Andaz Liverpool Street

Walk in, greet your host (there's no front desk), then pick a loaner iPod by the archetype that suits you, including banker, lawyer, fashion designer, and the Madonna-heavy "hairdresser" edition. Settle into your deconstructed, relaxed, mi-casa-es-su-casa joint in the midst of London's most bustling hood. Pints at in-house George Pub, Japanese nibbles from Miyako, or eats at private Andaz Studio if mingling with the little people ain't your thing. Guests include jetsettin' New Yorkers, fashionable bidness travelers, and the ocassional Ghanian socialite. Amazing touch: local literary talent in their pajamas come to your room and read you a bedtime story of your fancy.