So, I regularly stay at the Residence Inn at Pentagon City as it is close to everything: metro, shopping, lots of restaurants. But best of all the staff. They are all ready to please and glad to se you. I was welcomed back by those who recognized me and those that I remembered.

Gladys and her colleagues in the kitchen keep the area clean and well stocked. They work and interact with guests in a manner that makes you feel like royalty.

We stayed in a 2 bedroom suite for the MCM this past weekend. It’s a short walk across the road to the Pentagon to the race start. We were within 2 blocks of both the Pentagon and Pentagon City Metro stations, and with the free airport shuttle there’s no reason to rent a car. There’s a Whole Foods one block away for groceries, and we utilized the kitchen in our room (full size refrigerator too). Plenty of restaurants of all kinds at the mall and Pentagon Row, all about a 2 block walk.

We also had the free breakfast~it’s a large area so we never had to wait even through it was crowded.

The rooms were fine~not fancy, but we didn’t need fancy. Clean with comfortable beds works for us.

Now, if they could have just done something about the pouring rain the morning of the marathon it would have been a perfect stay!