I've attended a large convention held at the Daven...

I've attended a large convention held at the Davenport a couple of recent years. Couldn't afford to stay there, so I stayed at the Ruby diagonally across the street for $70. The Ruby is a cute basic hotel, and all I need. But the Davenport---Whoa! You could walk around that place for hours gawking at all the perfectly restored details. Old photos from its early glory years give you a really good idea of just what a posh place it was then. I'm sure glad some entrepreneur took a chance and put the money into restoring this beautiful grande dame of a hotel so that we could enjoy it today. The poor thing sat empty and unused for years awaiting its renaissance. If you go to Spokane for any reason, you've got to check it out. BTW--I gave the service a Very Good even though I didn't stay there because I did participate in a breakfast and lunch during the conference and the staff was excellent. Didn't want to go over the top with an "Excellent", though, since I didn't experience other aspects of their service. Just so you know.