Liz Lambert thought she had seen everything as prosecuting attorney for the DA in Manhattan. That is, until she bought and began managing the San Jose Motel on South Congress. The venerable flea-bag has been home to many a rent-by-the-hour tryst and contraband run - traditions banned when ths new manager took over the joint in 1996. During this interim period - to amass the necessary capital to realize her dream of turning the Saint Joe into a fully renovated and expanded boutique motel - Lambert admits to developing quite an affection for her current clientele. So it is with a fond farewell that she closes the motel to prepare it for its "retrofitting," into what she describes as a "little more Chateau Marmont- a little more Chelsea." And with Texas architectual darlings Flato & Lake at the helm, the new San Jose will honor the tourist court glory of the original enough to have folks singing that catchy Burt Bacharach tune by this time next year. Do you know the way-?
