Lobbying for the Lobby

Not every lobby is fortunate enough to have half a millenium to build atmosphere, like the parlor at Thornbury Castle Hotel in England. But I do believe every public space, whether it was built two months or two hundred years ago, needs its thing. Something the tourists can associate with the hotel, or marvel at, or question, or fall in love with.

Thornbury's thing? Gothic candlebras. A fireplace that's never allowed to fizzle out. And a mood that says you just might find yourself in an Agatha Christie plot at any moment. Suspect everyone, and watch for clues.