CASA MADRONA HOTEL, Sausalito, CA c. 1885
CASA MADRONA HOTEL, Sausalito, CA c. 1885
"A 19th century reminder of a less hurried time"
the siamese mix kitty pissed on a box with stuff in it, that i needed to go through anyway. its a female and has issues. it needs to be outdoors. it never developed manners. or maybe i need to switch cat food to something natural? i'll have to start trying different ones.
so i went through the box to toss whatever is ruined and i found CASA MADRONA HOTEL ROOM LIST from august of 1988 when i was there with a boyfriend on vacation! wow!
the place still exists and the rooms start at $265 (i looked on line). it was always pricey. but the photos on line are not not the same as when we went there. (its 25 years, so why would i think it'd be the same? lol.)
the hotel is mostly a spa now and when we were there it was mostly a hotel and restaurant built onto the side of a cliff, overlooking the sausalito bay. the dining room had a harpist playing. very cool. i think we were the youngest couple at the hotel. lol.
the rooms came with a "menu" of room descriptions and decor. they were divided by "the victorian house," "the cottages" and "the new casa." each room has a name like wicker room, gingham room, mariner room in the victorian house or calico cottage, english gate house, in the cottages and the new casa examples are, the renoir room (impressionistic), 1000 cranes (oriental), kathmandu (but there is around 15 rooms (suites) in the new section. we were in the new section in Kathmandu.
the description reads: A regal room, filled with huge cushions for lounging, tiny secret alcoves, carpeted steps...fireplace, deck and tub. it was room number 201 and the cost was $150 per night back then! i remember we looked into going again around 10 years later and it was like $300 or more by then. so worth it though, even just for a couple of nights. it was totally private because the rooms are on a cliff with their own terraces and you can't see anything but the water and trees etc., from there. lovely.
we were very young and got a total kick out of the room menu. i wish whoever took over the hotel had left the format as it was. the hotel had been there since 1885, and my guess is that only the victorian house and the cottages were probably around in 1885. in the lobby/check in, they had a photo album style book with photos of each room as well and then availability. wish i knew of another place similar to that. there is one in st. augustine that does that, but its much smaller rooms and its not as private or anything - in st. augustine they are more like "antique" rooms. lol. a different idea.
the jacuzzi was in the room itself, by the fireplace which is cool. timeshare has that occasionally on the two bedroom suites, but the decor in timeshare is ordinary modern. not like this place. really loved the themes. can't believe that room-menu survived all the moving around after so many years and so many times being the victim of robbery!
living in florida its even harder because of damage from hurricanes to one's personal items. but then look what happened to all the people living on the water during sandy up north! my cousin lost EVERYTHING that was in her basement. its like titanic down there! lol. seriously. flooding all the way about two feet from the ceiling.
very happy i found this room list. yay!
"A 19th century reminder of a less hurried time"
the siamese mix kitty pissed on a box with stuff in it, that i needed to go through anyway. its a female and has issues. it needs to be outdoors. it never developed manners. or maybe i need to switch cat food to something natural? i'll have to start trying different ones.
so i went through the box to toss whatever is ruined and i found CASA MADRONA HOTEL ROOM LIST from august of 1988 when i was there with a boyfriend on vacation! wow!
the place still exists and the rooms start at $265 (i looked on line). it was always pricey. but the photos on line are not not the same as when we went there. (its 25 years, so why would i think it'd be the same? lol.)
the hotel is mostly a spa now and when we were there it was mostly a hotel and restaurant built onto the side of a cliff, overlooking the sausalito bay. the dining room had a harpist playing. very cool. i think we were the youngest couple at the hotel. lol.
the rooms came with a "menu" of room descriptions and decor. they were divided by "the victorian house," "the cottages" and "the new casa." each room has a name like wicker room, gingham room, mariner room in the victorian house or calico cottage, english gate house, in the cottages and the new casa examples are, the renoir room (impressionistic), 1000 cranes (oriental), kathmandu (but there is around 15 rooms (suites) in the new section. we were in the new section in Kathmandu.
the description reads: A regal room, filled with huge cushions for lounging, tiny secret alcoves, carpeted steps...fireplace, deck and tub. it was room number 201 and the cost was $150 per night back then! i remember we looked into going again around 10 years later and it was like $300 or more by then. so worth it though, even just for a couple of nights. it was totally private because the rooms are on a cliff with their own terraces and you can't see anything but the water and trees etc., from there. lovely.
we were very young and got a total kick out of the room menu. i wish whoever took over the hotel had left the format as it was. the hotel had been there since 1885, and my guess is that only the victorian house and the cottages were probably around in 1885. in the lobby/check in, they had a photo album style book with photos of each room as well and then availability. wish i knew of another place similar to that. there is one in st. augustine that does that, but its much smaller rooms and its not as private or anything - in st. augustine they are more like "antique" rooms. lol. a different idea.
the jacuzzi was in the room itself, by the fireplace which is cool. timeshare has that occasionally on the two bedroom suites, but the decor in timeshare is ordinary modern. not like this place. really loved the themes. can't believe that room-menu survived all the moving around after so many years and so many times being the victim of robbery!
living in florida its even harder because of damage from hurricanes to one's personal items. but then look what happened to all the people living on the water during sandy up north! my cousin lost EVERYTHING that was in her basement. its like titanic down there! lol. seriously. flooding all the way about two feet from the ceiling.
very happy i found this room list. yay!
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Memories are golden aren\'t they. Sounds like a perfect place to visit.
That room list sounds like a great memento! *HUGS*
yeah, i was looking at their photo on line, i think the bigger building wasn\'t even there when we were there. lol. and our area was called the \"new section\" but it was one of the areas on the cliff itself, so the spa hotel area must be the new area.
So glad you shared this with us.....very interesting. Always good to be able to take a trip down memory lane.
I so agree with you about living on the coast and losing item\'s in a Hurricane. We learn to accept that that is the price to pay if you choose to live on the coast. But it just seems sooooo odd that the people up North had such a horrific experience with Hurricane Sandy.
It seems as odd to me as us having a Winter Snow Blizzard!