Idol Matter

the size of a weather balloon dominates the lobby. The mirror behind the desk, the dimensions of a billboard, vibrates and writhes like a desert road in the midday sun. The art museum a floor above is MOMA-level quality; the Roman bath pool below is luxurious, painstakingly restored and remodeled from the original YMCA, with a vaulted tiled ceiling and walls. A bustling horseshoe bar is better stocked than a Gstaad watering hole. Little downtown real estate equals the