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November 21, 2011

We were in Michigan this month for a quickie visit home because of my brother’s wedding! No, we didn’t photograph it…we were there as guests!

We stayed at my mom’s house for the majority of our stay, but then when the opportunity presented itself for us to get away and enjoy a couple nights at a beautiful, funky hotel in downtown G.R., we jumped on it. My mom is 1 of 7 brothers and sisters, and many of those were invading during wedding week.

In the past couple years, I’ve really started to feel a new found appreciation for downtown Grand Rapids. I feel like it’s gotten way cooler than it used to be and every time we go back, I like it more! 10 years ago, I can’t imagine that an uber modern hotel like City Flats would’ve done well, but now they have a whole new audience for it. The hotel was filled with lots of young, well dressed people the whole time we were there. Even the guy who checked us in was a snazzy dude from Germany! We really enjoyed our stay at City Flats and it was fun to see this whole new side to GR. Check out the pics from our stay below:

The bar and lounge area were especially cool. And at night they really filled up!

I love this shot!

Our room was really cute and had gorgeous huge windows. My favorite thing is when a hotel room is nice and bright and this one fit the bill!

I loved my boudoir session hair so much I had to take one more picture of me all done up!

The rooms were very simple and clean, I really like the style.

Look how pretty downtown Grand Rapids is! A little grey during the winter, sure, but still a great place to hang out.

Thank you to City Flats for having us for such a wonderful stay!

Disclaimer: According to the FTC rules I have to tell you that City Flats sponsored our hotel stay. However, please note — I am not being forced to blog about this and I wouldn’t say any of it if it weren’t true.

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boudoir session hair for the winnn.

Comment by Kayley — November 21, 2011 @ 7:28 pm

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Cool! Kelli and I stayed at the original City Flats in Holland, MI last year.

Comment by brett maxwell — November 21, 2011 @ 8:13 pm

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Oh, thank you for posting about this! We live in Chicago, but have friends/family in Michigan, and have been meaning to get up there. I’m kind of hopeless when it comes to finding hotels, because I’m so used to having insanely awesome AirBNB options when we travel to the coasts. Doesn’t seem like the smaller midwestern cities have caught onto AirBNB yet, though!

Comment by Anni — November 21, 2011 @ 8:24 pm

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I love hotels. They are professionally decorated and have lots of neat light so they are kind of an awesome thing for photographers.

Comment by Nikole — November 21, 2011 @ 8:26 pm

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wow! Who knew Grand Rapids could be so trendy? I never expected to say it, but I totally want to visit Grand Rapids!

Comment by alexbee — November 21, 2011 @ 9:33 pm

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What a cool space! Also, your eye makeup for your boudoir session is some of the best eye makeup I’ve ever seen… love it.

Comment by Elissa — November 21, 2011 @ 9:50 pm

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I love that they re-purposed the FOX sign in the bar area.

Comment by Kai Heeringa — November 21, 2011 @ 10:30 pm

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The hotel looks so trendy and beautiful.

Comment by Sarah Wu — November 22, 2011 @ 12:24 am

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Looks like such a cool hotel.

Comment by Kellee Walsh — November 22, 2011 @ 12:40 am

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Great photos! Caught ur blog off twitter Isn’t it hard not to shoot when u do wedding photography? haha. Nice pix!

Comment by carlo — November 22, 2011 @ 12:51 am

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That hotel is amazing!

Comment by Teresa — November 22, 2011 @ 1:51 am

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Hmmmm…nice hotel frames. love hotels

Comment by ALMA — November 22, 2011 @ 4:24 am

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What a cool hotel! I love the look of that chair painting or whatever it is – thought it was made of Legos when I first looked at it.

Comment by Andrea — November 22, 2011 @ 4:44 am

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Grand Rapids, huh? Nice nice! Hope that the wedding was fun, too.

Comment by Mercedes — November 22, 2011 @ 9:22 am

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Looks like a really cool hotel!

Comment by julianne markow — November 22, 2011 @ 11:25 am

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I remember being in that hotel when it was being renovated (I remember that big red chair artwork). It looks stunning now! Beautiful photos, as always

Comment by Patricia GW — November 22, 2011 @ 11:57 am

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Such a cool looking place! Love the colors, the wood, and the modern design. And very adorable neighborhood.

Comment by Jessica Schilling — November 22, 2011 @ 6:40 pm

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Freaking awesome hotel! Great job!

Comment by Sara — November 23, 2011 @ 12:07 am

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The hotel looks FABO! So so clean and modern. And you are one sexy lady. I know that you don’t usually go heavy on the eye makeup, but WOW. The smoky eye is the sh*t!

Comment by Oneika the Traveller — November 23, 2011 @ 1:49 am

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Te quedas en hoteles increíbles

Comment by Maximiliano Barros — November 23, 2011 @ 7:21 am

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Awesome . . . . I am going to have to find some excuse to stay there.

Comment by Rita — November 23, 2011 @ 3:02 pm

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Stumbled across your blog from Oneika the Traveller. Great photography — and also, I live in West Michigan so what a coincidence that this was the first post I see on your website. Awesome.

Comment by Erika — November 23, 2011 @ 6:55 pm

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MAD location, love the B&W bed shot and you look gorgeous

Comment by Tenielle — November 24, 2011 @ 9:09 pm

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Nothing like that in Adelaide. Trendy, modern, but not ultra-modern.

Comment by Joel C — November 25, 2011 @ 2:35 am

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Great shots of the hotel it make me want to go on vacation there.

Comment by Jim — January 26, 2012 @ 9:17 am

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