http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T17:50:53Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/3/9548/72576 <![CDATA[<img src="/files/5957/bath_buttled.JPG" class="top"><p> <p>Staying at a luxury resort can sometimes feel like falling through a rabbit hole of helplessness. Even if you're accustomed to, say, setting an alarm clock or parking a car, why should you when someone is at the ready to do it <em>for</em> you? It's like being a baby who can drink. <p>We thought we'd seen the best of this before we encountered the Bath Butler at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ritz-Carlton%2C+Half+Moon+Bay/ian/194200"><b>Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay</b></a> in California. A Gatsby-esque mansion blown up to Size XL along the foggy coast, the property, which opened in 2001, advertises such amenities as a cart for returning joggers offering towels and water (chilled or room temperature?) and a bagpiper who plays on the egw 2008-12-03T09:55:24-05:00 37.4301076 -122.43636 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/24/213126/443 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Oceano_Hotel_Suite.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>It took a while for the permits and red tape to go through, but the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Oceano+Hotel+and+Spa/local/1157"><b>Oceano Hotel and Spa</b></a> in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, is finally up and running. It's got a range of five rooms from the basic Princeton right up to the Grand Oceano Villa; views from all of these vary from Pacific Ocean and Half Moon Bay water views to outlooks over the Montara Mountains. All pretty nice.</p><p>The Oceano is also proud to be environmentally friendly, even though it has tried to make sure its eco-friendly features are "discreetly concealed" so that luxury is still the focus. Some of these green features include:</p><blockquote><p> chemical-free laundry and room cleaning, energy saving amandak 2008-03-25T09:12:10-05:00 37.506189 -122.48690 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/