unique luxury hotel in los angeles, california.

After we finished splashing bathing beauties to within an inch of their lives at our hotel in Long Beach, California, we headed inland a little to end up in Brentwood, on the border of West Hollywood in Los Angeles.  You know who lives in Brentwood?  Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck live in Brentwood.  Do I read People Magazine too often?  Why yes, yes I do.

Anyhow, Brentwood is beautiful and would be a lovely place to live.  I think.  We stayed at a really cool hotel called Hotel Angeleno, again in the Joie de Vivre hotel family {love that family}.  Angeleno was swank.  Posh.  Quiet.  Sleek.  We are none of those things but they let us stay anyway, giving us a room with a pretty view of the hills and the pool.

When you’re a kid, the four sweetest words in the English language are:  we have a pool.  We didn’t need to be asked twice before the dive bombing commenced.

The hotel was beautiful top to bottom but the best part for me?  The beds.  I won’t lie, they were seriously comfortable.  I had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, out of bed the next morning.

Which leads me to the next best thing about the location of Hotel Angeleno: It’s practically within spitting distance of the J. Paul Getty Museum.  A trip to the Getty with kids is a whole post in and of itself, but this hotel is a perfect place to stay if you’re coming in from out of town & want to hop over to the world-renowned collection at the Getty.

Totally fabulous.  The hotel, the Getty, and of course the pool.  It’s all about the pool.

Allison

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