Our Favorite Hotel Ever - We Love You Citizen M

I think I might have promised to do a blog post about the hotel we stayed at in Glasgow - Citizen M. That hotel was so fun, and such a perfect hotel, I would a visit a city *solely* to stay at the Citizen M. I think right now they only have hotels in Glasgow, Amsterdam and London, but they're supposed to open some up in New York and Paris. Frankly they ought to look into L.A., Los Angeles could really use a Citizen M.

So you saw earlier how the bed takes up THE ENTIRE END of the room, right?

 That bed is huge, trust me. Item two, the remote controlled venetian blinds sandwiched between two layers of glass = genius. And a blackout screen that drops down over the whole thing - perfect for those Scottish summers when it gets light at 4:00 am. Speaking of the remote control - It controls the blinds. It controls the TV. And it controls all of the lighting in the room. It has a color wheel that allows you to make infinite adjustments - you can make the light blue, or fuchsia, or a slightly pinker fuchsia, or just a hair less pink fuchsia. It's SOOOOO MUCH FUN. You can also set the TV to one of 4 "automatic" settings, which automatically changes the lighting, plays graphics on the television, and plays appropriate music. We figured out the "business" one -

bright, un-changing light, boring music, pictures of people at desks on the screen. We figured out the "getting down to business" one - bowchicka bow wow music, pink lighting, and animated hearts on the screen -- then there was "dance party," with constantly changing disco lighting, dance music on the TV, and what looked like Keith Haring animation. I think the last one was "island relax" mode, it had soothing music and animated palm trees, and turned all the lighting yellow. I mean, come on, worth the price of admission right there. Here you can see blue lighting.

And here's the fuchsia. The rooms are small, and there's no tub, but the giant showerheads are more than sufficient. They also had a cantina that was open 24/7 that had sushi, croissants, coffee, beer, etc. and you could eat there or grab and go back to your room. They have various little lounge areas, and a bank of computers for your convenience, and the wireless always worked perfectly in our room.  It was just such a beautifully designed hotel. We splurged a bit on a "slinky, voluptuous boutique hotel" our last night in Scotland after Islay, and it was a disappointment after Citizen M, not to mention twice the price.

We got in after midnight from our train ride and got croissants that had just finished baking and a beer. 7 hours later the same lady that had told us about the fresh croissants fixed us lattes to go and  called us a cab for the airport for our flight to Islay.