PM
16
That's not a hotel. That's a Borg starship.
Posted by Orv on October 14, 2011 at 2:47 PM
17
11
"a skeezy, sleazy sex advice columnist/faggot with a podcast/author/soon-to-be ex-television personality. "

fixed it for you....
Posted by Joy Behar's pit bull on October 14, 2011 at 2:55 PM
18
I've gotten AARP mailings, directed to my name, and I'm 30-something.
Posted by keshmeshi on October 14, 2011 at 2:58 PM
MichaelPgh 19
Um, well now you have a use for that free shower cap in your room.
Posted by MichaelPgh http://www.facebook.com/michael.west.pgh on October 14, 2011 at 3:14 PM
20
Wow, they are happy to see you!
Posted by admirer on October 14, 2011 at 3:14 PM
21
@20, love it!
Posted by bonbon on October 14, 2011 at 3:21 PM
rob! 22
Funny—I was actually able to find it in Google Earth. That curving highway ramp in the second photo was a pretty good clue.

They made it sound so much bigger in Craigslist.
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on October 14, 2011 at 3:23 PM
Troy from IN 23
I'm 45 and very proud that I still make dick jokes. Also pretty proud of my penis.
Just because someone gets older doesn't mean their dick or their sense of humor quits working.
Posted by Troy from IN on October 14, 2011 at 3:23 PM
Catalina Vel-DuRay 24
I wonder if that hotel used to be a Westin? I looks just like the sort of weird hotel Westin would have built back when it was a Seattle-based company, and not just a brand name for Starwood.

Their resorts were particularly off-putting.

Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay http://www.danlangdon.com on October 14, 2011 at 3:23 PM
Michael J. Curtiss 25
If that's a Borg ship, then I hope it will assimilate my brains out.
Posted by Michael J. Curtiss http://caughtintheact.blogspot.com on October 14, 2011 at 3:24 PM
26
The hell it is. It's a beautiful hotel. Modern, technical, post-brutalist beauty.
Posted by K on October 14, 2011 at 3:25 PM
27
Dan, go down to Ted's Montana Grill on Nationwide and let my hubby buy you a drink, his name is Cat, he works in the kitchen and he LOVES you.
Posted by sherylsue on October 14, 2011 at 3:32 PM
merry 28
That's a very.... excited structure.

Too bad there's not a fountain on top!!
Posted by merry on October 14, 2011 at 3:32 PM
rob! 29
Similar angle, higher vantage point:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/origi…
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on October 14, 2011 at 3:37 PM
rob! 30
Similar angle, higher vantage point:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/origi…
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on October 14, 2011 at 3:37 PM
Will in Seattle 31
Why couldn't it be a 100 story hotel?
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on October 14, 2011 at 3:41 PM
32

How much of an honoraria is what college student body paying you to stay there and talk dirty?
Posted by Edmund Burke on October 14, 2011 at 3:51 PM
gloomy gus 33
Catalina, that thought of yours set me to googling, and it was purpose built in 1980 (aaaah yes) by Hyatt. The Chicago Pritzkers may give out the most important architecture prize every year, but usually in their own hotel designs they aren't particularly bold. For this one they must have shrugged and thought, why not, it's only Columbus, let's make a statement.
Posted by gloomy gus on October 14, 2011 at 3:54 PM
Jubilation T. Cornball 34
Thanks for the triple penetration, rob!
Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball on October 14, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Catalina Vel-DuRay 35
Gus, dear, I beg to differ about Hyatt. The Embarcadero Hyatt in San Francisco is amazing, as is the Atlanta Hyatt. The hotel at DFW looks quite nice - at least from the outside - and the Orlando airport property is pretty interesting.

Then again, Hyatts like the big downtown Chicago one are dismal.
Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay http://www.danlangdon.com on October 14, 2011 at 4:04 PM
36
I think it's a pretty good looking building.
Posted by agony on October 14, 2011 at 4:08 PM
rob! 37
It's what I do best, @34. Helps that I exist in a slightly different dimension.

@35, I had my very first en-culotte emission walking into the Embarcadero Hyatt atrium, circa 1975.
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on October 14, 2011 at 4:12 PM
venomlash 38
Immediately thought of this.
Posted by venomlash on October 14, 2011 at 4:13 PM
39
Could be worse, like the JPMorgan Chase building in Dallas, which has a urethral slit, a Prince Albert and reverse PA. Behold:

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/dallas1…
Posted by Anastasia Beaverhausen on October 14, 2011 at 4:15 PM
gloomy gus 40
I'm happy to hear that there are exceptions, Catalina. My experiences were at the Seattle, Vancouver and-- I shudder to be reminded of it--the Chicago hotels. Always nice people (though in Vancouver obsequious to the point of absurdity), but dull buildings.
Posted by gloomy gus on October 14, 2011 at 4:16 PM
Catalina Vel-DuRay 41
Agreed about the Seattle Hyatts, Gus. No pizzazz whatsoever. Boring, with dreadful cocktail lounges.

