{"id":35023,"date":"2011-11-30T10:15:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T17:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=35023"},"modified":"2011-11-30T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T17:17:56","slug":"allee-willis%e2%80%99-kitsch-o%e2%80%99-the-day-%e2%80%93-birthdaying-at-the-madonna-inn-part-2-the-madonna-suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis%e2%80%99-kitsch-o%e2%80%99-the-day-%e2%80%93-birthdaying-at-the-madonna-inn-part-2-the-madonna-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis\u2019 Kitsch O\u2019 The Day \u2013 Birthdaying at the Madonna Inn – Part 2 – The Madonna Suite"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\n

As many times as I’ve stopped at The Madonna\u00a0Inn<\/a>, I’ve never stayed overnight until a trip to celebrate my birthday<\/a> a couple of weekends ago. I’ve always fantasized about staying there. How could I not with each of the 109 rooms<\/a> uniquely designed and insanely themed, with names like Love Nest, Old Mill, Kona Rock, Irish Hills, Cloud Nine,\u00a0Just Heaven, Hearts & Flowers, Rock Bottom, Austrian Suite, Cabin Still, Old World Suite, Caveman Room, Elegance, Daisy Mae, Safari Room, Highway Suite, Jungle Rock, American Home, Bridal Falls, and more? I picked the floral crested Madonna Suite, which was personally decorated in the late 60s\u00a0by the Inn’s Grand Dame,\u00a0Phyllis Madonna.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

The first thing that hits you when you walk in is that signature Madonna Inn carpet:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Next, the generous amount of seating choices:<\/p>\n\"\"\n

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It’s hard to tell from the photo but that’s monogramed light pink pony skin on the chair backs:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

And those are rock stools in front of a working fireplace:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Those are right round the rock from the bed that was way too messy to shoot every time I went to take photos of it. So here’s a close-up \u00a0of the bespread just to show that none of the lust for pink was lost in more subtle areas of the room.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

There’s also a lot of mirrors.<\/p>\n\"\"\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Those angels are all over the Inn. This one hangs over the bed:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

This chandelier hangs over the dining room table and pink cowhide chairs…<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

…illuminating the Madonna Inn ice bucket and branded glasses…<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

…and water.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Some other water is branded as well, at least until you lift the lid:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

As you can see, I love pink, which reminds me of home:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

All the doors, walls and ceilings in the Madonna Suite are pink too:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

This door leads into the bathroom:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

….that’s lit by nice, simple pink rose lights:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

…over a nice, simple rock sink…<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

… with electrical outlets perched periouslously close to running streams of water that zip through every crevice in the rock:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Everything is embedded into rock, including the Kleenex box…<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

…and the light switches:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

All of this is across the rock floor from\u00a0a waterfall rock shower:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

It’s impossible to see detail here but right above the showerhead a waterfall splashes down from rocks that jut out above it.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

I acquired quite a stash of Madonna branded freebies…<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

…collecting every bag, napkin, pen, soap container, toilet sanitation band, and info sheet the place had to offer.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Though it still didn’t stop me from going a little nuts in the gift shop:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

I’m very attached to The Madonna Suite so will probably end up always bunking there whenever I stay overnight, but here are a few other choices I’m toying with for next time:<\/p>\n

Old Mill:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Caveman:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Yahoo:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Barrel Of Fun:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Austrian Suite:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

American Home:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Vous:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

How could I go wrong in any of them?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As many times as I’ve stopped at The Madonna\u00a0Inn, I’ve never stayed overnight until a trip to celebrate my birthday a couple of weekends ago. I’ve always fantasized about staying there. How could I not with each of the 109 rooms uniquely designed and insanely themed, with names like Love Nest, Old Mill, Kona Rock, … read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,1187,131,181,87,193,911,37,261,1489],"tags":[61,3232,3245,2983,2982,2975,2976],"class_list":["post-35023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bar-accessory","category-bathroom","category-creativity","category-furniture-and-housewares","category-kitsch","category-kitsch-o-the-day","category-place","category-self-expression","category-travel","category-travel-souvenir","tag-allee-willis","tag-kitsch","tag-kitsch-o-the-day","tag-rock-shower","tag-rock-sink","tag-the-madonna-inn","tag-the-madonna-suite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}