His idea for a day trip. Last time I was there, CariBlue and I took a trip down to The Jefferson to get coffee and came right back.
Fantastic hotel..stayed there every time I went to the NASCAR spring and fall races..So old and majestic..Next to last time there, race was rained out and scheduled for next day, went back to hotel and asked the concierge for some places to go for the evening, she had absolutely nothing and was rude as hell. Hotel limo guy overheard it and approached us afterwards saying he would take us around to some places. Frankly, we were just looking for interesting bars, he dropped us off at one and told us of others within walking distance. Gave us his cell number and said to call when we were done. Called him about 3 hours later, he picked us up and took us back to the hotel..Tried to give him a hundred, but he refused, said 20 was more to his taste and apologized for the rude concierge.
On checkout, I mentioned the issue with the concierge and the fantastic rescue from the limo guy (to David (I believe), older black gentleman who has been there forever. He said he was so sorry and he would make sure it never happened again. The next race, we got our normal room but were upgraded to a suite with an open refrigerator stocked full with beer, plus 2 bottles of wine, at no charge. I was actually kinda embarrased, all I wanted was to point out was they had a lousy concierge, was not looking for an upgrade or anything.
Really a cool place to stay, I was amazed the 1st time we stayed there by the fact that as soon as you checked in, everyone employed by the hotel knew your name and addressed you with Hi Mr soandso, can I get/do anything else for you..Even the bartenders knew your name..ie Mr soandso, should I charge your room or would you like to take care of this now?..Really a different world from what I'm used to.