It’s a cold fall morning in Hayward, and I’m staring into a technicolor abyss of Herman Miller replicas neatly crammed inside a 50,000-square-foot warehouse. Next to them, vintage Barcelona loungers, ...

The inn has five rooms with old-timey beds, nautical art and a grand dining table where guests eat ... which was warmer than the rest of the island and had fun Steampunk emanations and oil smells. The ...