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The JW Marriott in Summerlin, a northwest suburb of Las Vegas, has a huge ceiling lobby, providing a cool, North African/Mediterranean type of desert motif. There is plentiful natural lighting and real jungly plants, making luxury resort glow in late afternoon like sundown on sand dunes, when day relents to evening Saharan brilliant night sky.

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In certain parts of Sahara it has not rained for ten thousand years, and lately in Vegas, it has been eerily rain sparse. While staying at JW Marriott, which is actually a Canadian managed brand of Marriott chain, I felt like I was in a 1930's newsreel, with Marriott reminiscent of a Moroccan grand dame frontier fort, something out of Beau Gest. It is a wonderful resort sitting out amongst retirementville enclave of Summerlin - giving it a sentinel loneliness, like French Foreign Legion post that Gary Cooper left at end of movie "Morocco", with Marlena Deitrich trailing forlorn and behind.

Where is Summerlin? Summerin is a 36 square mile, master planned community developed by Howard Hughes Corporation. For many years Summerlin was ranked as nation's best selling master planned community, according to an independent survey by Robert Charles Lesser & Company, a leading national real estate consultant.

There are actually two hotels here, or I should say two six-story towers, with 541 guest rooms and suites, located on south and west end of immense resort. I heard through grapevine that other towers are planned. The Spa Tower has 286 rooms and suites The Palms Tower with 255 rooms and suites. Guest rooms offer interior views of gardens or panoramic views of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area to west. Rent a bike or hike area. You can see glistening lights of Vegas to east, because you are actually in foothills of Redrock area, known for it's outstanding climbing routes.

The size of guest rooms average about 560 square feet, and are very comfortable, with either king, queen or twin beds.What I really liked about room was huge Jacuzzi tub that you could lay down in. Ahhh - now that is pleasure!

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From hills — Beverly Hills, that is, to beach — Santa Monica Beach, that is, Loews has you covered in Southern California climes.

I knew I am in Los Angeles when first billboard I spot is shouting out an advertisement for Prozac on Pico Blvd that runs right past Loews Beverly Hills.

The Loews Beverly Hills . . .

But staying at a Loews hotel is certainly no need for Prozac. Beverly Hills has a new neighbor sitting 12 stories atop a hillside with great views of Beverly Hills and LA downtown skyscrapers. The famous shopping street — Rodeo Drive — merges off Beverwil Drive a block away from hotel and wriggles down to high society leather, jewels, and dining emporiums.

Beverly Hills residents don’t really have a new neighbor — Loews Beverly Hills Hotel is formerly a Renaissance Hotel that was originally built in 1964 and known as Hillcrest, but Loews has modernized property throughout, an easy entrance hot spot for Hollywood studio executives.

Fantasia, 2004 winner of American Idol contest, is checking out day I am checking in and a film crew is catching her on tape.

The hotel is regionally trendy with locals, too. I guess originally hotel must have been platted on a real estate map at one time as Lot 1224, which is address of hotel at 1224 Beverwil Drive, and also name of hotel's hot, chic restaurant, where new and up-coming and soon-to-be-famous Chef Eric Rillos offers up premium cuisine (Be there for Friday night Red Couch Sessions, so named because of huge red leather couch wrapping around restaurant.).

The Loews Beverly Hills is a small, almost boutique hotel, with only 137 rooms and suites; VIPs and business executive use place as a second office complex, I think. The concierge, Steve, ensconces himself on 10th Floor, and he is a delightful resource of local golf, activities, entertainment, and dining information. He is fun just to sit and talk with, even if you don’t need his insights.

Now that Western world is on a low carbs diet courtesy of late Dr. Atkins, and with even Coke recently launching C2, a low carb cola, Loews has taken mantra a little farther with “No Carbtails”, or low-carb cocktails. Because Southern California usually sets fad standards that are as ephemeral and chimera as next pop star staying at hotel, I am certain cocktail recipes will rush across nation just like a Santa Monica beach wave. The hotel has also gone retro with a choice of high protein and low carb dinners.

The Metro Man . . .

If you are into low carb groove then you must be sophisticated enough to become a Metrosexual. I am caught off guard with term, but hotel packages a complete haute vacation around trend.