San Diego’s New WOW – The W Hotel

Written by Janice Wilson


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It startedrepparttar minute I was greeted byrepparttar 133656 W San Diego Hotel's valet. A beautiful young woman, with a friendly welcoming smile opened my car door and my "W" experience began!

"Hi, welcome torepparttar 133657 W San Diego, we're so happy that you've arrived!" Fromrepparttar 133658 minute my foot touchedrepparttar 133659 curb in front of this new "style" hotel, I immediately knew something extraordinary was about to occur. The "W" is located inrepparttar 133660 heart ofrepparttar 133661 new residential loft district just south of Little Italy on State and B Streets, in downtown San Diego. San Diego has always been my favorite city inrepparttar 133662 world. Now thatrepparttar 133663 downtown area is undergoing an exciting renaissance, I couldn't wait to experience this new kind of urban lifestyle.

There wasn't a moment that I wasn't surprised, captivated, and thoroughly enthralled withrepparttar 133664 wayrepparttar 133665 "W" capturedrepparttar 133666 casual comfort and beach culture that makes San Diego one ofrepparttar 133667 most quintessential Southern California cities. This place is like none other in all of its amenities.

As you enterrepparttar 133668 lobby you realize that you've found a place where "high touch" meets "high tech," and you can't wait to see, feel and taste what's next!

The visually stimulating "technowall" overrepparttar 133669 lobby bar is a grouping of ten individual television screens measuring six feet high and five feet wide. The video showed a surfer ridingrepparttar 133670 big blue Pacific waves, a vision of perfect symmetry in motion. When I'm atrepparttar 133671 beach I always feel a tremendous sense of awe and wonder atrepparttar 133672 ocean's magnificence. This virtual reality "technowall" instantly, gave merepparttar 133673 ocean experience I craved.

So without fighting for parking, or being mobbed by tourists, I was getting my beach fix just by enteringrepparttar 133674 W San Diego's lobby. The warm and inviting beach colors greeted me likerepparttar 133675 call of a friendly seagull. The plush sofas and extravagant window seats invited me relax and enjoyrepparttar 133676 exhilarating beach sensations The sky blue ofrepparttar 133677 chairs andrepparttar 133678 sandy beige stripes accented by golden tones and sunny images made me feel like a perfect Southern California day. I began to believe that "W" stood for Wow!

As I checked-in, I admiredrepparttar 133679 dramatic round entryway that led me torepparttar 133680 reception area. Behindrepparttar 133681 desk was a clear resin wall embedded with floating shells that served as another visual seascape. As I looked up, I was captivated byrepparttar 133682 soaring ceilings and sheer drapes that framedrepparttar 133683 lobby décor. It was a grand mixture of textures and natural fibers that are usually found in luxurious Mexican retreats but a strong influence of American Modernism eclectically integratesrepparttar 133684 colors and lines creating a marriage of substance and style.

There were two rows of eight tall dark wicker chairs that had individual acrylic game tables that included oversized and colorful checkers, chess, and other unique board games. It was festive and sporty. The lobby décor captured everything I love about San Diego and it gave merepparttar 133685 distinct impression this was one ofrepparttar 133686 most sophisticated and sizzling places to be. Like being atrepparttar 133687 beach, where people watching is a spectator sport,repparttar 133688 lobby ofrepparttar 133689 W was a place to relax and enjoy, watch and wait or see what would happen next?

What happened next for us was that our exuberant valet couldn't wait to take us up to our room! I've never met someone so genuinely happy to be working at a hotel. It appeared as ifrepparttar 133690 W was her home, and she was completely thrilled that we were going to be spending time enjoying her private beach resort. In fact, every hotel staff member we met made us feel like honored guests and it was their pleasure to serve us.

Face Down at the Cabo San Lucas Hotel

Written by Mike Heiney


Face Down atrepparttar Cabo San Lucas Hotel

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A Lyrical Paradise

"There's a sleepy town, south ofrepparttar 133655 border, if you go there once, you'll be there twice."

These enticing lyrics from Van Halen's "Cabo Wabo" on their "QU812" album piqued my curiosity. Visa commercials gave merepparttar 133656 drive to seekrepparttar 133657 Cabo quest. Withrepparttar 133658 tenth wedding anniversary at hand. it seemed a perfect excuse to search forrepparttar 133659 holy vacation grail (and blow a thousand bucks).

"Land''s end, you'd have to see it, ain't no picture ever say it right."

LAND'S END

Cabo San Lucas, tip ofrepparttar 133660 Baja Peninsula, where West Coast trendies seek sand and seclusion. Home of Marlin Alley, where legendary Americans such as Bing Crosby and Duke Wayne first discovered unbelievable angling. (The marlins are said to outnumberrepparttar 133661 people.

Cabo is a mere seven hour journey, from lockingrepparttar 133662 door in Las Vegas, to not unlockingrepparttar 133663 door atrepparttar 133664 elegant Hotel Cabo San Lucas.

No keys, no hassles, no worries, just lush landscaping, spectacular beaches and free welcoming Margaritas. After a 45 minute hop to Phoenix and a short layover where we should've overcomerepparttar 133665 temptation to buy jizzy, cheap bottled Margaritas, we arrived atrepparttar 133666 pleasant Cabo International Aeropuerto. (Airport code SJD.

Hotel Cabo San Lucas We weren't aware ofrepparttar 133667 Hotel Cabo San Lucas' complimentary transportation fromrepparttar 133668 Aeropuerto, thus subjecting ourselves torepparttar 133669 ninety's version of Montezuma's revenge: "Timeshare Salesmen." The encounter was brief and painless;repparttar 133670 cervesa was muy frio makingrepparttar 133671 20-minute journey inrepparttar 133672 "cab" more enjoyable. (Ford Econoline vans equipped with a special Mexican air-conditioning package. The AC controls onrepparttar 133673 dash board just moverepparttar 133674 windows up and down.

We were greeted atrepparttar 133675 hotel with Margaritas byrepparttar 133676 congenial Oscar Flores, who then showed us to our luxurious and spectacular ocean view suite. (Allrepparttar 133677 rooms atrepparttar 133678 HCSL have ocean views, assured Oscar.

Cabo San Lucas offers parasailing, horseback riding onrepparttar 133679 beach, sunset cruises, day long ATV rides into isolated Indian country that still practices witchcraft.

"We drink Mescal right fromrepparttar 133680 bottle. Salt shaker, little lick of lime, Ohhh!"

Searching for CABO WABO Continuing with our 10 year tradition of bad luck and lousy timing, it was time to checkout downtown Cabo. Not us though. Not willing to waste a precious minute waiting forrepparttar 133681 free transportation provided byrepparttar 133682 hotel we hopped a $15 "cab" to town. We hammeredrepparttar 133683 Calles looking for peso shopping action. Even devalued black market gringo dinero isn't valuable during Siesta time. (Only stupid gringos go shopping during Siesta.

And plenty of nightlife. The best of times are found at Van Halen's "Cabo Wabo" cantina, where LA bands jam almost every week and Ed, Sammy andrepparttar 133684 rest ofrepparttar 133685 Van Halens used to frequently sit in

El Sol is fizzling. We stumble intorepparttar 133686 "Cabo Wabo" cantina just in time for happy hour. Greeting us is our new bartender friend and Mexican host, Luis. Luis breaksrepparttar 133687 language barrier with a couple of mean Margaritas. Through bad Spanish, malo English, and many "two for one" Margaritas, communications opened up with our Tequila-slinging compadre. "Cabo Wabo holds over 200 caballeros indoors", says Luis. "As many as 800 pour intorepparttar 133688 streets of Cabo on party nights.

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