Then it's getting close to the time then when this thread should move to the California forum as it is getting further and further away from the forum topic. I'll leave it for a bit to see if that remains true.

RichardInSF, moderator, luxury hotels

P.S. While Kimpton as a chain tries to make each hotel a bit 'quirky,' I would categorize the quality level of the ones I've seen as even below upscale.