The hotel’s lobby or common area is a “third place” that is often overlooked. Personally, I crave an environment where other people are working; it produces a kind of social white noise.

The hotel lobby is nautical-themed ... including coffee and water, was waiting for me. Inside the bedroom area, a queen-sized bed called my name. Attached to my room was a living area.

I was simply enjoying an $11 old-fashioned at the hotel bar, albeit in a lobby so eye-catching Bing Crosby is said to have eschewed a more private exit route to deliberately stroll through it ...