Girls Weekend
My mother and I stayed here this past weekend to attend the North Wood Women's (?) Club dinner event. We mainly went to hear comedian Jeanne Robertson. As soon as you pull up to the hotel a valet comes up to your window and greets you and asks for your name. He brings a cart and puts your luggage on it (while you just stand there and watch) and takes you to the front desk. At the front desk I asked for a complimentary gold fish, that is advertised on the website (you can get one if you were unable to bring your pets with you since it is a pet friendly hotel.) They were out of gold fish at the moment, but Gavin said he would see what he could do. The bail boy will not only take you (he's pushing the luggage cart) up to your room he will unload the luggage cart and set the items neatly on the bed. In the closet you will find comfy animal print robes. We had two beds and one robe so I called the front desk and they said we should have had two and they would send one up. Not even five minutes later there was a knock at the door. We opened to a guy holding a black and white zebra print robe AND a vase with a gold fish. The room was pretty and clean but we didn't see where the full price tag came into play (we got a discount on the room due to attending the event.) There isn't a gift shop or vending machine anywhere but there are (pricey) snacks in the mini bar. The bathroom has a sliding door which is very odd as it doesn't feel as private as the bathroom should feel. There was a rattling noise throughout the night, but we never did pinpoint if it was coming from the vents or not. Even though we were on the sixth floor we could hear traffic as if we were on the first. We enjoyed a massage at the Exhale Spa (which is located to the right of the hotel) which was lovely. I had a hair and make up appointment at the Pompeo Salon (which is to the left of the hotel.) The Pompeo Salon was very up scale, it even had a bar while you were waiting. The lady who did my hair was nice (not to mention gorgeous) and so was her assistant (he started on my curls and then she appeared at the end to finish the style) but I wasnt impressed with my overall experience there as far as my hair goes. The only product she put in my hair was hair spray so my curls fell out and were flat and crunchy before the end of the night. The lady who did my make up did an excellent job. She was very down to earth and would talk to you. I dont think the hair stylist said more than 10 words to me the 30 minutes I was there. After the event we wanted to get something to eat but didn't want to fight the Dallas traffic so we asked Gavin, at the front desk, how we call a taxi, he offered to do it and then said if we wanted to stay in he had a couple of menus from restaurants who deliver until 3am (it was 1:30am). We stayed in and ordered spaghetti from Zini Italian and it got there at 2am. (Oh! They dont accept cash passed midnight!) The spaghetti was so spicy we only had a couple of bites and threw it away. The Zini bread is really good though. Overall it was a fun and exciting experience (we not only got to meet Jeanne Robertson we also got to hang out with her in the Palomar restaurant) but nothing real breathtaking.