LOU WATERS, CNN ANCHOR: Back here at the Staples Center in L.A., and if there's one thing they know here in Southern California, it's how to cater to VIPs. There's no shortage of five-star accommodations, but CNN's Anne McDermott found one hotel that's put the "al" in hospitality.</s>ANNE MCDERMOTT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This old Pasadena hotel has long been known for catering to its guests, and now, with the Democrats on the way, well, they're really cooking. BRIAN BAILEY (ph),</s>PASTRY CHEF: These are Tipper Gore's ginger snaps.</s>MCDERMOTT: He's the pastry chef. He's the diplomat.</s>BAILEY: I love them, actually.</s>MCDERMOTT: And Brian Bailey is a busy guy these days. When he's not busy baking cookies, he's busy making moonpies, what he calls true Tennessee moonpies, with marshmallow, Graham cracker crust and chocolate coating.</s>BAILEY: If you're doing this at home, right in, flip that around.</s>MCDERMOTT: The hotel's general manager indicates they taste real good. Sure, just add a Dr. Pepper and you've got a meal. Meanwhile, at the hotel's florist shop, they've just gotten a shipment of blue iris.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Beautiful combination of light blue and dark blue with a shade of yellow.</s>MCDERMOTT: Not to mention the iris is the state flower of Tennessee. A few floors upstairs, a staffer demonstrates what Democratic delegates will be finding on their pillows: Altoids, almonds, Almond Joy. See a pattern here? And back at the bakery, they're making alphabet cookies. Get it -- "al"? Ah, not to worry: For delegates who overindulge in it all, the hotel gift shop does stock Alka-Seltzer. Anne McDermott, CNN, Pasadena, California.
'Al' Ubiquitous in Los Angeles