There seems to be a dearth of B&B’s and out of the ordinary places to stay in Phoenix.The Gaslight Inn was one we found. It was a fairly good experience, but not exceptional. This appears to be a vintage hotel building that has been renovated. Our room was comfortable, though ordinary except that it had fairly nice antique furnishings.
Jazz did play downstairs til about 11pm, but we kind of enjoyed it, especially the rendition of Summertime from Porgy & Bess. Dinners in the neighborhood are kind of sparse though. We searched around and tried to find a city center, even asking passersby for directions. Glendale has a nice park, a library, a massive visitor center and city office complex, but seems to be an area searching aimlessly for its lost identity. While we were there it was a once a month civic open house with live music, free ice cream, horse drawn carriage and trolly rides, etc. They tried real hard, but somehow it just didn’t seem to catch fire. After much searching, we finally settled on a local restaurant called the Spicery where we had a mediocre dinner with a glass of very mediocre house red wine. On reflection, the German place next to the Gaslight might have been a better choice.
The chocolate factory down the street was an interesting stop the next morning.
