I haven't been into the Creekside Inn, but it does look nice from the outside and it is not too far from the campus (maybe 5 to 10 minute drive). There is a good small deli/market and a nice restaurant on the grounds.
Nothing else to do since the game is rained out tonight
Measuring by car to the gate: Westin: .9 miles about Sheraton 1.0 mile about Stanford Terrace Inn 1.4 miles about, (except that if you were walking you could cut through some campus parking lots and maybe shave a bit off that distance)
I'm not an expert on the hotels obviously because I live here. You can read reviews at tripadvisor.com, http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g32849-Palo_Alto_California-Hotels.html but they are sometimes all over the map and it can be hard to judge. You'll have to post your thoughts after you've stayed at some of these !....
Posts: 692 | Location: California | Registered: January 02, 2003
A weather reminder to all coming to the Bay Area during the summer ....
Weather here is not your normal summer temperatures! You will get beautiful high 70's to mid 80's during the day (no humidity ) and then as the sun sets the temperature can drop into the low 50's. Remember to pack a warm jacket or sweatshirt for the evening games!
Posts: 1691 | Location: Northern California | Registered: December 26, 2002
Coming from what will surely be 100 degree days in Texas it sounds heavenly! I'm sure my son will fall in love with the place whether they want him to come there or not!
Posts: 577 | Location: Dallas,Texas | Registered: December 26, 2002
If you are looking for economy, I can personally recommend "The Country Inn". Clean, well maintained, motor up hotel on El Camino... only 3 miles down the road from campus. Only $60 - $65 per night.
Posts: 809 | Location: Southern California | Registered: December 27, 2002
A few updates. There is a new Four Seasons in Palo Alto, and a friend stayed at the Marriott Residence Inn: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/PAORI and raved about it. (It is officially in Los Altos, but basically on the border of the two towns and just a few miles from Stanford).
Also, there is a new burger place on California Avenue called The Counter, right next to Starbucks. My son went there over the winter break and pronounced it the best burger he has ever tasted in his life. For a boy of few words, that is high praise!
Posts: 692 | Location: California | Registered: January 02, 2003
Also, there is a new burger place on California Avenue called The Counter, right next to Starbucks. My son went there over the winter break and pronounced it the best burger he has ever tasted in his life.
Hmmmm. Guess I'll have to check it out!
Do they serve a beer with that burger?
---------------------- Go Monarchs!
Posts: 3634 | Location: California | Registered: June 22, 2003
With all the discussion of food, we need to send our friends from out of town to the essence of Stanford! They need to experience either the Goose, the O or Zotts. Take your pick, but to come to the area and not get the true history of Stanford would be a shame.
Tsk tsk and on a website for minors....don't know I haven't made it there yet!
Third to Su Hong--we have it for takeout at least once a month! Truth be told , it is REALLY greasy but my is it yummy.
So--which is more authentic old Stanford--the Goose or Zot's or the Oasis? When I was in law school, it was Zot's....but at that time of course we rode out there in horse-and-buggy, or so my kids would have you believe.....
Posts: 692 | Location: California | Registered: January 02, 2003
You will get beautiful high 70's to mid 80's during the day (no humidity 
) and then as the sun sets the temperature can drop into the low 50's. Remember to pack a warm jacket or sweatshirt for the evening games! 
