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Wednesday’s Workwear Report: Piped Piqué Knit Blazer

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A woman wearing a black blazer with white piping, a black top, and white pants

Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices.

This knit blazer from Talbots would be a great wardrobe addition for someone who wears a lot of black and is looking to “spice things up” with something bold like white trim. I think this would look great with a pair of crisp white pants for summer.

Talbots has this available in their usual wide range of sizes, but I would snap it up quickly if you’re looking for something in the plus, plus petite, or petite range because they seem to move more quickly. 

The blazer is $179-$199 and comes in sizes 0-18, 0P-16P, 14-24, and 14P-22P.

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158 Comments

  1. i used to have a gap blazer like this but it was grey with bright yellow. loved it for spring, wore with jeans, to work…

        1. Trends cycle! The youths think 2007 is peak cool: twilight, gossip girl, emo, Hollister, headphones with cords, etc are all really in.

          1. I’m excited for the inevitable return of cobalt and neon yellow. I can do without that awful stripey dress everyone wore or the beigy “swamp shoes” platform sandals

      1. I have the navy with black trim. I like that combination and find it works with lots of my clothes.

  2. anyone familiar with stack athletics? just showed up on my insta feed, price is good, wondering about quality.

  3. I love the Tory Burch ballet loafer. My feet apparently got wider after baby and my pinky toes are miserable after putting them on, even my worn-in full leather ones. Any leather duped out there? My heels are still narrow so I like the elastic back. Would also take a version with a small heel. My feet sweat in plasticy shoes so I am willing to spend for a brand I can wear barefoot.

    1. I hear you and have no great answers if sizing up half a size doesn’t help. I am just leaning in to smart sneakers while the fashion moment allows for it. Kiddo likes the Rothys loafers, which are not the same thing at all. I only have two fails to report in the loafer category (the SE Loraine is too narrow still and the other pair I tried I feared wasn’t soft enough leather to not tear my feet up if I ever tried to vigorously walk in them).

    2. I have two pairs of Mansur Gavriel flats that have really molded to my feet. They’re supportive but also pliable. I’ve had them for 5+ years.

    3. I’m a huge fan of my Schutz Arissa ballet flats. They’re very soft and stretchy and a great price for leather. Not elastic, but the toe vamp is high enough that they feel secure on the foot.

    4. I have to put band aids on my pinky toes for barefoot shoes. It is a hassle, but less so than blisters.

      1. I spray or paint on liquid bandage. A conference planner taught me that years ago and has saved my feet on many days, especially when wearing heels that rub the heel where bandages aren’t always a great option.

        1. I’m a huge fan of KT Health Blister Prevention tape strips. I wear them on the backs of my heels where skin is frequently rubbed off when I am putting in the miles. Luckily the wears last multiple days for me, so I go through a pack about every 1.5 months. MUCH better than band aids.

      1. Are they wide in the toe area? Or wide all over. Not the OP, but my feet aren’t classic wide feet. They are B width with some spread, so big risk of walking out of wide shoes.

          1. Really, you have duck feet? I have triangular or wide toe box feet. I don’t have webbed toes – do you?

    8. After a long hunt for loafers, I landed on a pair from Frye. The leather is incredibly soft and hasn’t required breaking in. I also have narrow heels and have a tendency to walk out of shoes and the Frye seem to work. Counterintuitively, adding tongue inserts has helped on other shoes where I walk out of the heel.

    1. Agreed! I normally love a contrasting color border (especially black and white), but this is way too rowing blazer for me

  5. Any brand recommendations for work appropriate sandals? Looking for options which have good support and are formal enough to wear in the summer in DC in a slightly conservative office. Thanks!

    1. I’d look at MGemi and Margaux. I prefer MGemi as the Margaux support can be a bit intense for my feet.

      4. Eh, a lots of leather stacked heeled option with a pedicure is fine for the office. As my toes have aged and gotten wonky, I don’t do this anymore for the office or elsewhere though and like a sling back flat.

