Consistency, interestingness and hotels

I've spent the day in Chicago talking to HUMMER owners and after a long day headed back to my hotel, the FourPoint in downtown Chicago.  All very nice - bigish room, good shower and bed.  Probably the same room and neutral experience you'd find in any FourPoint in the world.  And I'm sure to some that consistency is very reassuring.  But after heading out for a late night wander around the Magnificent Mile I realized that consistency may be appealing to some it certainly isn't to me.  I saw some hotels that were just instantly more interesting.

Take the Allerton Hotel a couple of blocks away.  Don't know what Tip Top Tap is but it sounds interesting and fascinating - there's a unique story there.  The rooms probably aren't as 'comfortable' but it feels a much more interesting place to stay.  And there's plenty of other examples in the neighborhood.

I'm probably rambling like the sleep deprived person I am right now, but I guess to some people consistency is what they are looking for by and large, and to others it's interestingness.  And I guess I'm one of the latter.

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