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I've been to LA about 40 times in my life, maybe more. It's almost always family trips where we see and do very little. Anytime I've asked about seeing LA or going into downtown people acted like I was nuts, or painfully out of the loop. For my trip I needed to have an overnight in LA that I was not looking forward to, but it was great! I'd never actually been in Downtown LA before and I'd go again.
LA lacks a train station hotel, or even much in the way of rooms near their train station at all. Out of my handful of options about a mile away, I choose The Standard. They had these small, yet trendy, little efficiency rooms for fairly cheap. No tub, just a single bedroom/bathroom space. Since I checked in late those were full up, so they upgraded me to one of their other rooms.
The upgraded room was a bit bigger:
I feel like I was sort of missing the point of the room staying there by myself, especially since the shower had two showerheads and the mini-bar had condoms and absinthe.
The space was quiet, the shower amazing and the sofa was comfortable enough that I nearly feel asleep on it. Sadly, I was way too tired to have a bath or enjoy the room or the bars that the hotel has. I pretty much passed out and slept until just before check out.
The next day my train wasn't until 6:00PM, so I hung out at the hotel. Most hotel lobbies are showpieces. They invite people to think about relaxing or working there, but if you actually do you feel very on display and the hotel staff gives you looks like you are stressing them out. This lobby was a totally chill tangle of couches actually meant for work and hang-outs. There were lots of places to sit to be seen or to have a little cozy nook to yourself. This was the hotel lobby other hotels pretend to have. The Standard also had a very chill rooftop bar with great service and giant lounges meant to be sprawled out over.
The place was wonderfully relaxing. It was far cooler than I'll ever be, but it was very chill about how cool it was.
Random photo lobby photo:
I think I gained some Instagram followers just from having stayed there, but they are going to be very disappointed that hanging out at places like that are not the norm for me.
Part 3: Williams and the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel
LA lacks a train station hotel, or even much in the way of rooms near their train station at all. Out of my handful of options about a mile away, I choose The Standard. They had these small, yet trendy, little efficiency rooms for fairly cheap. No tub, just a single bedroom/bathroom space. Since I checked in late those were full up, so they upgraded me to one of their other rooms.
The upgraded room was a bit bigger:
I feel like I was sort of missing the point of the room staying there by myself, especially since the shower had two showerheads and the mini-bar had condoms and absinthe.
The space was quiet, the shower amazing and the sofa was comfortable enough that I nearly feel asleep on it. Sadly, I was way too tired to have a bath or enjoy the room or the bars that the hotel has. I pretty much passed out and slept until just before check out.
The next day my train wasn't until 6:00PM, so I hung out at the hotel. Most hotel lobbies are showpieces. They invite people to think about relaxing or working there, but if you actually do you feel very on display and the hotel staff gives you looks like you are stressing them out. This lobby was a totally chill tangle of couches actually meant for work and hang-outs. There were lots of places to sit to be seen or to have a little cozy nook to yourself. This was the hotel lobby other hotels pretend to have. The Standard also had a very chill rooftop bar with great service and giant lounges meant to be sprawled out over.
The place was wonderfully relaxing. It was far cooler than I'll ever be, but it was very chill about how cool it was.
Random photo lobby photo:
I think I gained some Instagram followers just from having stayed there, but they are going to be very disappointed that hanging out at places like that are not the norm for me.
Part 3: Williams and the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel
