By Mi-Ling Stone Poole – Some destinations evoke memories of old \u00a0Hollywood\u00a0 \u0336 \u00a0places that remind us of Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Lucille Ball and others.<\/p>\n
In Los Angeles, Hollywood Boulevard and the Beverly Hills Hilton come to mind. The Beverly Hilton once owned by Merv Griffin, is probably best known as the venue for Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n
Recently, I traveled to Los Angeles to attend the 35th<\/sup> Annual Gracie Awards, sponsored by the Alliance for Women in Media \u00a0\u00a0\u0336\u00a0 \u00a0formerly known as American Women in Radio and Television\u00a0 \u0336\u00a0 to honor women in media. The event was held at the historic Beverly Hilton Hotel.<\/p>\n From the moment I walked through the door I was catapulted back in time.\u00a0 Even with the 80 million in renovations, the designers stayed true to the era. The grand entry of the hotel, with beautiful crystal chandeliers and comfortable sleek furnishings, set the tone for what was to come. The famed pool area, Trader Vic\u2019s lounge and my individual guest suite, brought back memories of old Hollywood glamour. The elegant modern style of the 1950s and early \u201860s was perfectly executed.<\/p>\n As I waited in the lobby for a friend, Sharon Osborne of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d walked past me. \u00a0And later at lunch with HGTV\u2019s Kim Myles we spotted Queen Latifah, who was filming a movie just outside at the famous pool, which is still one of the largest of any hotel in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n But the stars really shined bright at the 35th annual Gracies, and it was wonderful to meet some of my favorites like Mel \u201cB\u201d Brown, (\u201cSpice Girls\u201d) and her husband Stephen Belafonte, (son of Harry Belafonte), and \u00a0California First Lady, Maria Shriver and Suze Orman to name a few.<\/p>\n Obviously, the hotel is still the place to be seen. I felt the presence of Orson Wells and Tony Curtis as I sat and chatted with guests after the program at the bar. History was made that evening, with the likes of Jessica Simpson and others who gathered to celebrate the achievements of women in media\u00a0 \u0336\u00a0 and I was part of Hollywood history, that night, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Mi-Ling Stone Poole – Some destinations evoke memories of old \u00a0Hollywood\u00a0 \u0336 \u00a0places that remind us of Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,8,9],"tags":[15,34,190,192,208,212,217,243,323,361,472],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-mi-ling","category-celebrity-interviews-comments-and-events","category-slider","category-travel-2","tag-alliance-for-women-in-media","tag-beverly-hilton","tag-golden-globe","tag-gracies","tag-hgtv","tag-hollywoiod","tag-hotel","tag-kim-myles","tag-queen-latifah","tag-sharon-osborne","tag-suze-orman"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/susie-Orman-and-Mi-Ling-e1334533536561.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1075,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions\/1075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}