My latest trip took me from Portland to Los Angeles (LAX, quite possibly the worst airport on the west coast, and I am sure it contends with the worst in the world). I had the pleasure of staying in one of downtown LA's newest Hotels. The JW Marriott at 900 W. Olympic Blvd. In a word, stunning, I saw it from the freeway as the newest addition to downtown's fledgline skyline. In a word it has a stunning appeal, it looks like a wave rising out of the Western end of downtown. Getting to it exactly confused my verizon GPS unit, but I eventually made it to the front door. As beautiful indoors as out. There are 2 restaurants on the main floor, however we could only find one. A limited menu, but the chop salad was fantastic, and my lunch companion enjoyed the turkey club sandwich. The fries that came with the sandwich were delicious and additictive. The rooms were well appointed and large, with very comfortable beds. The rooms had very spacious bathrooms, with a large tiled shower, and a high mounted shower head that rained down quite pleasantly. The hotel overall was a nice change to the endless number of non-descipt rooms that I usually stay in. There were really only a few things I didn't like: 1) the alarm clock was not illuminated, this could have been fixable, but I didn't realize it until the middle of the night, and I wasn't about to try and do any troubleshooting at that time, 2) there was no gift shop in the lobby. I like to be able to buy a soda, or breath mints without leaving a property, especially in downtown LA. It was a little pricey $249 + tax and tourism fees, and valet was $38 + the ubiquitous tip.
Now I am boarding my afternoon flight for Phoenix out of John Wayne, a much nicer airport than LAX, but still no food worth a darn.
Talk to you later!
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