      5. I agree. The closest to sandals that I will wear to the office are woven leather ballet flats with a solid leather pointed cap toe.

      6. I think a lot of the conversations here about what is “dated” or not are a bit silly, but I’ll admit to finding toes in the office “dated.”

      7. OP here. Should have known this would be controversial but … really? I feel like a wedge or huarache or something with top-of-foot coverage is okay but maybe I’m in the minority.

          2. Gen Z has a weird aversion to feet.

            I mean, I don’t love seeing feet either, but when it’s summer in DC, you are going to see people wearing sandals and that should not provoke a freak out.

            In my admittedly not conservative DC office, sandals are fine, although the ones I see tend to be more on the covered up side.

          3. I’m very offended you think I’m Gen Z. I don’t have an aversion to feet in the real world, wear strappy sandals to the club or flip flops to the beach, but I don’t want that level of intimacy with my coworkers.

          4. I think this is regional. Of course, my assistant has also been known to walk down the hall barefoot and I don’t care, so YMMV.

        2. In my office, these would be perfectly fine. Perhaps they are in your office? What do women at your level and above wear in your office in the summer?

          I think you’d do better going by what others in your office are actually wearing, rather than what people here on the internet think.

        3. Maybe try woven ballet flats or woven mary janes? “Sandals” and “conservative office” seem antithetical to me, but I could see woven shoes in a more traditional work style being okay. Or like a raffia closed toe block heel (JCrew factory and Naturalizer have some), although those read easter or weekend brunch to me.

        4. I just picked up a pair of “fisherman sandals” off the river site and they have wide straps forming a toe box, so they aren’t super revealing, but are still clearly a sandal. I bought them for DC downtown office wear.

          1. +1 to fisherman’s sandals. I have some from Vince that I wear to work all summer.

          1. People in my office wear sandals all the time, I don’t like open-toed sandals for myself because I think I have ugly hobbit toes.

  6. If you want a break from the news, I found a fashion podcast called “What we wore” by Laura Vinroot Poole. I haven’t yet listened to these episodes, but there are ones on favorites here, like the founder of Me + Em and Sue Sartor. They are back in the archives. I listened to one other random one and they are soothing to listen to and even though fashion is fluffy, these are often focusing on women who are business founders and who juggle that role with the rest of their lives, so also relatable. In 2026, I need some sort of white noise on when I work and just can’t default to having NPR on all the time like I used to. I need something that is just neutral for my ears sometimes.

  7. I wear too much black and have noticed lately I like outfits with mixed black and white patterns. Anyone seen any unusually great patterned tops, toppers, or pants? I can’t do Swiss dot and dislike stripes though so more like paisley or block ink or whatever.

    1. I used to wear a lot of tops like that before WFH. I had several from Macys. Back then I didn’t have a huge budget, so I also found some at Kohls from the Lauren Conrad and Vera Wang lines. Sometimes, I would find ones I liked at TJ Maxx or Marshalls, but it was more hit or miss.

    2. Talbots usually has some black and white options, as does Black House White Market.

    3. Uniqlo almost always has black and white patterns in blouses and slip skirts.

      I have an awesome midi skirt with a b&w terrazzo pattern from ~4 years ago. I would check poshmark/thredup.

  8. I feel like I barely see any personal email anymore – I think years of trying filters and sanebox have ruined my Gmail. Short of abandoning my address and starting fresh, does anyone have any tips on resetting?

    1. Is the issue that when a personal email comes it mistakenly gets filtered out?

    2. Unsubscribe ruthlessly and immediately block any marketing domain that doesn’t respect that.

    3. I just use their filters, I don’t make up my own and it works perfectly. Also, personal email is much less of a thing these days, so maybe that’s part of it for you.

      1. It’s definitely true! But then my brother sends me an email and it gets filtered into parts unknown. I tend to look at my “sent” folder a lot (for replies) and “all mail” but I’m more likely to see alumni stuff from the pre-k coop versus important stuff from my parents or brother.

