Hi all,
If you're not already familiar with walkscore.com I highly recommend
looking at it.  You can find various amenities [coffee/ book? bars?] near
the conference hotel and if you go to the More Amenities page, you can add
"hotels" as an amenity and get a good overview of the hotels in the area
and their relative location to the conference hotel.

Enjoy!
Ann Lally

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Derek Merleaux <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> The City Hostel http://www.cityhostelseattle.com/ looks pretty
> interesting and not too far away for the more adventurous or
> budgetarily challenged.
> -Derek
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Elizabeth Duell <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > I am working with the hotel now. There WILL be rooms. I'm not sure what
> the
> > glitch is, but I am working on it now.
> >
> >  - E
> >
> >
> > Elizabeth Duell
> > Orbis Cascade Alliance
> > [log in to unmask]
> > (541) 346-1883
> >
> > On 11/16/2011 8:43 AM, Laura Smart wrote:
> >>
> >> It appears that the Renaissance Seattle has no rooms available Feb 5-9
> >> 2012, using the link from the conference registration page.  One can
> >> go directly to the hotel web site and make a reservation at a higher
> >> rate, however.
> >> Any recs for nearby lodging at comparable rates?
> >>
> >> Laura
> >>
> >
>