new sensation

Anyone from Boston can tell you that loafers and Dockers are out, mules and Prada are in. Along with this shedding of the city's old-school image has come a transformation in its hotels, especially the newest, Nine Zero. Guest rooms at the 190-room boutique hotel combine comforts such as Frette linens, goose-down comforters and freshly ground coffee with high-speed Internet access and cordless phones.