Win $25,000 from the The Adolphus Hotel

by The Adolphus Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2007

For 25 years, the fabled French Room at The Adolphus has provided unforgettable evenings for its patrons. In honor of our silver jubilee, we are asking past and future guests to submit their “most memorable evening in The French Room” for the opportunity to receive a $25,000 one-of-a-kind luxury experience.

Through July of 2007, French Room guests are invited to submit their “most memorable evening” in writing for the hotel's consideration. Each month, one guest memory will be selected as “best of the month” and will be posted on the hotel's website. Each month a winning entrant will receive dinner for two in The French Room and be placed in the running for the remarkable $25,000 “Memories” package. From the monthly winners, one will be selected the “best French Room memory” and awarded the ultimate gift, by noted food writer and editor, John Mariani, columnist for Esquire, Wine Spectator, Diversion, Bloomberg News & Radio, and Restaurant Hospitality.

The French Room's $25,000 “Memories” getaway includes the keys to The French Room for a very private evening and extraordinary dinner for ten, overnight accommodations for the winning couple in The Adolphus penthouse suite, a five day – four night stay for two at Florida's fabulous Little Palm Island Resort & Spa (including breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, and more), with first-class travel on American Airlines, Dallas transfers via ultra-stretch limousine by Smith Limousine, Florida transfers, and a $1000 gift certificate to Tiffany & Co.

Submissions can be made via email addressed to: ddavis@adolphus.com or by mail to:
Attention: French Room Memories
The Adolphus
1321 Commerce Street
Dallas, TX 75202

*Certain restrictions apply (see below).

For more information on our “Memories” visit our Official Website or partners:

Little Palm Island Resort & Spa: Little Torch Key, FL

This internationally acclaimed private island paradise is listed among the top resorts in the world by Condé Nast Traveler and Travel+Leisure magazine. The Dining Room recently was recognized as the Best Hotel Dining in Florida and Number Three in the US by the Zagat Survey in USA Today. www.littlepalmisland.com

American Airlines: We know why you fly! www.a.com

Smith Limousine: The solution to your Dallas ground transportation. For over 20 years providing Dallas with the highest quality service with professional, uniformed chauffeurs. Experience an advanced computerized reservations system, a fleet of late model sedans, limousines, vans, and luxurious mini buses, conveniently equipped with cellular phones and 2-way radios. www.smithlimo.com

About John Mariani:

John Mariani is a columnist for Esquire, Wine Spectator, Bloomberg News and Radio, and Diversion. He is author of The Encyclopedia of American Food & Drink (Lebhar-Friedman), The Dictionary of Italian Food and Drink (Broadway), and, with his wife Galina, the award-winning new Italian-American Cookbook (Harvard Common Press). His newest book, written with his brother Robert Mariani, is a memoir of their years growing up in the North Bronx. It's called Almost Golden because it re-visits an idyllic place and time in their lives when so many wonderful things seemed possible. For those of you who don't think of the Bronx as “idyllic,” this book will be a revelation. It's about a place called the Country Club area, on the shores of Pelham Bay. A beautiful neighborhood filled with great friends and wonderful adventures that helped shape our lives. It's about a culture, still vibrant, and a place that is still almost the same as when the Mariani brothers grew up there. It is not yet available in bookstores, so to purchase a copy, go to amazon.com. You can subscribe to his widely read e-newsletter Mariani's Virtual Gourmet Newsletter at www.johnmariani.com.

Grand prize includes:

Sunday night dinner in The French Room for ten, including pre-dinner cocktails, and wine pairings to compliment the special menu prepared for the winner by Executive Chef, Jason Weaver, and all taxes and gratuities. The Adolphus Penthouse stay that evening is for two. Transfers to and from The Adolphus and Dallas/Ft. Worth Intl. Airport in ultra-stretch limousine provided by Smith Limousine. Monday departure via first-class air on American Airlines to Miami. Monday arrival at Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, return Friday (resort is providing round trip transfers from Miami, welcome bottle of champagne, breakfast, lunch & dinner daily ,all non-alcoholic beverages during the visit, all water sport amenities, and taxes and service charges). Friday return via first-class air on American Airlines to DFW. A $1,000 gift certificate to Tiffany & Co. Package must be used in total (cannot be separated) and is valid through December 29, 2007. All travel inclusions are subject to availability.

Conditions/Restrictions: Applicants can write about a past French Room memory, or create a new memory, but must have had a personal experience in The French Room within the past 25 years. All “memories” must be time stamped or postmarked by close of day, July 30, 2007. Monthly winners will have their “memory” posted on The Adolphus website. Grand prize winner will be announced August 15, 2007, on The Adolphus website and will have their “memory” posted on The Adolphus website through the remainder of 2007. Include full legal name, address, email and two phone numbers.

Submissions are limited to 500 words or less written in English. All submissions must be an original work and the property of the entrant. Entries become the property of The Adolphus, will not be returned, and can be edited, published, etc. and used for promotional purposes without further compensation or written permission of entrant.

Must be 21 years of age or older. Employees (and family members) of Noble House Hotels & Resorts are not eligible to participate.

By entering the Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless The Adolphus and its affiliates, partners, subsidiaries, officers, directors, representatives, agents, and employees from any and all liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising from or in connection with, either directly or indirectly, 1) the awarding, acceptance, receipt, possession, use, and/or misuse of any prize awarded herein; or 2) participation in the Contest or any prize related activities, including but not limited to traveling to or from any prize related activity. By accepting a prize, entrants consent to the use of their name, photograph and/or likeness, address, voice, and statements made by or attributed to them, in perpetuity, in any and all media now known or hereafter developed (including, without limitation, print, broadcast, and Internet), for all legitimate business purposes including advertising and promotional activities without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.

The Adolphus reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend this Contest at any time. This Contest shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the State of Texas and any applicable laws and regulations of the United States. The entrant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively, before a court located in Dallas County, TX having competent jurisdiction, which Court shall apply the laws of the State of Texas without regard to any principles of conflicts of laws, and submission of said entry constitutes acceptance of such laws. The entrant further agrees that no claims, judgments or awards shall exceed the amount of the Contest prize and under no circumstances shall include attorney's fees; nor shall any entrant be permitted to obtain awards for punitive, incidental, consequential, or other similar damages or have any damage awards multiplied or increased for any reason.