Built at the heart of a huge conservation reserve, the hotel has won numerous awards for sustainability and wildlife protection over the past 10 years.

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During my Labor Day Weekend visit to College Town USA, I stayed at the tony, centrally located, and pink-themed Langham Hotel, a former Federal Reserve Bank converted into a Renaissance Revival masterpiece that my late GOP mother would have adored.

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Together they drove the van to Manhattan and parked it next to the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and walked to a nearby hotel.

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"It wasn't about women asking to not be around men, " says General Manager Patrick Davidson of the hotel's decision last year to reserve one entire floor for women guests.

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This year's three-day shindig was held at the swanky Palace Hotel in San Francisco and featured former Federal Reserve vice chairman Alice Rivlin and the Reverend Jesse Jackson as speakers.

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Dormer likely had access to the hotel from having been honorably discharged from the Navy Reserve -- which would mean he'd have an ID card -- said the Navy spokesman.

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Dorner probably had access to the hotel because he'd been honorably discharged from the Navy Reserve, the Navy spokesman said.

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