Tangaroa's Shelter Island / Humphrey's Half Moon Inn (many photos warning!) - General Tiki

T Tangaroa Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 25, 2002 Posts: 1566	T Tangaroa Posted posted on Wed, Aug 3, 2005 11:10 AM Last weekend, we had a wedding at the Island Palms Hotel on Shelter Island to attend - so I took advantage & booked us a room at Humphrey's Half Moon Inn. I was unaware just how Polynesian it was until I read Humu's entry on Critiki...( http://www.critiki.com/cgi-bin/pictures.cgi?loc_id=151 - actually, she took much better photos than I did!) So I guess the following photos are meant to "plus" out the Critiki entry....for those of you who can't get out here, anyway. This "porte cochere" (my new word of the day from Humu) is really stunning... The rooms have the Polynesian touches on the outside (as opposed to the rather pedestrian interiors). But a hell of a poolside - this is where you will find the tikis - hidden among the foliage.... This looks to me like one of those Witco fountain tikis.... located right next to the live parrots... Just beyond the pool is a small sized stage - that plays host to some mid-large names (the B-52's were playing Sunday night - if we didn't go to Sea World, we would have stayed & listened by the pool - which is behind it...) And next to the stage is the hotel restaurant - also peppered with some good tiki artifacts.... I'm fairly sure these are Oceanic Arts panels - similar to the one formerly at the entrance to Adventureland in Disneyland.... As with the Island Palms Hotel (which has a very nice Polynesian looking entrance as well) - the restaurant had no evidence of anything tiki or Polynesian inside. You get the sense that once upon a time many of these Shelter Island buildings were tiki "all the way through" - instead of a Indian or African statue peppered occasionally within the remodeled interiors... With some money & care, these "temples" could be restored - but I'm grateful the exteriors exist in as good shape as they are....! Here's a few sad attempts at night shots of that porte cochere (I need to get a tripod - I just couldn't hold the camera steady enough!) Lastly - here's Trader Mort's Liquor on the way out of town: I would have gone in - but we were in a hurry for Sea World & Humu told me it was no great shakes inside... Anyway - I do recommend Humphrey's - we stayed two nights for $195 a night on about 2 weeks notice. Not bad considering some of the rates at the other hotels in the area... http://www.halfmooninn.com/

Last weekend, we had a wedding at the Island Palms Hotel on Shelter Island to attend - so I took advantage & booked us a room at Humphrey's Half Moon Inn. I was unaware just how Polynesian it was until I read Humu's entry on Critiki...( http://www.critiki.com/cgi-bin/pictures.cgi?loc_id=151 - actually, she took much better photos than I did!)

So I guess the following photos are meant to "plus" out the Critiki entry....for those of you who can't get out here, anyway.

This "porte cochere" (my new word of the day from Humu) is really stunning...

The rooms have the Polynesian touches on the outside (as opposed to the rather pedestrian interiors).

But a hell of a poolside - this is where you will find the tikis - hidden among the foliage....

This looks to me like one of those Witco fountain tikis.... located right next to the live parrots...

Just beyond the pool is a small sized stage - that plays host to some mid-large names (the B-52's were playing Sunday night - if we didn't go to Sea World, we would have stayed & listened by the pool - which is behind it...)

And next to the stage is the hotel restaurant - also peppered with some good tiki artifacts....

I'm fairly sure these are Oceanic Arts panels - similar to the one formerly at the entrance to Adventureland in Disneyland....

As with the Island Palms Hotel (which has a very nice Polynesian looking entrance as well) - the restaurant had no evidence of anything tiki or Polynesian inside. You get the sense that once upon a time many of these Shelter Island buildings were tiki "all the way through" - instead of a Indian or African statue peppered occasionally within the remodeled interiors... With some money & care, these "temples" could be restored - but I'm grateful the exteriors exist in as good shape as they are....!

Here's a few sad attempts at night shots of that porte cochere (I need to get a tripod - I just couldn't hold the camera steady enough!)

Lastly - here's Trader Mort's Liquor on the way out of town:

I would have gone in - but we were in a hurry for Sea World & Humu told me it was no great shakes inside...

Anyway - I do recommend Humphrey's - we stayed two nights for $195 a night on about 2 weeks notice. Not bad considering some of the rates at the other hotels in the area...

http://www.halfmooninn.com/

Post #176944 by Tangaroa on Wed, Aug 3, 2005 11:10 AM