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we are at hotel higher and this is in
ybor city in tampa florida which is
where crystal lives yeah but i'm
visiting from california so this is an
awesome vacation for me and this is an
awesome stay station for me
i've always heard about this hotel it's
fairly new in the tampa area uh but it's
super gorgeous this isn't actually my
first time in ebora city the first time
crystal kind of showed me around i want
to say what was it like a few years ago
maybe more than a few years
probably maybe almost five years ago and
the one thing that really surprised me
about ybor city was like i did not
realize it's rich cuban culture and
that's what crystal pointed out to me
yeah it's actually called cigar city too
because it used to be a huge cigar
company factories i should say there
were cigar factories
all over the place and it was a really
bustling city for that so a lot of um
the cubans spanish and italians migrated
here and built kind of a cigar empire at
ybor city and this was like in the late
1800s when they did this so they have um
some rich history here regarding that
and that's why a lot of hotel hayes
they incorporated a lot of that into
their aesthetics and the culture the
food a lot of that is here
at the hotel so i thought that was kind
of cool how they did that hotel haya is
located on 7th avenue which is the
famous street of ebor that's where all
the shops and clubs and restaurants are
located yeah so we're staying here for a
couple nights and of course miss kuma
got to come with me too because this is
a dog friendly hotel she's actually
taking her day time nap right now this
is her yeah they actually have a really
nice dog bed and huge dog bowls and i
feel like not a lot of hotels do that
even though they say that they're dog
friendly or pet friendly not a lot of
them provide things like dog beds or
bowls so this place went above and
beyond and got this stylish dog man yeah
i wish we would have known because we
actually brought kuma's dog back yeah um
we didn't actually need to bring it i
know
i totally would have just left that at
home because that bed is so much better
yeah we're gonna make her use a nice
posh bed so right now we're gonna give
you a tour of the room that we're in and
over the next couple days we'll show you
more of what this hotel has to offer so
this is our two queen bedroom uh the
beds are very comfy from what we can
tell so far i've actually you know kind
of i always like test it out a little
bit and um so far so good kuma seems to
be really enjoying it she's been
flipping some pillows around and
checking out the bed herself
um but i do like the simplistic design
of everything
it's really thought out it's like it's
um it's simple but really chic which we
both like a lot i actually like this
navy blue color that they use and then
some
gold trims and kind of like vintage
lighting a little bit
and then they also have lots of cuba
material so this is like a
really cool book where they go over some
cuban culture architecture things like
that
and this is the nightstand in between
our beds they've got this alarm clock
with two usb ports on one side and on
the other side is another charging
station with two usb ports down below
they have more books on tampa
cigars and havana cuba which candy and i
went to havana a few years ago and we
really loved the culture there and the
people the people were very very nice um
so staying at hotel high again is kind
of reminding us of our good times in
havana and we just loved it so much so
we're really excited to stay here
and just kind of reminisce over it and
then here was a surprise
with the nice dog bed and dog bowls that
were provided by the hotel the toy is
mine or kuma's that i brought with her
but um the bed is just so
nice it's like very stylish
okay so the rest of the room uh there's
a nice big tv
um they kind of angled it so that both
of us on the beds can watch it uh pretty
easily i'm not sure if that's actually
moves too so
if one person wants to watch tv over the
other you can move it like this here is
a long working desk area
and
they provide some information
information on the hotel the amenities
you know all that good stuff
and then down below here is the fridge
it's a clear fridge
here where you can open
nice and cool
and then next to that is a large luggage
rack which candy was able to
open up her medium away suitcase so it's
pretty large
and then down below are a couple more
drawers that we can store your stuff i'm
doing the rest of the room which is
pretty much what's left over is the
closet the bathroom
nice big closet we've already put some
stuff in here
uh let's see we've got our jackets an
ironing board
there's kuma stuff
and there's safe there
we usually don't use safes but
it's nice to have if we need it
and on the other side is just more
storage space there's the iron
there's a tray here
and a and a drawer and also what's great
about this closet is it lights up when
you open it so it's not super dark in
here when you're trying to piping the
entrance area is pretty wide i like that
i hate it when you walk into a hotel
room and you're like trying to squeeze
in with your suitcase this is pretty
spacious here a nice big mirror
love it when hotels have nice long
mirrors so you can check out your full
outfit not just your face
and i've never been to a hotel where the
bathroom doors actually both open so i
was a little bit surprised when this
door actually opened up
and it opens up all the way
crystal and i uh we i don't know
since when but we've
we've become fans of black accents and
bathrooms
and so when we saw the black accents in
here we immediately were like oh my gosh
this bathroom is so nice so the shower
has you know all the black accents and i
love the simplicity of it but i also
like how the tile artwork is so it's
mesmerizing to me i love how they did
the shower the tiling um
very simple uh they have you know
shampoo conditioner and body wash
looks like it is from grown alchemist
the sink is nice and big i'm pretty sure
crystal and i will have enough space to
put our stuff like i'll probably use
