Articles by Ron Donoho

You never forget your first room service delivery from a robot butler. Rosé is about three feet tall, cylindrical and has a stainless steel exterior. Her “face” is a touchscreen. […]

Eschewing airplanes, we’ve planned a California trek. Renting an RV was tempting. Instead, we opt to drive up and down the coast and play by the state-mandated rules being administered by hotel properties. […]

Hotels near the Los Angeles International Airport are using room-service robots to deliver meals to guests. This comes as travelers tepidly return to properties utilizing extensive safety precautions due to the coronavirus pandemic. […]

You can return to San Diego hotels. Hallelujah? Following the coronavirus shutdown that began in March, the state of California has mandated that hotels can reopen on June 12, 2020. […]

Downtown’s funky, gentrifying-in-spurts neighborhood may be the city’s most most tight-knit community. So it seems to many of the area’s restauranteurs. […]

“Restaurant Takeout Day Trips: Gaslamp Quarter” found few silver linings. San Diego’s preeminent entertainment district has been devastatingly walloped by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Most San Diego restaurants have makeshift storefronts open where you can pick up burgers, pizza, sushi or whatever your palate craves. […]

During the coronavirus crisis, a website called We Travel Forward let’s cabin fever sufferers pick from an eclectic variety of deals offered by a growing number of hotel properties. […]