European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse David Turner relates in the living room Ola Bod end Bre Aktas l Home in new York. Such rooms Ere popular for Mihono who went to Eta Down expenses. America s big City a is associated press if Val r Hii Dimity shut Aridis a isl Gull Ilidan i look Oul lha window they can an Daisiie that Hoy Aio slaying in a cozy country collage Complete with a at Cal Silling in troll of a White Brick fireplace it s a Manhattan Penl House lacing East 86th Street a noisy rumble of fume spewing buses. Hanifi Eucha and people Down below. Wal in you want us to replicate the1 inn in Vermont you butter in there says Mary Mcartey. Proprietor of Urban vet iur05 Oneal seven Regis nos ital Send visitor. H h d a Broa Masi hots a the big apply. Us Auguy and other dulled Ltd cabs were replaced la Ard Moll of gains Coli nor j and seashore a is and unusual Urban inns like san f Francisco s Bishop mansion survived hut City the mrs began to change around 1979 thanks to rising housing and hotel costs big City 053 j Aie now Tho la Luil growing segment of the Hospi lazily says Susan Morris of bed and breakfast association worldwide inca new Orleans based Trade group Urti Veri trios had 15 hosts in 1979 in 1988, it has 700. Tho number of people using big City a is has increased 200 percent to 300 percent each year Morris says one reason is their variety. They come in condos and apartments and mansions and even in yachts in some locations she says. There Are ranches and log Cabins in the was antebellum mansions in the South and French Quarter Homes in new Orleans. In new York guess candid looms in neatly every Manhattan neighbourhood. Irom an Artsy toll in Soho to a Tony Central Park Penthouse. There also Are a few bibs in the outer boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn there Are oven country style places like Valerie Dimitro Penthouse. Cheery country red Walls Welcome visitors into an apartment filled with Antiques and Laco. A Black Kettle Doorstop arid Scalier rugs strewn Over polished Hardwood floors add a country cottage atmosphere. In the Irving room a Small round table near the window is covered with delicate spidery lace and adorned with yellowed family photographs guests can co y into an Over sullied claw fooled chair with a cup of Valerie s own Blackberry Lea some hosts enter the business because they like to meal people from other pans of the country and other parts of the world says Morris. Others do it out of necessity. In the cities it s a help in paying exor Bilal rents people Are being charged at uan ventures. Mcauley Esli males her hosts average 110.coo a year some More some less depending on How often they Book guests Dimitri is one of Urban pc lures Mosi popular hostesses. I like to gel a Lille fancy sch Mancy says the diminutive Dimitri. A . To Pul minis under i tows give honeymooning couples a split of Champagne and always use the Good she delighted one couple in Lown to slam t a bicycling honeymoon by decorating their Bikus with crepe paper Nubon Sand just warned signs. Notes and fresh Lowers Welcome each guest bus and subway maps and magazines Tell them what s going on around town and Dmitrl oilers tips on the Best restaurants and Broadway shows Sho colors to the whims of her guess s sch As the Prince who cats Vanilla Yogurt Tor breakfast guests pay dam trl $65 a nigh for one or $80 Tor two. But they Olen find other ways to repay her kindnesses like the 80-year-old French perfumer who sends her a bottle of his special scent each year on her birthday. New York a is May nol other All the amenities of their country cousins. By and Large. Mcauley says break Asla Are nol going obo the great stuff like mama s homemade biscuits " besides a Lew related hosts most Are not going to be hanging around the House our hosts Are nurses they re intern. They Havo a place to no a 8-9 in the morning and they re not going to sit around and Chat " Allan Airo an aspiring Wriler bought a five room Penthouse m the theater i Jar ice and find thai Hellen has enough to pay his monthly Motif Jan and maintenance free nuns David tumor of Colling Wood. N jul i in new York Lof several of interviews and slay Al no Arrow s digs for f