this side issues this side
um very standard um
products i guess they give you they give
you
body lotion i already used it it smells
really good
and it's very nice it's like nice and
thick it's not like that cheap lotion
and then in here they have
q-tips
and cotton swabs so there's some towels
down here
and then
the blow dryer i'm kind of curious what
kind of blow dryer it is
oh
it's a nice blow dryer it actually comes
with an attachment too
and the lighting is really nice in here
too i like how they have like two huge
lights coming this way you know what the
worst is when the light is coming
straight down and you look like a
goodness when you're doing your makeup
so yeah i do like the lighting here nice
big mirror and even if i didn't want to
use this mirror there's plenty of light
in the hallway to use the other mirror
so me and crystal can both get ready at
the same time all right i also want to
show you this awesome view that we got
you ready
and yes we will be going to the pool all
right let me close these and
for a good night's rest there's also
these blackout curtains that's the root
tour we're excited to stay here and
check out all the restaurants which
we're gonna go do right now because
we're super hungry
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we're at cafe kikiriki it's so cute in
here i love all the plants and
um they had so many selections of
empanadas that i couldn't decide online
i know we got each one of them like
seriously literally got every single one
of their empanadas
and then we got a couple desserts we got
a chocolate
cheesecake and an espresso cookie
which they said is really popular here
so super excited to try that one out
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we just got back from taking kuma out
for a little walk
and when we got back to the room i
noticed these cute little
doggy biscuits for her how
incredibly sweet look it looks like
homemade it does look homemade
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breakfast
got some omelette we both got the veggie
omelet but candy had the tomato with
hers which comes with it and i got no
tomatoes on mine
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we had such a great time staying here i
can't believe it's already been two days
i know it didn't actually feel like a
long time but in another sense it felt
way too short because i really enjoyed
our stay here yeah everything's been
like oh that's really nice or this
tastes really good or the service was
excellent so yeah
i mean highlights of the room itself we
really had a good night's rest both
nights last night um the bed is super
comfortable and then on top of that i
think the blackout curtains really help
out because there's really no light
seeping through those curtains yeah and
usually crystal and i wake up pretty
early but we both slept in both days
that was really nice to be able to relax
and i believe like these rooms are
pretty soundproof yeah i haven't heard
anyone actually well i haven't been
walking down the hallway no yeah and our
room you know overlooks the pool don't
hear anything outside either oh and kuma
of course enjoyed it not only the view
but she used the dog bed that the hotel
provided and the dog bowls of course she
also loved getting attention from the
hotel staff and the guests every time we
walked by to go to the elevator or get
some of the coffee downstairs oh and she
really liked the fresh um dog cookies
yeah that was really nice so thank you
the hotel also has several events that
they do at night and since we were here
wednesday and thursday we went to both
of them on wednesday nights they have
habano del i'm sorry
del habano which is havana nights and
they have um they feature whiskey
uh cigars and tapas yeah i was kind of
funny because when we first went we
totally forgot about
them featuring whiskey so we both got
margaritas and then later on crystal
noticed like
um these boxes going to tables and we
were like oh what is that and it was
whiskey in there so we decided to
finally order whiskey yeah it was
actually old fashioned there's an old
fashioned thing and all this like smoke
comes out yeah it was really cool and
then the other night so thursday night
was high at night and it's another kind
of like you know cuban theme night and
they have live music that night we had
dinner at morphina i really like their
chicken actually we all order the
chicken yeah
the chicken is very moist and they have
like this mushroom demi-glace sauce that
goes along with it it's really excellent
the chef here is like superb
everything that we ate here at florifina
and their cafe um
they're both really good and i think one
of the things that we enjoyed most of
out of all the amenities here was the
pool yeah because we haven't been to the
pool in a long time yeah we never like
really enjoy our time and relax at a
pool at the hotels pool and this hotel
pool was really nice so
we made it a point to make some time for
it and i'm so glad we did so as i
mentioned before uh this hotel is
located in pretty much central ebor so
they're on 7th avenue and they're by
many restaurants and cafes
stores actually clubs to bars and if you
want to go a little bit further or if
you don't feel like walking you can take
the free street car which we did this
morning and checked out the e-board yeah
museum which is really cool i think it's
nice to learn the history of this place
because it goes back to like the late
1800s and how you know they started the
why it's called cigar city yeah it's
called cigar city and how like the
cubans um the spanish and italians all
migrated here and started this cuban
cigar city
um so yeah all that is really fantastic
to learn so i highly suggest that yeah
and the streetcar it runs every 15
minutes so like it's like constantly
running so yeah definitely if you've got
the time like just hop on and just check
out that museum it's a cute little
museum it's only like four dollars so
overall like we had an awesome time here
i highly recommend staying at hotel ohio
staff is amazing all right well hope you
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