    4. I have a personal email address that I provide family and friends, and I use a separate email address just for shopping and newsletters and whatever and don’t even try to inbox zero or filter other than the automatic google promotion folder.

    5. When I opted out of Gmail’s AI crap, it lost a lot of filtering functionality for me (Priority Inbox). I spent a couple weeks or so deleting or archiving 100 emails a day (en masse) from my inbox. I searched for things I knew I wasn’t being good about deleting (i.e. emails from the New York Times), and could delete hundreds at a time that way. I use ProtonMail (with a paid subscription) for “important” personal mail – kids’ school stuff, banking, job applications, and Gmail for everything else. So I know you don’t want to start fresh, but prioritizing by email clients might be a good in-between step.

  9. I’m the fiberglass mattress poster from last week. Cleanup is slow and I feel anxious (I’ve already reached out to my therapist) but sure that one day it’ll all be gone.
    At the same time that we have this going on, my husband’s car needed new shocks, his grandma is in the hospital and he had to drive 2 hours away to help (we’re both going this weekend), and work for both of us is stressful right now. When it rains it pours right?

    1. Ugh – I’m sorry to hear this. Sounds very stressful. Hang in there. This too shall pass. But be gentle with yourself until it does and you have recovered.

    2. Eat well, drink water and look after each other.
      Good on you for recognising the anxiety will pass and the problem is solvable.

  10. I’ve got an upcoming work project that requires me to be in-office, but able to clean out and move some boxes of documents. I’m looking for some straight leg chinos so that I can weave them into my wardrobe past this project. The catch is that I want to try them on before I buy.

    Size 16, prefer a high waist. Give me all your recs!

      2. I like the JCF twill tie waist. I took the belt out and switched with a leather belt and short sleeve cashmere sweater this week with flats.

    2. Here’s the thing – even if you order clothes online, you are allowed to try them on before you buy them.

      Order from places with easy returns. The Gap family all offers free shipping at $50 purchase and free returns. Macys is free shipping above $99 and free returns. And then there’s Nordstrom.

      If you can find what you need in an actual store, huzzah! But there will likely be more options online.

      1. This, just return what you don’t like, it’s simple and how you buy clothes in 2026.

      2. Totally valid point and I would generally agree with you. I’ve got some time this weekend to actually go shopping so I wanted to take myself out to do it, rather than order things and cross my fingers.

        1. In that case, I think you just go to the stores you have access to and try on whatever is in stock.

        2. I like your optimism but as a former size 16, there was a zero percent chance any store actually had that size in stock. I’d go in case you get lucky but if you really need them, order some as a backup.

    3. I was in Talbots the other day, and they had I think two styles of chinos in the store.

      1. I am enjoying the Talbots Wide Ankle chinos. High waist, but not constricting, and they are quite flattering. I’m a size 14 petite.

  11. talk to me about what you do with your hair at work. Mine is all one length, pretty basic. bsically i start with it down and pull it back at points. Would love something more intentional but am not going to watch youtube videos on how to do french twists… what do you all do?

    1. I just do claw clip as neatly as I can

      Look up the inverted Gibson though that one was really easy

      1. op here: what’s with the tone? what i meant is that i’m not embarking on time consuming or skill intensive ‘dos.

    3. Mine is similar and I’m fully embracing the trend in claw clips. Day one I wear it down and tucked behind my ears. I hate hair in my face. Day two it loses volume, so I twist it up into a tortoise shell claw clip. It looks like a french twist, but the claw clip is way easier on my slippery hair than a million pins. Sometimes I pull just the top half back, maintaining the sleek part line, and put in a mini gold claw clip. If the clip looks too casual, I try to compensate by wearing my fancier glasses or nicer jewelry that day.

      Most women in my office just repeat the same hairstyle every day, so there’s nothing wrong with that!

