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 Cusp of Spring
Today is the first day of March. Is that spring murmuring, or just our wishful thinking? Beginning a new month feels hopeful, especially since March edges us closer to sunlight and to green. It’s only in the 40s today but I saw two men in the lobby wearing shorts, a sinewy teenager sporting a tank […]
Eleanor: Past, Present and Future
Eleanor, Past: The youngest of six children, it was Eleanor’s goal in life to make everyone else happy. She learned that making people happy actually made her happy too. She was amiable and willing to do anything her parents asked of her, so she tried on and subsequently shed a line of sports and activities […]
Recognition
At age six, David told his two best friends that he was adopted. He revealed this news with great pride and no idea that anyone would ever react negatively to such a fundamental truth of his life. He’d been adopted at seven days old by a loving couple who’d assured him that he was deeply […]