I’m so used to seeing photos, signs and ads for setting of my novels spelled as Garden of Allah-with-an-H that it was a bit jarring to come across this ad for the “Garden of Alla” without an ‘H’ at the end. The name of the hotel was a play on words – actress Alla Nazimova originally owned the property, and there was a very popular novel around called “The Garden of Allah” (subsequently made into a 1936 movie starring Marlene Dietrich.) Coming across this article reminded me that it wasn’t called “The Garden of Allah-with-an-H” until a couple of years after it opened, when new management gave the place a re-launch. Apparently Madame Nazimova was none too happy with the additional “H” at the end of the hotel’s name.