The Connected Lawyer

While in Seattle, I had the opportunity to visit the community of Ocean Shores, Washington. While there, we stayed in a lovely place called the Judith Ann Inn. The Judith Ann offers suites rather than simple hotel rooms. The suite we had contained a comfortable sized bedroom, an eat-in kitchen and a large living room with a comfortable couch. Also included was a balcony that provided a view of the beach and “an elevated jetted tub” with a view of the ocean. These amenities are standard in all of their suites.

Additionally, the suite offered free internet, including both a wireless and a wired connection. The suite had speakers wired in both the living room and the bedroom, thus allowing you to listen to the free digital music throughout the suite. Additionally, the satellite channel selection was excellant. The suite also include a DVD player, in case you wanted to your own movies.

I found our stay in the Judith Ann to be quite comfortable and I would not hesitate to stay there if I again visit Ocean Shores.

John Scalzi has coined Scalzi’s Law of Hotel Internet Connections:

The more expensive the hotel, the more expensive and/or crappy the Internet connection.

Generally, I would agree with him. However, while recently in Seattle, I stayed at the Hotel 1000, which violated Scalzi’s rule. The hotel, which is not cheap, but is perfectly in line with similar accommodation’s in the heart of Seattle or any other major city, was one of the best hotels that I have ever stayed in.

Internet access was available, without any additional charge, bother wirelessly and via a standard Ethernet connection. Additionally, the room had very nice touch screen VOIP telephones, and a 40″ HD LCD television.

The accommodations were wonderful and the staff was very pleasant and helpful, giving excellant suggestions for dining as well as driving directions.

The desk chair was also quite comfortable, more comfortable than any other such chair that I have encountered in a hotel room.

The only complaint that I have about the hotel (and I admit that this is a very minor complaint) is that the complimentary paper was the USA Today. I generally prefer to receive the local paper, especially when I am in a larger city, rather than the USA Today.

That being said, if the biggest thing I have to complain about is the particular complimentary paper that is offered, I don’t think that I really have anything to complain about.

If you happen to be in Seattle and are looking for accommodations, I can unreservedly suggest the Hotel 1000. It is located at 1000 First Ave. Seattle, WA.

No, I have not fallen off of the face of the earth. Instead, as you may be able to tell from the above picture, I have been in Seattle recently. I have a group of posts I am planning on getting up shortly. Some of them deal with being able to stay connected while traveling.

I recently had to book a hotel stay. I booked the hotel through the Hilton website. When I completed the reservation, the system gave me the option to have my stay information emailed to me in iCalendar format.

I selected this option and a few minutes later I had an email with my hotel information contained within it. I accepted the meeting and I then had a calendar entry with the hotel name and city. The note attached to the calendar entry contained my confirmation number as well as the full street address and telephone number of the hotel. After syncing my Treo, I now had all of this information on my Treo.

This is a great little option offered by Hilton, that I had not seen before on other reservation sites. This gives me one more reason to book my hotel stays through Hilton’s website.
The question I have, however, is: Why doesn’t everyone do this? I imagine it is not terribly difficult to program. Plus, it is great feature for your consumers.