I drove six hours to check into my new luxury resort, only for the front desk clerk to toss a keycard at my feet.

toward the grand hallway that led to the private guest wings.

I followed him.

We walked away from the front desk, leaving the frozen guests and the empty mahogany counter behind us. The transition from the high-tension lobby to the hushed, serene corridors of the resort was jarring. The architecture here was designed to soothe the nervous system. The continue reading …