Archive for January, 2010

My wife received a free night at The Chase Park Plaza Hotel from her place of employment so we decided to use it and make a date out of it. As parents of a two year old, we don’t get the chance to go out much, in-fact, our last date alone was our First Date In Over Three Years.

I really wasn’t sure what to expect, or what we were going to do at The Chase. We just decided to play it by ear and try to enjoy our relaxing night out. The only request I received was, “I don’t want to sit around talking about what we should do.” Sounded reasonable enough to me. So going in I had a few things in mind, but nothing set in stone.

By the time we arrived we had already decided to go ice-skating in Forest Park. So we parked our car and checked into our room to set our bags down knowing that we were going to just turn around and leave again. I would like to note that the concierge was VERY helpful. She overhead my wife and I talking about my horrible smoking habit and asked us if we wanted a room with a balcony. I gladly accepted.

We went to our new room, with a balcony, and it was gorgeous. I almost felt bad that we were only staying one night and we wouldn’t truly get to experience it. It wasn’t your typical bed/desk/bathroom in a small box with vertical blinds and a chain lock. It was more like an apartment.

We entered into the front room with an office to our right. A very comfortable couch greeted us and it took much effort to not sit and watch the large flat screen TV and waist the night away. We dropped our bags off in the bedroom, which was decked out with a king bed and another large wide-screen TV. The over tired father in me wanted nothing more than to sleep until they kicked me out.

Connecting both the front room and the bedroom was the balcony. Out there was a beautiful view of Lindell Blvd. If you’ve never stood on the 6^th floor balcony looking over Lindell, I highly advise it.

After drooling over the room for a while, we finally made it to Forest Park to go ice-skating. We stayed for a few hours, sliding in circles and talking uninterrupted by the “jabberings” of a toddler. Since neither of us are avid skaters, we quickly became the slow people the hugged the wall and caused others to fall.

Thoroughly cold, we eventually made it back to The Chase and quickly hit the bars. We passed on seeing a movie, we couldn’t agree on one we both wanted to see. There were three bars that we found for us to choose from, but the Marquee Café seemed the best fit for us at the time. We ordered some food and had a few drinks and off we went to find some other entertainment.

Wandering over to Chaser’s Lounge, we listened to some Jazz and drank a few other beers. Chaser’s Lounge is located right across from the movie theater, so some of the night’s entertainment was watching the people there.

At nearly midnight we decided to call it an evening, we didn’t want to miss out on the wonderful, uninterrupted sleep that we so very much needed.

The next morning, we decided to revisit the Marquee Café for a nice breakfast buffet before heading home. We chose it for multiple reasons, first because of the casual atmosphere and second because the food the night before was wonderful.

If for any reason I ever have to get a hotel in my home town again, or if I ever move away and need a hotel when I come back to visit, The Chase Park Plaza Hotel would be the hotel of choice for me. I advise anyone looking for a nice evening and a very comfortable place to sleep in the St. Louis area to visit it, or at least consider it. And if I were going to give it a star rating, it would receive a 5 out of 5 from me.

Thank your Chase Park Plaza Hotel for providing me with a wonderful evening.

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