Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kelly Slater 11-time world champ surfer and Mark Harmon with the actor crew cast of NCIS were unexpected encounters at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, Orange County, southern California.

I didn’t see these celebrities in person. Their signatures and artistic inspiration on surfboards are displayed this month in the lobby hallways of the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel as part of the surfboards in the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel Fourth Annual Holiday Surfboard Auction through December 31, 2011.  Surfboard auction proceeds benefit Surfers Healing, a charity to  support children with autism through surfing. Read More…

Hotels are too quick to boast about room size in public.

Are hotels like men?

He whimsically described himself as having 400 fabulous square feet of room. His boisterous and seductive claims resulted in us spending the night together.  Later, when it was just the two of us alone, I had to wonder.

You said your room was how large?  Whose measuring stick were you using?

Don’t misinterpret the message.  There are no regrets about spending the night with you in your corner room. Your room was more than spectacular.

As the saying goes, “It is not the size of the ship, but the motion of the ocean.”

Your room wowed me with wild waves of excitement.

Don’t be embarrassed to tell people your real size.

Your 300 square feet is truly a wonderful size in and of itself.

The Morning After

 W Hotel San Francisco Room Categories:

Wonderful Room, 300 square feet, Floors 5-12

Spectacular Room, 300 square feet, Floors 14-31

Cool Corner Room, 400 square feet, Floors 5-18

Fabulous Room, 400 square feet, Floors 14-28 

Loyalty Traveler spent a wacky and withering weekend (Fabulous Room 2609) in the uncommon 90 degree heat of downtown San Francisco.