“The Populus hotel is somewhat new, and already possessed of a staff that manages to be warm without being cloying, engaged without performing engagement. A rare thing, that.
The room, I should note, was not large. Manhattan has conditioned me to accept certain spatial indignities, but Seattle, one expects, operates under different assumptions. No matter — what the room lacked in square footage it more than compensated for with a bed of almost suspicious comfort, a bathroom that knew its...
“The Populus hotel is somewhat new, and already possessed of a staff that manages to be warm without being cloying, engaged without performing engagement. A rare thing, that.
The room, I should note, was not large. Manhattan has conditioned me to accept certain spatial indignities, but Seattle, one expects, operates under different assumptions. No matter — what the room lacked in square footage it more than compensated for with a bed of almost suspicious comfort, a bathroom that knew its...
Lawrence