The Hotel Doctor

A February 13 Craigslist ad is recruiting hotel doctors. If you read this blog, you know that I keep track of new arrivals and offer...

On Sunday I wrote for a few hours and then ate breakfast. My routine is to go to the gym afterward, but as I was leaving the phone rang....

Two nights ago the phone rang at 3 a.m. An insurance agency wanted me to see a client with a sore throat at the Torrance Residence Inn. ...

Walking toward the entrance of the Viceroy, a luxury Santa Monica hotel, I noticed half a dozen parking valets gathered around their sup...

I ’m the doctor for scores of Los Angeles hotels, but even the largest (the Bonaventure) rarely generates five visits per month. Nat...

When guests ask my fee, I tell them and then steer the conversation to their problem. Half the time, they don’t need a visit. If so, the...

Every five years or so, the Los Angeles Times discovers the housecall and publishes an enthusiastic article that doesn’t mention me,...