one of the best hotels in the world is according to "travel and leisure" magazine this monthly issue...one of the prominent magazines about hotels & travelling has picked The Bowery Hotel, which is not too far from where i live in NYC & also very close to chinatown & little italy at the Lower East Side of Manhattan. can you imagine something's so good right in your neighborhood and you don't even know 'bout it 'til you hear it in the news or read 'bout it in the paper (not that i'm gonna get a room there...well, it all really depends on who's the lucky gal). i'm so happy to hear the news 'bout my nabe.