At the 93rd Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, Experience the Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C. with a Cherry on Top!WASHINGTON -- The Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C., with its ideal location on Pennsylvania Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue is a street in Washington, D.C. joining the White House and the United States Capitol. Called "America's Main Street," it is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches and civilian protests. between historic Georgetown and the White House, is THE place to enjoy this year's National Cherry Blossom Festival The National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual spring celebration in Washington, D.C. commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift to the city of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo. , taking place March 26 - April 8. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people travel to our Nation's Capital in honor of the original gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo and this year, the upscale Melrose Hotel is going over the top with spectacular culinary offerings, special packages for overnight stays and transportation to and from the Festival's black tie event. Top that off with CHERRIES prepared in a variety of delicious ways and donations to the National Cherry Blossom Foundation and its clear The Melrose Hotel is doing it up right! Because the Festival is a celebration of gifts from Japan, a significant demand for the tastes of the Japanese culture emerges. Therefore, The Melrose Hotel will host a "Sushi and Sake" celebration daily from 3 to 6 p.m. throughout the Festival in The Landmark Restaurant. The events offers a spectacular array of fresh seafood seafood Edible aquatic animals excluding mammals, but including both freshwater and ocean creatures. Seafood includes bony and cartilaginous fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, edible jellyfish, sea turtles, frogs, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. , flown in from Hawaii, and prepared fresh each day, along with some of the finest Southeast Asian sakes available in Washington, D.C. Prices for this event are $100 per person for adults and $50 for children. Each ticket price includes a donation of $10 and $5 respectively to the National Cherry Blossom Foundation. The daily event will be limited to 100 people per day and reservations must be made in advance by calling The Landmark Restaurant directly at 202-955-3846. On Thursday evening, April 7, in conjunction with the Festival's black tie cruise on the Odyssey Odyssey (ŏd`ĭsē): see Homer. Odyssey Homer’s long, narrative poem centered on Odysseus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] See : Epic Odyssey , the hotel will offer a package that includes an overnight stay, either in a deluxe de·luxe also de luxe adj. Particularly elegant and luxurious; sumptuous: deluxe accommodations; a de luxe automobile. adv. room or a one bedroom suite and a copy of the recently released commemorative com·mem·o·ra·tive adj. Honoring or preserving the memory of another. n. Something that honors or preserves the memory of another. com·mem book on the history of the Cherry Blossom Festival. The package also includes limousine transportation to and from the embarkation area An area ashore, including a group of embarkation points, in which final preparations for embarkation are completed and through which assigned personnel and loads for craft and ships are called forward to embark. See also mounting area. for the Odyssey. Prices are $199 for deluxe rooms and $249 for one bedroom suites, and additional nights will be available should guests choose to extend their stay. In addition to the above events, The Melrose Hotel will "GO CHERRY!" This means that cherries will make an appearance in various ways throughout the hotel. A chocolate cherry martini will be served in The Library Bar. Cherry pancakes will be available at breakfast in The Landmark Restaurant, as well as through room service. Warm cherry pie Cherry pie is a pie made with a cherry filling. Morello cherries (sour cherries) are often used in cherry pies. Cherries are expensive — and sweet varieties are best used eaten fresh and raw. Sour cherries are best for cooking and may be used fresh or preserved. with ice cream will be available for dessert around the clock and for the children, a cherry lollipop upon check-in. So make your reservations now for the excitement of the Festival, the beauty of the cherry trees, this rare Japanese culinary art form and the comfortable luxury of The Melrose Hotel, Washington D.C. Be sure to ask about special room rates available throughout the Festival. We'll look forward to seeing you here. For reservations and information on all of the above, call 202-955-6400 or 1-800-MELROSE or visit www.melrosehoteldc.com or www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org. About the Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C. The Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C. is located on Pennsylvania Avenue between historic Georgetown and the White House. The Landmark Restaurant and The Library Bar are located in the hotel and offer "Elegant Comfort Cuisine" and famous martinis. Melrose Hotels include Melrose Hotel, Dallas, Melrose Hotel, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Westin Great Southern Hotel in Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. . |
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