Thursday, December 29, 2011

Tour of the Grand America Hotel

Piper, Olga, Crys, Heidi, Bevan, Catherine, Beth, Michele, Mario
Recently we took a tour of the Grand America 5 diamond hotel. I personally forget how nice some of Salt Lake's finest establishments are. This was a great tour. We only saw a little of the "back of house" do to the business of the holiday season. We got to see all of the ballrooms, a couple of the other meeting rooms, the spa and swimming pool, we saw some of the guest rooms including one of the presidential suites that Billy Joel had stayed in, and more. (We saw Billy Joel's signature in the guest book.) We got to see some rooms that are not normally shared with the public and wow the restroom! It was awesome to have non-club members join us for the tour. We'd love to have them join us as club members for the future. The furnishing and materials for this beautiful hotel were mostly imported from Europe. The owner of the hotel was highly involved with the design. A very worthwhile tour!


The Grand Ballroom
Beautiful Wool Flooring


Unique blown glass chandelier
Chandelier with rare crystals







in the women's restroom
Amazing real large gingerbread house
Another ball room
One of the amazing trees we saw!
in the women'ts restroom

Monday, December 12, 2011

Governor's Mansion Tour

We had an enjoyable tour of the Governors Mansion on Dec. 8, 2011.

There was a lot of information on the history of the mansion. The architectural detail in that home is amazing!!! I am planning to return in a less busy season. It was wonderful going at this time and seeing the Christmas decorations. One fun tree had a top hat instead of a star!

We sure missed everyone!
Beth, Catherine, Michele, Alicia and Mario in back.