After we got back from Mexico, we headed to a place that felt like its polar opposite.
The Hotel del Coronado is ridiculously opulent and has become part of American History for three really cool reasons [putting my trivia hat on]:
- Not only did L. Frank Baum say it was his inspiration for The Emerald City when he wrote The Wizard of Oz
- But it's also the hotel from Some Like it Hot
- And if that doesn't already make it interesting enough, if you've seen The King's Speech, it's also where the American Wallis Simpson met the future King of England, who gave up his throne for her.
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