    4. I do a slicked back mid pony, or claw clips as the other poster mentioned. I know some people do the heatless curls but I am incredibly low maintenance with my hair.

    7. On a day when I want my hair pulled back, I use a rip tie in a color close to my hair shade so that my pony is wrapped. It feels a bit more intentional and polished, IMO.

      1. +1 My MIL gave me a set of these for Christmas and I LOVE them, they don’t interfere at all with headrests, etc.

    9. I have waist length hair. With rare exception, I have a bun (sometimes braided, sometimes not) at the nape of my neck, held in place with enormous hairpins like it’s the 19th century.

      1. I used to do this, but stopped being able to find the good giant hairpins I like, and then also cut my hair.

    10. I find any simple hairstyle works as long as you have nice professional elevated earrings and a good lipstick.

  12. What is your go to coat in the spring? I have a leather jacket that I wear but I sometimes need something slightly warmer. I used to have a lined trench coat for like 20 years but it got ruined. The trench style doesn’t feel right anymore because I dress casually for work / on the weekends. Primarily for walking the dog on chilly mornings, playground with our toddler, casual outings.

    If anyone has a coat they love or have been coveting, please share!

    2. sounds like a lined trench works for you! buy a new one! boden has adorable ones if you want to make a statement… how much do you want to spend?

    4. My go to jacket is a bomber jacket from BDG. I originally rented it on nuuly, but purchased it because it is comfy and warm.

    5. Sounds like you loved your trench and should stick with it – I love how they make a boring outfit look more classic-intentional.

    7. I bought this earlier this spring and have liked it. It has a fleece lining that makes it a little warmer. It’s the Columbia “Sweet Creek II Lined Hooded Rain Jacket.” While not the dressiest coat, it doesn’t look offensive with my workwear.

      I also have a canvas utility jacket that I wear on really mild days.

  13. Would you keep interviewing after accepting a job offer? And would it matter if it was a role you applied for before actually getting the offer?

    This seems like something where the social consensus has changed a lot over the course of my career (~10 years) from never do it/only if the 2nd role is a huge upgrade (ie. It’s unethical and will tank your reputation if you do it more than once, but if it’s something like a 3x salary increase…) to a “yes of course, you can do this in almost any situation). And I’m curious if that’s a real social shift, or just an internet thing

    For the purposes of this question, let’s say both jobs pay a decent living wage.

    1. I guess the question is why? like are you desperately in need of a job but hoping something better comes along? or are you half way through the process somewhere more desirable? I don’t think you owe an employer anything but two weeks notice but generally when i have changed jobs it was because i was interested and excited by the new one, i wouldn’t be thinking that i was still actively looking.

      1. Yeah, laid off and so not in a position to turn anything down. Offer is one I’d be happy enough about on its own – not absolutely fantastic but a solid job I’d do well and be happy at. But I have an interview scheduled a few weeks out for a role that pays more, has better growth opportunities, and is more interesting work. The timelines are far enough apart that there isn’t a way to hedge Offer 1 for a few days while pressing Company 2 to speed up… if an offer from company 2 came, it’s likely ~2 months out.

        1. this actually changes your question a bit. your question was about continuing to interview after accepting an offer. it sounds like you would start job #1 well before you would hear from number 2? i work in a career center and i will say that employers have burned so many people (like kids who grew up with parents at the same company for 25+ years who are then laid off, etc.) that there is less reluctance to do this than in the past. we most certainly do not advise students to do this, but there are circumstances where it can make sense. in your scenario, is there any way to get company 2 to speed up their timeline? alternatively, if you were to start at company 1 and this happens, i do think there are ways to explain it. obviously not ideal and does burn some bridges, but…

          1. Yeah, part of what’s giving me pause is that when I was a student, our career services office *strongly* objected to this, and it was framed as “if you do this, you’ll harm the alumni reputation in a way that harms all of your classmates”. And back then I would have never!

