Los Angeles' latest hotel opening is quite a storied one, and not only because of its moniker.

1 with the grand opening slated for Apr.

15, in one of the city’s most attractive and popular locations.

Short Stories Hotel in West Hollywood

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But location crucial as it is in Los Angeles isn’t all this 1960s-built hotel has going for it.

Walk past the ivy and you’re transported, to a place that doesn’t exist elsewhere.

(An array of loveseats in a velvety grey print of leopards is particularly chic.)

Plant Wall at Short Stories Hotel pool in West Hollywood

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But more than aesthetics, Short Stories aims to seduce its guests with service.

Cost-cutting and COVID-19 have done real damage to the very concept of hospitality, Grifka observes.

And he refuses to give in.

Short Stories Hotel in West Hollywood

Stefan Merriweather

If that’s not the LA dream, what is?

Short Stories Hotel in West Hollywood

Stefan Merriweather

Short Stories Hotel in West Hollywood

Stefan Merriweather

Short Stories Hotel in West Hollywood

Stefan Merriweather