Turtle Soup and Cheeky Friends, 1914
January 29, 1914 Tonight I accompanied Fred to the annual Metal Trades and Founders Association Banquet at the Hotel Pfister. I wore a new dress, silk like watery jade, and the emu-feathered hat from Christmas. I’ve always adored the Hotel Pfister. It’s so grand, as magnificent as the hotels we stayed in on our last […]
Meet the Tenth Pfister Artist in Residence, Stephanie Schultz
Last week, the artist’s studio in the Pfister lobby was a flurry of activity. Green walls became charcoal, gilded mirrors and hand-tinted Victorian fashion plates were hung, sewing notions and textiles were shelved and new furniture, including an antique Singer sewing table, was moved in for Stephanie Shultz, the Pfister’s tenth and newest Artist in […]
A Fond Farewell, and a Beautiful Hello, to Margaret Muza
As each Pfister Artist in Residence finishes their residency, they choose a “Legacy Piece” to leave behind, something that will commemorate their year and become part of the hotel’s permanent art collection. These works fill the hallway between the lobby and the studio, and each is a showstopper. I asked Margaret Muza many times in […]
Beauty in the Back of the House
Donna is enchanted by all the secluded places in this hotel. She finds the most beauty in backstory and in the back of the house. Her Pfister hidden gems are the places no one else pays attention to, and she relishes sharing why each of these spots is extraordinary and deserves to be noticed. She […]
What Landur Gives
If you’ve been in the Lobby Lounge on an evening, and a man with a smile slow and sweet has asked if he could light your tabletop candle and refill your snack mix, you’ve met Landur. Landur is the lobby porter. This means he bustles around caring for all the details that make everyone else […]
The Pfister Book Club, Extra Spicy
This month, our Pfister Book Club discussed a book that has been on so many of the “must read” lists lately, including being named Amazon’s Best Novel of 2017. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng is the perfect novel for a book club because it’s an engrossing page-turner that still deals with complex issues like […]
