Post #1017 by woofmutt on Thu, Apr 25, 2002 12:34 AM

Ed Lawrence was the designer for Seattle's long gone Kalua Room in the Hotel Windsor (which used a mascott tiki holding a drink in his hand on their menus, napkins, and ads). According to a November 15 1953 Seattle Times article Ed Lawrence "conceived the idea for the famous Don the Beachcomber Restaurants." Yeah, well, that's how the story was told in these parts.