motel

Glusac tried staying with other family and friends in the area, but ultimately decided a motel room was worth the money.

"Anybody who has been to America will know that there's always a small town 30 miles outside with plenty of motels strung out along the highway."

Rates have skyrocketed, with so-called love motels and private apartments being converted into accommodation for climate envoys.

At one point, he was staying at a motel just a five-minute walk from my first apartment near Hollywood Boulevard and Western Avenue.

In the oil painting, a young woman in a red dress sits on the edge of a motel bed, gripping the footboard tensely.