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Sunset Marquis

Hard to believe this is West Hollywood. The newly and massively renovated Sunset Marquis is so exquisitely private, and the Bar 1200 so strict with its admissions, that one need never be reminded of the throngs of celeb-watchers and velvet-ropers that beset most of LA’s other hot spots. This excl...

Sunset Tower Hotel

In Hollywood the line between history and kitsch is so fine as to be practically non-existent. But one way or another the Sunset Tower manages to land on the right side of the line. In the latter years of the golden age this Art Deco apartment tower was home to the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Fra...

The Ambrose

Adjust your mental picture of Santa Monica: the Ambrose is more than a mile inland, leaving the beach to the high rollers, who inflate their prices accordingly. Here you’ll find that it is possible to get an excellent room in Santa Monica, at a charming little boutique, for about the price one wo...

The Beverly Hills Hotel - Dorchester Collection

The Pink Palace has, in true Hollywood fashion, had some work done; nothing shocking, just a hundred-million-dollar renovation in an effort to stay competitive with a new generation. It’s a success—this place could have slid gently into self-parody, but it’s every bit as fine as when Marilyn Monr...

The Carneros Inn

Finally a break from the Tuscan-Provençal style that seems to dominate the California wine country. Carneros Inn, at the south end of Napa, close to San Francisco, is rather more modern, its style a sort of rustic minimalism, its inspiration seemingly drawn not from Europe but from the American M...

The Chamberlain

Deep in the heart of West Hollywood, on a quiet residential street between Sunset and Santa Monica, the Chamberlain is actually quite a bit cooler than it looks. This is no backhanded compliment — in a reversal of what seems to be the standard procedure in Los Angeles, the Chamberlain presents an...

The Citizen Hotel

Though it’s the capital of California, a state with an economy bigger than those of about 180 countries, Sacramento doesn’t get much respect — it’s often overshadowed by nearby San Francisco, much as Albany plays second fiddle to New York City. But in the Citizen Hotel, Sacramento might ...

The Crescent

Beverly Hills, minus the luxurious excess, at bargain prices — that’s the appeal of the Crescent. Built in the early days of Hollywood as a dormitory for silent film actors, today it’s something of a social hub for the entertainment and media industries, and an affordable yet reasonably chic bout...

The Greens Hotel

Plenty of well-heeled San Franciscans dream of having their homes filled with exquisite, international modern furnishings of a legendary local showroom/gallery called Limn. What they might not know is that there’s something of a “Camp Limn” just up the road in slightly sleepy, highly underrated S...

The Hollywood Roosevelt

About the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel:The Hollywood Roosevelt hotel is a luxury boutique hotel in legendary Hollywood, California. It is located on Hollywood Boulevard directly across the street from the famous Chinese Theatre and is a very popular spot for Los Angeles nightlife. ...

The Huntington Hotel & Nob Hill Spa

The Fairmont and the Mark Hopkins, both classic hotels (and tourist attractions) in their own right, sit just a block away — but for a quiet, classic elegance and a taste of old-world San Francisco there’s nothing like the Huntington Hotel. Atop Nob Hill, the Huntington is ideally situated ...

The Huntley Hotel

In years past this glorious location, a block from Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade and two blocks from the beach, was wasted on one of those boring old corporate hotels — or, truth be told, the location very nearly elevated a chain hotel into something special. Now, in a new life as t...

The Ivy Hotel

Yes, this is the hotel with the stripper pole. Granted, it’s only in one room (the so very over-the-top Star Suite, complete with fuzzy plush king-size bunk beds and mirrored bedroom floor), but it goes a long way towards illustrating what sort of place the Ivy is. As in, maybe not the ideal plac...

The Keating

Don't be fooled by the slightly old-money country-club name, or by the building itself, which at over a hundred and ten years old is surely one of San Diego's oldest — the Keating is as of-the-moment as it's possible to be, utterly emblematic of the current fascination with high-design boutique h...

The Kenwood Inn And Spa

It takes all kinds, in the Napa/Sonoma wine country of Northern California, from rustic little B&Bs to big-time luxury resorts and everything in between. And in the “in between” category goes the Kenwood Inn and Spa. As is often the case in the American wine country, this one is a charming re...

The Lodge At Torrey Pines

Designed in a remarkably authentic Arts and Crafts style, and patterned after some of Greene and Greene’s historic Pasadena houses, the Lodge at Torrey Pines shows a respect for history that’s rare on the prefabricated Southern California coastline. And all the more impressive is the ...