Some of you may know that after spending a semester on the road I am a real hotel nerd. So, for me staying in the Hotel Monaco is like taking a kid to a candy shop. The hotel was built in 1839 and is on the national register of historic places. The building was designed by Robert Mills, the man who designed the Washington Monument. Dickens described it as “very compact and very beautiful.” The Monaco used to be a government building, housing the Tariff Office. It’s ironic that we are having a conference celebrating free market education in the old Tariff Building.

I haven’t had a chance to explore the entire hotel, but it seems to have a lot of architectural variety compared to modern hotels. I expected to have a roommate, but I was pleasantly suprised to find that I have my own room. I must admit this is all a little fancier than I am accustomed to. They have bellhops, room service, doilies in the bottoms of the trashcans (!), stereo systems, and trademark leopard print terry cloth robes.

It’s all very nice, but I don’t ever expect to live this way. (I think that Proverbs 23:1-5 might apply here.)

I don’t know enough about WordPress to make a gallery, so here are some pictures. I shot all but the first one.

The front of the hotel.

My room plate.

My room.

My lamp.

Flat screen TV.

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