The Line Hotel in Los Angeles does not have a traditional Tylenol-and-toothpaste hotel store. In the lobby, instead, is an outpost of Poketo, a small west-coast boutique chain whose website promises a “carefully curated…collection of design-conscious goods meant to cultivate a creative lifestyle.” On a recent visit to the hotel, I wandered into the store and found teepee-shaped incense burners, jute-fiber tote bags and primary-colored stools. The only thing for sale that I could actually have used during my four-day stay at the Line was a toothbrush, a sleek black one that made the Oral-B in my bag seem awfully pedestrian.
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