Originally Posted by
Pausanias
Good heavens no! In my working life I stayed many, many times and always had one of their poolside cabanas. The pool itself was probably a bit small and was modelled I think on Sophia Loren's. Hernando Courtright owned it when I first went there. I loved the little cobbled road between the two wings and the Brentano's bookstore off the lobby.
Do you recall that when Georg Rafael, Adrian Zecha and Bob Burns ran Regent, your welcome room amenity at The Regent Beverly Wilshire was a 3-tier glass stack containing fresh strawberries, double cream and sugar.