Shot of comfort in the arm
Pretentious fools who like to nit-pick passionate individuality and personality, please stay away from me when I revisit the wonderful Victorian Rose. My wife and I have been return guests many times and are locals to boot. It's like traveling to another time and place, hanging out enjoying the fine hospitality, lodgings, fare, attention to detail, and personal attention that Richard and Nona provide. As Nona says, "My passion is for weary souls to leave this place better than they felt when they arrived." All we can say is mission accomplished. We always feel better after a night or two in this wonderful place that almost feels like visiting family. Reasonably priced, excellent accommodations and service. Now, we read that lousy review by the person who could not rest his eyes. I guess all the crappy mass-produced artwork on the walls of corporate hotels is more to his liking. Hey, I say, when you go visit Richard and Nona, just groove with their creativity and spirit and you will do fine. They will take very good care of you and you will not be sorry. This is a very cool experience. We have stayed in the Wisteria room as well as the Emperor room. The Emporer room is a little noisier (being on the street) but is very well appointed. The Wisteria room has a nice door to a second-floor patio. We like the Wisteria best because we like to smoke! Anyway, as far as all of the artifacts--we think it's very generous of the owners to make one's stay so rich with interesting things to see. Don't forget to look at the scrapbooks. Nicely located near downtown and beach. I would have to give this place five out of five stars with no reservations, and I have stayed in some amazing places. If you are lucky enough to be staying there when some good, deep, and genuine conversationalists are also staying, you will have some good times. Pretentious folks bore me. Get a life.