The Hotel

We stayed at the Hotel Monaco. I loved the hotel. It was quirky, friendly and fun. The interior design was very traditional in style, but very untraditional when it came to how it was all but together. Not one piece of furniture, fabric or treatment matched, but it somehow all worked. When you walked into your room, you had the feeling that no one else in hotel had exactly the same decor you did. I don't know if that was true or not, but you never got the sense that someone, in some far away corporate office, was making the design decisions.

The best part of our stay, was every night the hotel hosted a happy hour in the lobby. The mix of people was eclectic and some people even brought their very well behaved dogs. There was a roaring fire, comfortable seating and all the wine, beer and hot toddy's you could drink.