Entering this hotel requires stepping over footprints, handprints, and autographs embedded into the sidewalk by visiting stars. Because two major theaters, the Curran and Geary (home of the acclaimed American Conservatory Theater company), stand across the street, actors, musicians, writers, and artists often stay here. The hotel is definitely hip, and the rooms, especially the suites, feel quite urban and modern. A new digital movie system plays on plasma TVs. Cobalt-blue carpets and brushed-steel headboards echoing the shape of ocean waves lend a nautical touch to the white-walled rooms, which have silver bedspreads and sleek steel light fixtures. Bathrooms are tiny but well equipped. A Starbucks and Colibri Mexican Bistro are in the lobby.
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