But when you get down to it, no Seattle hotel - other than The Olympic, of course - has any pizzazz. And The Olympic lost most of its Pizzazz when Four Seasons renovated it. I'd take that hotel Dan is at any day over most of our hotels, Phallic structure included or not.
Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay http://www.danlangdon.com on October 14, 2011 at 4:23 PM
gloomy gus 42
venomlash, that is more like it. A fat phallic symbol is pleasant to behold, so unlike that ridiculous asparagus spear out Dan's window.

And @32, I believe this tour is for the production company Dan's with to film raw material for the ten episodes MTV agreed to buy of his show. So it may be that since the college kids are participating in a corporate enterprise their school doesn't have to pay Dan his usual fee. For all we know, since it's all business deductible maybe Dan's production company is able to offer a fee to the school.
Posted by gloomy gus on October 14, 2011 at 4:29 PM
43
This would have made a great VFYW for Sullivan's contest!
Posted by drcme on October 14, 2011 at 4:50 PM
Gern Blanston 44
That hotel looks like it should be showing "Smokey and The Bandit" on its facade.
Posted by Gern Blanston on October 14, 2011 at 5:10 PM
45
I guess at least Andrew Meyer knows where you are staying right now, although your home address really isn't a secret for someone who properly knows how to identify another person on the Internet.
Posted by Raspy on October 14, 2011 at 5:18 PM
46
Reposted from CHS:
"To Whom It May Concern:
I just finished reading your article - Another Andrew Meyer apology - and would like to make a response. I am absolutely sickened by the amount of press coverage Victoria Liss is receiving from the media regarding the public social media crusade she started against my husband, Andrew "Andy" Meyer. Andrew Meyer is a common name and I am not certain the number of different Andrew Meyer's she "attacked" before claiming my husband was THE customer who stiffed her from a tip and made a degrading comment about her weight. However, she decided to post my husband's picture which, in turn, led to others "digging up" information on him...some going as far to find his photo and college information from the Texas Tech Phi Kappa Psi website.

I would like to clarify for the record that she has not personally apologized to Andy regarding the situation she created. She has apologized through those who write the articles about this situation and to those who read her facebook wall. My husband received disturbing messages, some as far as threatening to kill him, for days. And I received countless messages harassing me about marrying a "national joke".

The mistake was discovered after my husband contacted Cha Cha Lounge to let them know that we had moved from Seattle to Dallas three years ago and have not been to visit since. They responded that they would take down the post but could not control those who had already re-posted his picture. Fortunately, they came out several hours later with an apology (both personally and publicly). It's unfortunate that an individual and business would react to a negative situation through the use of social media to bully/harass another individual rather than respond in an appropriate manner.

What does this say to our children who are bullied/harassed on a daily basis by their peers in school? Often times the end result is catastrophic - alcohol/drugs, dropouts, suicide, etc. It is my hope that all parties involved - Victoria, Cha Cha Seattle, and news sources - really use this opportunity to reflect on the consequences of how they attempted to resolve this particular manner and, in the future, THINK before they start a campaign to victimize somebody else.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Meyer"
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Posted by Quincent on October 14, 2011 at 5:29 PM
gunmmoontree 47
Wrong-o: That hotel is amazing! What's the name of it?
Posted by gunmmoontree on October 14, 2011 at 6:05 PM
48
@20 wins this one.
Posted by Fire Chief on October 14, 2011 at 7:39 PM
49
So who's idea was it to build a hotel to look like a giant flat screen TV?
Posted by judybrowni on October 14, 2011 at 8:14 PM
50
Bully Dan Savage helped his friend, the allegedly vicious allegedly bigoted alleged liar Victoria Liss, victimize an innocent person on the Internet. Bully Dan Savage helped lead the charge. Now it's international!!! Papers around the world are reporting on the inhumane actions of a man who didn't leave a tip - THE WRONG MAN. And now a bunch on innocent people are being bullied on the Internet. Will bully Dan Savage apologize for his behavior, and for the behavior of the alleged serial liar Victoria Liss? Will you, Dan??? Dan, do you know what kinds of vile, bigoted slurs Victoria allegedly posts on her Facebook page? You probably thought that was all funny, given that you try so hard to keep up with the cool kids. Right, Dan?
Posted by Dan's GIANT ego on October 14, 2011 at 9:44 PM
Catalina Vel-DuRay 51
Well, it's nice that the troll has something new to talk about, isn't it? I mean, that whole gulf war thing was so tired.
Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay http://www.danlangdon.com on October 14, 2011 at 9:53 PM
52
Maturity doesn't have to be a 24/7 activity
Posted by niko4ever on October 15, 2011 at 2:02 AM
Megaera 53
Looks like a giant solar panel to me.

