"Ray and I regarded our new acquisition as an investment, nothing more. It wasn't until Ray moved in and the renovation began that our thinking began to change. The Marmot, we discovered, was a most friendly castle. The atmosphere was warm and genuinely real. We fell in love with the place. As the months passed, we met many of the Marmont's guests. There were regulars, wonderful people, like , , , , , , , , , , and ."