Lots of restaurants & wine tasting downtown....retail not so much. The shops that use to be in the area around the hotel are now vacant....Since this is June I doubt that will change quickly. There are some great local shops Mustard Seed across the street, and a wonderful kitchen shop Shackfords a few blocks away. There is also a discount shopping mall, driving distance.

I would think that if you called the hotel and explained your situation they'd help put you in the best room. They just opened the 6th floor deck area when we were there and I'm going to bet that area will be noisy for most of the night...until they stop serving drinks. They will also close it off for private groups which may not... or may be more noise. It's a party type place with groups that come back from a day of wine tours and are looking for more drinks. When we were there they stopped serving alcohol after 10pm. Not sure if that is all the time or just when we were there.