Mystery Location No. 77: December 3, 2017

Third Clue: lesbian

This is the Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison Street, Seattle, Washington. It was built in 1909 on the site where Alice B. Toklas (April 30, 1877 - March 7, 1967), the lesbian lover of Gertrude Stein, once lived. Toklas and Stein met in Paris in 1907 and the two became lovers. Stein was a novelist, poet, playwright and art collector. Both were members of the Pariasian avante-garde and Alice also collected works of art. Through the years, Alice acted as Stein's confidante, secretary, muse, editor, critic and cook. In 1933, Stein published her bestseller, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. Following Stein's death in 1946, Alice wrote The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook, which included a recipe for Haschich Fudge, which contained marijuana.

Alice Toklas is said to haunt the 4th floor of The Sorrento in and around Room 408. People have also seen the apparition of a small, unattractive woman in a dark suit on the sidewalk outside the hotel that is believed to be Alice's ghost.

Seattle is named for a Suquamish Indian chief. The late 1960s TV show, Here Come the Brides, was set in Seattle and the theme song began with “The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle.”

I thought that the clue "bluest skies" meant Seattle, but I couldn't relate "Paris" and "lesbian". Congratulations!