For the same reasons you mentioned, we have often stayed at the Hilton Harbor Island, just around the corner from the Sheraton. Our timeshare is now owned by Hilton, so when we pay our maintenance fees with a Hilton credit card, we get big discounts at Hilton properties. This year we'll be staying at Homewood Suites by Hilton at Liberty Station, also close to the airport. In a little bit of serendipity, Homewood is right next to the USS Recruit. The USS Recruit is one of three landlocked ships that the Navy used for promotion and training. The Recruit was commissioned on the same day DW was born.
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This is the second time we stayed at a Homewood property. The first time we stayed at a Homewood, there was a print of a painting in the lobby. The painting was one my father commissioned his broker/painter to paint from a photo. The artist liked the painting so much he made prints from it. I can't wait to see what kind of surprise we'll find in our third Homewood stay.