Inn at Laguna Beach = “LA” in high style
March 3, 2011
Fortunately I was able to escape the Rancho in San Diego for a meeting up north in LA. I stopped halfway to spend the night in the Inn at Laguna Beach. As I type this entry I can hear (and see when I look up) the Pacific waves roll in.
I can tell I am getting way closer to LA than San Diego because the front staff girls (nichole and nikki) were just as awful as the surfer boy (pat) parking attendent was great. I was supposed to have a suite to get some work done in…but wires were crossed and no suite for me (and a low floor to boot). But I am almost over that now. We’ll see what happens tomorrow.
My room, though small, overlooks the ocean. But first, the bathroom. Nothing fancy here. Lots of mirrors and nondescript ugly tiles.
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The all important mirror effect makes the anteroom/bathroom seem bigger than tiny.
But…wait for it…the coup de grace is when you look up.
For all its too low non-suiteness, room 203 simply does not suck. I wonder how good this hotel could be if my travel people did the right thing?
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If the front desk staff were less LA and the room I requested were what I got (that’s two counterfactuals in one for those of you counting!), the Inn at Laguna may get better than four showerheads. An upgrade will have to wait for next time.