The LA nights tend to get a little cool, so there is nothing like an open pit fire to take the chill away. This is the hotel I stayed at in LA called the Custom Hotel (Stuck in Custom Hotel? Too easy!). I found it on this cool new boutique hotel site called TabletHotels.com. The site has the tagline "Hotels for Global Nomads", and aren't we all?
It's right by LAX and surprisingly inexpensive. They have this trendy club and bar (upstairs there) by the pool...
See it large on the blog at
stuckincustoms.com/2008/05/25/a-warm-fire-by-the-pool-at-...