Have you ever been to the Hotel Del Coronado, the historic landmark which opened in 1888? Here it is all lit up last night – January 1st. We’ve never stayed here (very pricey) but one Skyline resident remembers her stay well: “I was there twice as a youngster, staying at the grand Hotel Coronado with my parents. Can’t recall which was better: cruising the balconies that wound around the hotel, or spotting Van Johnson in the dining room, sporting a maroon dinner jacket and a blazing sunburn.”
According to Wikipedia a number of movies like “Some Like it Hot” were filmed here. Also, “Notable guests have included Thomas Edison, L. Frank Baum, Charlie Chaplin, King Kalakaua of Hawaii,[35] Vincent Price, Babe Ruth, James Stewart, Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn.”
“The following presidents have stayed at the hotel: Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.” My guess is that the current President will break the precedent.
I’ve dined in the Crown Room and was even there once in Valentine’s Day. Fabulous!
I agree with your guess on the current President ! All the best, Diane