DIANE Re: Made it! Post-surgery report

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane,

OK, to answer your questions:

I stayed at the Hotel, which is at the corner of Second and

Virginia in Seattle. It's two short blocks to the north end of the

Pike Place Market, and also very close to all downtown shopping. It's

a budget hotel, nothing fancy, but clean and comfortable and very

reasonably priced. It's a large, old hotel -- think " vintage charm. "

There is one desk clerk on duty and I found them all very nice.

http://www.moorehotel.com/

There's no room service but there IS maid service (and they do a good

job). They don't have alarm clocks or air conditioning, but we did

have a TV and phone. I had a large suite with two (comfy) queen beds,

private bath and a kitchenette with a stove and fridge, for less than

$80 a night. That's a screamin' deal when you consider that the only

other hotels that close to the market are in the $200+ range.

The tradeoff for having a fridge was that we had a lot of street

noise. The room was two floors over a bar and so we got to listen to

the drunken morons yelling stuff at 2 a.m., as well as sirens, dump

trucks, etc. The Belltown neighborhood is mildly seedy. We didn't have

any problems, but I wouldn't want to be out after dark alone. The

is two miles from Dr. West's office; about a $10 cab ride.

Overall, I was very pleased and felt it was a great home away from

home for my eight nights. I plan to stay there again when I go back

for my six-week post-op, and probably future Seattle visits as well.

Luna