Faster than you can say Gov. Eliot Spitzer is toast, rooms at the elegant Mayflower Hotel in Washington are filling up for next month, when the Newspaper Association of America holds its annual meeting. I have no idea whether the now-infamous Room 871 (not necessarily shown above!) is still available.But! The hotel is showing availability for an executive suite bedroom (definitely shown above!) with a private terrace, "overlooking one of the most fashionable avenues in Washington, D.C." Yours, for only $569 a night!
A story idea: Do you have infamous hotel rooms in your city? (I once wrote about a sex scandal in Boise that ended decades later with a man's suicide at a roadside hotel.) Use this link to e-mail feedback and tips; see Tipsters Anonymous Policy in the sidebar, upper right. Or leave a note in the comments section, below.
Did that make you feel terrible that someone committed suicide over a scandal you helped make public?
ReplyDeleteTerrible phrasing on my part! The Boys of Boise scandal and that suicide both occurred long before my arrival. Here's the timeline:
ReplyDeleteThe scandal: 1955. The suicide: early 1980s. I first wrote about the scandal, and the suicide: 1995.
Sorry about the confusion.