Nylon - October 2008 - (Page 52) e her guest b The first time I visited 60 Thompson was before the hotel had even opened to the public—owner Jason Pomeranc gave the whole NYLON crew a private tour of the space back in 2001. From then on, I’ve been a repeat guest at almost all of Pomeranc’s properties, and nowadays, there are quite a few to mention, since apparently instead of sleeping and eating like the rest of us, he devotes all of his time to opening up amazing new places. Since 2001, which I should remind those of you bad at math was a mere seven years ago, Pomeranc (under the umbrella of his hotel group, Thompson Hotels) has created five more destinations (Gild Hall, 6 Colombus, Donovan House, Thompson Beverly Hills, and Gaige House); re-invented old-school Hollywood hangout the Roosevelt as the place to be seen in L.A.; and is currently building two more properties in New York (Thompson Lower East Side, Smyth Tribeca) and one in Toronto. Phew. I get tired just thinking about it. Since this is the It Girl issue, I thought there would be no better place to visit than one of the city’s original “it” hotels, 60 Thompson. After all, it does seem to have a knack for attracting a lot of TMZ attention. It’s clear, though, as soon as I’m handed my uniform—a starkly simple black buttondown and pants—that the paparazzi will not be confusing me for a celebrity. Because the hotel gear I’d been envisioning was a bit more, er, ornate—a beigeon-beige tailored menswearstyle suit (bellman) and a frilly French-maid-esque get-up (cleaning lady)—I obviously needed to add a few bits of flair: Note the bright Super sunglasses FACTORY GIRL DANI STAHL VISITS HOTEL 60 THOMPSON TO CHECK OUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO NOT BE THE ONE CHECKING IN. PHOTOGRAPHED BY LUCAS WILSON and neon jellies. There are many jobs in a hotel, and much like subjects in school, it turns out that I am better at some than at others. I start off as a bellman, I mean bellwoman, which turns out to be more challenging than I expected. I struggle to stack the rolling cart with luggage—I should have known that Louis Vuitton train cases aren’t exactly light—and guests don’t respond too well to: “I can put your bags on the cart and wheel them in, but I don’t do elevators. Ever.” Next up was room service clockwise from top left: taxis stop for a girl in uniform; who travels with this much designer luggage? oh wait ; yes folks, the address is, in fact, 60 thompson; dust busting; heavy lifting doesn’t make me happy. 52 factory girl
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