There's a new Best Western hotel just a few miles from my condo in San Francisco that's definitely worth mentioning. The 48-room Carriage Inn tips a hat to San Francisco’s well-known luminaries and eccentrics—both the naughty and the nice ones. Each guestroom is named after one of these unconventional legends. For example, there's the Lili Coit room named for an eccentric woman who was a volunteer firefighter, avid gambler, and cigar smoker in the early 1900s when it was highly unusual for a female to be fighting fires. [She's best known for building the city's famed Coit Tower.] Another room is named for the Brown Twins, San Francisco icons who are identical twins and dress in the exact same outfits, from the socks to earrings, and parade around the city's Union Square neighborhood. In each room, you'll find a bio telling the story behind its namesake. The hotel decor is bohemian with unique antique furnishings--though you'll find plenty of modern amenities as each room is equipped with a flat-screen TV, iPod docking stations, wireless Internet, and mini-fridges. And you can't beat the location, just five blocks from Union Square. Next time my husband and I need to get away from the kids, I think we'll be checking into the Carriage Inn.
San Francisco's new Carriage Inn
There's a new Best Western hotel just a few miles from my condo in San Francisco that's definitely worth mentioning. The 48-room Carriage Inn tips a hat to San Francisco’s well-known luminaries and eccentrics—both the naughty and the nice ones. Each guestroom is named after one of these unconventional legends. For example, there's the Lili Coit room named for an eccentric woman who was a volunteer firefighter, avid gambler, and cigar smoker in the early 1900s when it was highly unusual for a female to be fighting fires. [She's best known for building the city's famed Coit Tower.] Another room is named for the Brown Twins, San Francisco icons who are identical twins and dress in the exact same outfits, from the socks to earrings, and parade around the city's Union Square neighborhood. In each room, you'll find a bio telling the story behind its namesake. The hotel decor is bohemian with unique antique furnishings--though you'll find plenty of modern amenities as each room is equipped with a flat-screen TV, iPod docking stations, wireless Internet, and mini-fridges. And you can't beat the location, just five blocks from Union Square. Next time my husband and I need to get away from the kids, I think we'll be checking into the Carriage Inn.
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