A home away from home. That is why we love the Homewood Suites, and the one in Clear Lake City was no different. From the time we walked into the beautiful lobby until we checked out, our stay was perfectly relaxing.
We chose this Homewood because of its close proximity to NASA. Clear Lake City is surrounded by everything “NASA” – the NASA Flower Shop, the NASA Coffee Shoppe, etc. It was the Clear Lake Area that was most popular with the Astronauts in the 70s and 80s. It was not unusual to see them driving their cool T-Birds or Corvettes through the streets of Clear Lake City. Times have changed somewhat, but Clear Lake remains a beautiful area.
Our suite was spacious, beautifully decorated, and exceptionally comfortable, but by no means surprising. It consisted of a fully equipped kitchen, dining area with table and chairs, living room with couch, recliner, TV, coffee table, separate bedroom with king bed and TV, dressing room and bathroom.
It is always the little details that I believe make a hotel stay memorable. Here are just a few of my favorites:
- Bottled drinking water in the suite, and sometimes small packages of cookies
- Free evening buffets Monday through Thursday
- Fresh fruit and hot coffee always available in the Lobby
- Large couch and recliner in the living room
- Extra large bath towels and the gigantic showerhead
- The refrigerator in the kitchen, a great place to store leftovers after a fabulous dinner
- Microwave for heating up those leftovers for late night snack
- The extra pillows on the bed
Of course, the hotel has many of the standard amenities such as a swimming pool, executive center, and workout room.
The breakfast buffet was far more than the typical Continental Breakfast: hot, fluffy biscuits and gravy (it’s a Southern thing), scrambled eggs, waffles, bagels, Danish, fruit, yogurt, juices, milk and coffee.
The most impressive feature we enjoyed was the sound of silence, which gave a sense of peace and tranquility; something we cherish so much.