Also, there's this one: File:30_St_Mary_Axe,_'Gherkin'.JPG">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:30_St_…
Posted by Megaera on October 15, 2011 at 3:24 AM
Megaera 54
Darn it, that link doesn't work. Try this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_St_Mary_…
Posted by Megaera on October 15, 2011 at 3:25 AM
55

more about Danny's newest favoritest fat chick:

"Problem was that the Andrew Meyer that Liss vilified (she posted a link to his Facebook page and a photo) was the wrong Andrew Meyer.

Well, turns out that this isn't the first time that Ms. Liss has had experience accusing the wrong person of something awful.

In September 2007, Matthew Oly and Bryan Krieger were arrested and charged with felony harassment after Liss and a friend of hers, Marcus Wilson, identified them as having threatened to kill Wilson.

But six months later it became clear that Liss and co. weren't actually too sure that they had the right guys.

According to court documents obtained by Seattle Weekly, Wilson told officers that he was walking on Pike Street in Capitol Hill around 4 a.m. when someone asked him to borrow change. Wilson denied the request and kept walking, but when he did he said the person called him a "faggot" and threatened to kill him.

The man then supposedly followed Wilson and continued to hurl homosexual slurs at him until a second person rode up on a bicycle and started calling Wilson a "faggot" as well.

At this point Liss called Wilson--the two worked together at Pony at the time--to arrange to meet him, and Wilson answered the phone "in a panic."

Wilson told Liss that he was being "gay bashed" and to come quickly.

Liss told police that when she met Wilson, he was encircled by two men, both threatening to kill him.

At one point another man, Christopher Lynch, approached the group and began to call Liss "ugly," at which point she "became enraged" and called 911.

By the time police arrived, the two main harassers had left, but Liss and Wilson provided descriptions of them and two men, Kreiger and Oly, were arrested shortly afterward.

Liss and Wilson were then taken to the location where the two were being detained, and they identified the pair as the men who had harassed and threatened Wilson.

The two were quickly booked into King County Jail, and four days later both men were charged with felony harassment, though both denied it was they who'd done the harassing.

Skip about six months: Kreiger submitted to a polygraph test about the incident--a test he passed with flying colors.

Meanwhile, Liss and Wilson suddenly began to have doubts about both Oly and Kreiger being the ones who made the threats.

Suddenly the case was dismissed.

According to the Order of Dismissal, the reason for dropping the case was not only the results of the polygraph test, but also due to "some uncertainty as to the identity of the perpetrators."

King County Prosecuting Attorney spokesperson Dan Donohoe explains further. "I spoke with Deputy [King County] Prosecutor Mike Hogan. His recollection was that Liss and Wilson became less certain of the identity of the people responsible."

That was, of course, after the two had been jailed, charged, forced to retain lawyers, submit to polygraph tests, and generally have their lives turned upside down for several months.

Note: Liss did not respond to numerous calls for comment about this incident."
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Posted by lie down with swine, get up with fleas..... on October 15, 2011 at 5:18 AM
56
So where are you visiting? Pen Island?
Posted by Pickle on October 15, 2011 at 4:36 PM
Karlheinz Arschbomber 57
Touchdown Jesus (rebuilt yet?) is not far away. Maybe this is his long-lost member.
Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arschbombe on October 16, 2011 at 1:49 AM
58
A GLORIOUS GIANT PENIS!

Almost makes up for the shitty hotel design. Where they hoping only Death Star fans would patron the place?
Posted by dakoneko on October 16, 2011 at 10:18 PM
59
@47 It's the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, OH.
Posted by AndyHat on October 16, 2011 at 10:25 PM
60
Architects have been making phallic symbols for centuries. Massive stone-hard erections thrusting upward, penetrating the sky with their massive length and girth.

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/fea…
Posted by xxxSTEVExxx on October 17, 2011 at 3:43 PM

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