            I also would be, I think, rightfully pissed off if I accepted an offer from a company, and then they fired me a month later (with no pip, no discussion of expectations, etc) because “you’re doing fine; but we kept interviewing after we hired you and we just found a candidate we like better!”. So if I expect more from the company (even though they legally can do that), I probably shouldn’t do the same thing to them.

            But yeah, part of it is also…my past company laid me off, blew up my life and plans, didn’t pay severance or offer any transition services, and didn’t actually need to (the layoffs made the stock price go up but weren’t financially necessary), and…yes, I’m angry about it. But it’s not the new company’s fault.

            Realistically, the chance of reputational damage being a problem is very small (different industries, different locations); although never say never. It’s more the ethical question that I’m chewing on

    2. If you actually have an offer, I would email the second company and let them know that your timeline has shifted and ask them if they are interested in moving up the interview process because you’re still interested. It sounds like you don’t have an offer yet so I would wait until you do.

      1. I have done this successfully in the past with other competing offer timing issues, but I am 99% sure company B won’t be able to accelerate (it’s a big, established company with a complex hiring process individual managers can’t overrule; everyone I know who’s worked there thinks them moving fast is not going to happen. They’re able to get good hires despite the slow process by making up for it in prestige (working here opens up your future options a lot) and salary (which is why Role B pays more than the Offer A option).

    3. I saw a friend laid off do this; she even started at job 1 and landed at job 2 months later. If there are good reasons for you, I think you can do it as long as you won’t need to interact wit job 1 again (that bridge is burned). I doubt anyone sees job 1 on my friend’s resume as anything but a post-layoff blip.

    4. I would do it, for the sole purpose of collecting information and relationship building.

      In this job market, so many things can happen: The role you accepted may not be as advertised, budgets may change on short-term notice and it might get canceled. Job 2 may have a longer hiring time frame than you think, or they may also run into budget/approval issues, or maybe they have other roles available you don’t even know about yet.
      If you want to scenario plan, maybe you can proactively think about how you’d frame leaving job 1 after a short time in case you actually are offered job 2.

      And honestly: Yes, maybe it is a bit iffy to start a new job and to leave 2 months after, or to interview for a role at company B when you’ve just accepted a job at A. But so many companies just string you along, our ghost you without hesitation…

      1. Oh yeah, I definitely won’t withdraw from Process B until I’ve signed Offer A, filled out the I9 and actually started, etc, because of the ghosting/string you along problem. But after that…

    5. I would keep interviewing at the second company. It might take a lot to actually accept an offer from the second company a few weeks or months after I started with the first, but I don’t think it’s ever unethical to find out what’s out there. Maybe the job at first company sucks for reasons you don’t anticipate, and maybe the second company takes 6 months or a year to get through their hiring process, and it all works out perfectly. Or maybe second company doesn’t hire you now but remembers you in a couple of years when something else opens up and you’re ready for more growth opportunities.

  14. Send me strength. I work on a medium-sized legal team–there’s about ten attorneys. Our GC is so mercurial! Not just to me, but to the whole team. Sometimes we get a normal boss. Other times, she is firing off angry, accusatory slacks that are wildly off base from the reality on the ground. Sometimes she causes the problems by jumping in and then has awkward meetings with us (post-mortems) about “how could this go better next time?” and everyone is sitting there awkwardly, thinking, “Well, if you hadn’t jumped in, worked in secret, and then excoriated us for stepping back while you worked in secret.”

    Things we’ve tried:
    – being proactive (told to stay in lanes)
    – being less proactive (told to be more proactive)
    – overcommunication
    – feedback that sometimes we need her to be a bit more gentle on slack (she does not take feedback well

    Are we destined to lose good teammates and have this weird, chilling effect as we all suffer through this woman’s mood swings? 98% of the time she is angry at other teams and not our Legal team, but the public admonishments, weird anger…it’s so much.

    I’ve worked on 4 in-house teams and have never experienced anything like this. HALP!

