Sometime that night, he sketched in pencil a simple drawing on hotel stationary.
Monet painted Thames views at the turn of the 20th century, Whistler earlier drew the hotel's renovations and pigeons.
But as you draw nearer, one hotel turns out to festoon its frontage with sequined, singing transvestites; another surges with frat boys and sorority girls glugging margaritas from goblets as big as goldfish bowls.
I draw from the hotel car park.
Police body camera footage shows officers arrive at the suburban chain hotel, draw their assault rifles, and take cover behind their vehicles.
But it's also the draw of hotel services, like 24-hour room service and regular housekeeping, that appeal to bachelors.
The food hall is a major draw for hotel guests, "who feel comfortable eating there as singles," Ms. Franzese said, and has helped fill the void left by the legendary Oak Room and Oak Bar, which closed in July.
If the intimate feel of Nisbet Plantation Beach Club isn't enough of a draw (the hotel boasts just 36 guest rooms and suites), perhaps its lush setting is.
The multimillion-pound project would feature a hotel and draw in 100,000 people a year, four times the number currently able to use the observatory.
"This might be the kind of thing that would draw people to the hotel on weekends and holidays," Mr. Arons said.
