Seinfeld and Friends. Eloise and her room-service-fuelled life at The Plaza were, of course, my own childhood fantasy. But my grown-up self is scared of the temptations of the minibar and I find hotel receptionists stressful, especially if they pretend to remember my name.
Plus the horrors of US-style tipping, which I always get wrong. An apartment does away with all this.So Stay One Degree connected me with Monica whose enviable address was on Park Avenue South.
The decor matched the address - there were ancient stone Buddha heads, modern sculpture and cream and oatmeal furnishings which we were extremely careful about.
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