    1. Strength!! Because there isn’t much you can do. This type of thing sorts itself out.

    2. Sympathies. What’s keeping me at my org right now is the pay, PTO, and my clients (who I mostly like) because goodness knows it’s not the whipsaw I get between emails in her normal tone (brusque, clipped, prone to making mountains out of molehills or not reading the whole thing where you propose a solution to a problem, and jumping to wild brainstorming…) and emails that she has, laughably obviously, asked Copilot to make nicer.

    3. Just asking, do you have reason to believe that the mercurialness is being caused by something else – alcohol, other substances, early dementia, etc. While the standard advice is grin and bear it until it works itself out, if the prior answer is yes, you are starting to trigger some ethical obligations.

      1. I would be very very cautious. I had a boss once accuse me of being an alcoholic, what she was seeing was a disability symptom. Luckily she was fired eventually but it was not a good situation.

      2. Yeah … I don’t know that I would even want to hazard a guess if that’s the case. Because if you get it wrong, it is really, really bad.

    4. All I can say is that I am in the same situation but in a much larger legal department. Our GC is the most passive person on the planet, but his direct reports, including my boss, are very reactive and create unnecessary drama. We are already under-resourced, and it makes our lives so much worse. Other attorneys have told me that most of the department is afraid of my boss and they avoid her at all costs. It’s sad because she is super smart and capable. Unfortunately, I am the outspoken one on my boss’ team and am tasked with coaching her. Sometimes she is receptive and sometimes she isn’t. I do my best to fly under the radar by being solution oriented, neutral, and responsive to the business. I try to stay out of the department drama and coach my team to do the same. No solutions, only commiseration.

    5. The only advice I have if you haven’t already done this is to try and build a pretty solid relationship with her in person/off-line. If all the admonishment you are getting is via Slack and not in person, it might help so just know that her “online” presence is awful.

    6. She is not going to change. Everyone else will have to change around her – either by suffering or leaving.

    7. Bad bosses blame everyone but themselves, but also micromanage and do things on their own because on some level they realize management is not their strength, but presumably they were decent at some point at the substantive work.

      I don’t think this is going to get better for you, and I would consider looking elsewhere. Very few jobs are worth a bad boss and I wish I’d realized that sooner.

  15. Any tips for finding and keeping a good hair dresser? I would love to find a good person and be loyal to them, but I keep having to start over when the person I picked moves or disappears. I’m in the DC suburbs, would love to find someone available on Friday afternoons (my most recent person is still around but only works Sun-Thurs now).

    1. I know it feels like you aren’t asking too much, but in my own experience, you’re asking too much of this region. Hair professionals move on pretty frequently in the DMV.

    2. Are they moving away from the DMV or are they moving salons? I have followed my colorist to 5 different salons. I even visited her occasionally when she was in NYC (far from home) for a couple of years, though she transferred me within the salon to someone she had trained before departing and I mostly saw that person. I now drive about an hour to see her.

    3. Ditto. It costs too much to live in the DMV, so there aren’t any good stylists around. When I lived in NoVA, I ended up getting my hair cut in Florida when I visited my mom.

  16. The work sandal post sparked a fun fashion memory for me. When I worked at a law firm in the 2010s, I wore the Enzo Angiolini leather peep toe pumps during the summer. I loved them and they were quite comfortable. I had a pair in black and a pair in red. Does anyone else remember those? I was also concerned about showing toes but my partner mentor wore a similar pair, so I felt like there were okay. I work in a much more casual environment now and I no longer wear heels, which is funny because in my 20s, I loved wearing heels and would have sworn that I was going to wear them until the day I retired (in my 40s now).

    1. The Enzo Angiolini flats!!! I loved them in the 90s, they were so comfy, and still have a few pairs in good condition. I honestly might pull them out again, because the square-toe look seems to be back?

