Monaco Hotel in San Fran

Sometimes I end up getting booked in some less than favorable accommodations while working on the road. The worst hotel hands down was a beat down hunting motel (actually a trailer) in some small town (the name now escapes me) hours north of Wichita Kansas. Anyways last week I spent a couple days shooting in San Francisco and I was booked into the Monaco hotel downtown.(Jeff and Janna you guys are the best by the way :))




When I checked out the location of the Monaco Hotel on Google maps, I noticed it was located on the northern part of the Tenderloin district. Oh Shit. See legend has it the Tenderloin district got its name back in the day because the beat cops who patrolled the area got extra danger pay, and thus they could afford to feed their families Tenderloin steaks on a regular basis. Rumor has it not much in the TL has changed since them. Rumor or not, I really wasnt in a rush to find out.



As it turns out the Monaco San Francisco turned out to be a fantastic hotel with an incredible interior, $50 nightly valet parking and $5 bottled water in the rooms. Yes it was located in the TL, but like always nothing is as bad as you think it will be.



During the day the TL was just fine, a lot of homeless but thats about it, while night proved to be only moderately more sketchy.

Here are some pics of the interior of the Monaco.
Enjoy!

C