how ace!

ace is such a good word.
i remember it from the seventies. for such a little word, for me it says a lot of things. something is ace if it's ingenious or inspiring, cool and makes me laugh.
every now and then, i will think (or exclaim): that's ace. or reply, ace.
a few ace things
ace hotels this is a new chain of hotels in the u.s. located in "indie/cool" places like portland, seattle (you should be getting an idea by now), palm springs and new york.
each hotel has a different style (the new breed of budget boutiques...hotels whose idea of cool has nothing to do with what's in design magazines ... says one review, although this really depends on the magazines you flip through). because style is important, you can check out the rooms online before you check in (boom boom).
portland
seattle
nyc
palm springs

the new york "loft" includes a turn-table.
wallpaper magazine reckons they're rocknroll bohemian
oh yeah.
the guardian review says: bohemian and affordable
and they do tread that line between "cool, i wanna go there" and "my god, this is so pretentious, i hate it already"
read what someone who has stayed there, roamed around and taken pictures says about it. online is so much more reliable than newspapers, what would they know?
LA Times article below









also ace - humans! apparently, watch this movie to find out (it's very ace indeed)


ace frehely (obviously) don't know much about him but knew he was the "cool" one - because paul stanley was too obvious and there to charm the "ladies", because gene simmons is just a freak, and peter chris was a bit lame (who paints his face like a pussycat, i ask you?) there were always rumours flying around that his face was peeling off because of the silver paint he had to use.
which made him even more mysterious. and suggested integrity (willing to die for his art) to 11 year old kids.