Within the first six months of opening this hotel, this room was visited by a very flamboyant woman from San Francisco, an unregenerated flower child from Haight Ashbury. She made a three-day reservation and wound up staying for weeks. Investigating the phenomenal spiritual activity of the building, she moved from room to room, but this room was her favorite. It was occupied, she said, by a very benevolent feminine spirit.

On Thursdays, some local Indians insist on lighting incense for the spirit at the downstairs fountain. Thursday, for some reason, is a special day to her. Though the spirit occasionally pays a social visit to the fountain, for the most part, she spends her time here. And perhaps it is her presence that gives the room its very cheery atmosphere.

The room also figures in a recent best selling French novel, Tous les Bars de Zanzibar, by James McNeill. The author finished the novel in this room, and the room itself becomes a character in the last chapter.