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S Sabina Grand Member (1 year) The Lounge of the Seven Pleasures! Joined: Apr 08, 2002 Posts: 373	S Sabina Posted posted on Fri, Jan 21, 2005 1:09 AM On 2005-01-20 11:36, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote: Sabina - Thanks so much for posting all these pics. It's great to take a virtual vacation while I'm locked in my office on a Thursday morning. Well it being cold and snowy here, a virtual Tiki vacation seemed saniety inducing- glad to be of service! [i] Thanks especially for taking pics of the Islander sign in Islamorda: ... Don't feel too bad about its loss of tikiness - I don't think it ever really had any. I have the brochure from back in the 1960s and the only Polynesian thing I can see is that great modernist, soaring A-frame sign. The rest of the buildings and interiors show nothing Polynesian at all - at least what they show in the brochure. You, in turn, have just made my day- I was all but convinced we had missed greatness by THIS much. The sign is excellent!, a protected landmark, and still to this day used in all their advertising. Barring nasty weather, and bad drivers, it should be intact for years to come.

On 2005-01-20 11:36, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote:
Sabina - Thanks so much for posting all these pics. It's great to take a virtual vacation while I'm locked in my office on a Thursday morning.

Well it being cold and snowy here, a virtual Tiki vacation seemed saniety inducing- glad to be of service!

[i]
Thanks especially for taking pics of the Islander sign in Islamorda:

...

Don't feel too bad about its loss of tikiness - I don't think it ever really had any. I have the brochure from back in the 1960s and the only Polynesian thing I can see is that great modernist, soaring A-frame sign. The rest of the buildings and interiors show nothing Polynesian at all - at least what they show in the brochure.

You, in turn, have just made my day- I was all but convinced we had missed greatness by THIS much. The sign is excellent!, a protected landmark, and still to this day used in all their advertising. Barring nasty weather, and bad drivers, it should be intact for years to come.

Post #136651 by Sabina on Fri, Jan 21, 2005 1:09 AM