  17. I want to make a small ($500-$1000) donation , as a thank you for the awesome dog we got recently. I’m trying to figure out if it would be better to send money to the animal shelter down south he came from, which is super underfunded and always begging for basics like Walmart kibble and bleach, or to the rescue that we actually adopted him from which pulls dogs from shelters like this and bring some up north. Both are super worthy, I’m even hoping to split it half-and-half. I’m just wondering where it might do the most good. I was originally going to donate to the rescue what happened to follow the shelter and they just announced that they reached the end of a $20k grant they recently got for free spay and neuter, I don’t know, it feels like $1000 could do them a whole lot of good. Thoughts?

    Fwiw they are a county shelter but definitely accept donations of cash and goods.

    1. Please donate to the shelter down south. They are so underfunded, which has ripple effects: can’t spay and neuter pets at no/low cost to the owners, can’t house all the strays and rescues that come in, then people get an attitude that pets are disposable, and the whole thing keeps going.

    2. I vote the shelter – I’m active with two rescues, and whenever I get a new foster that ended up in the shelter (vs owner surrender to rescue), I’m so saddened by how rough of shape they are in. Shelters try, but have massive crowding against low resources. Your money goes far.

    3. I’d give the shelter down south, plus a smaller donation to the one you got him from

  18. Fun question for the day, as I discussed this with my friends to other day:

    Who is your favorite Golden Girl, and why?

    I just love Dorothy, since she is my spirit animal with her dry humor and deadpan replies. Also, being slightly annoyed with the world and with men is my vibe in this phase of life. The character also is smart and caring, which I like.

    But let’s be honest, all the characters are fantastic!

      1. I can see that she can be a bit Negative Nancy.

        My second choice is Blanche, because she is so unapologetically after men. Very progressive for the time this first aired, I think!

        Rose is charming, but I can’t with the dumb blonde stereotyping.

        Sophia is also great and has something crazy about her, but I feel was a bit of a side character.

  19. Might be kind of late to comment but any recommendations for a hotel in San Diego near the convention center? Two nights for business so needs to be clean/convenient/safe more than enjoyable.

    1. When you say “the convention center”, I am going to assume you mean the one downtown (rather than the old one in Mission Valley). I also assume you are not coming during Comic-Con. That entire area is full of hotels. Your closest option is the Hilton Bayfront (not to be mistaken for the Hilton Gaslamp), which is right next door and is perfectly serviceable (clean, safe, etc.) The Grand Hyatt and Marriott Marquis SAY they are next to the convention center but are a bit of a walk from the main entrance and I personally find them overpriced. I have not stayed there but know people who like the Residence Inn in the Gaslamp.

      The Omni looks farther away but is easy to get to because there is a pedestrian bridge. However, it can be $$$$ if you are there during baseball season and there is a game going on because it is connected to Petco Park.

      Almost anything in the Gaslamp District will be fine – just stay north of the convention center/Petco Park and west of Broadway. I do not recommend Little Italy because it is quite a walk through a not great part of downtown.

      If you meant the old convention center in Mission Valley, let me know. And if you are coming during Comic-Con, that is a whole other discussion.

        1. Got it! If you are looking for something in the Seaport Village area, then in addition to the Grand Hyatt and Marriott Marquis, you might look at the Intercontinental or, if you want smaller and less “corporate,” the Horton Grand.
          The party scene at the Andaz is apparently great but that is old information and well outside my area of expertise.

          There is a batch of hotels around the court houses (the Westins (there are two), the Sofia (I know people who like it, but I hear the rooms are tiny), the Westgate. I will caution that that micro-neighborhood tends to empty out after business hours and can be a bit dicey walking around after dark. I would not say they are unsafe per se – just not the most pleasant and not a lot of places to have dinner. I would not personally stay north of C Street. Also just be aware that the whole area is quite busy on nights the Padres are playing at home since Petco is right there.

      2. The Residence Inn Gaslamp is a nice hotel and easy walking distance to lots of things. I stayed there post a work conference at the Hard Rock (which I found masculine and dated and weird) and I greatly preferred the blandness of the Residence Inn.

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