Post #236038 by aquarj on Mon, Jun 5, 2006 11:18 AM

Here's a little update on this thread. Look what my wife spotted the other day!

What's that object behind the fence under the tree? A neon sign?

The neon palm tree looks familiar!

If no bells are ringing yet, take a look at this picture from 2002.

Naomi was just driving by when she saw it, and had to stop. This is within a mile or two of the former Lanai Liquors. Wonder what they're planning to do with it. Wonder who "they" are.

Updates on some other factoids in this thread. As mentioned on another thread, the "Radisson" Villa has been boarded-up, fenced-off, and scaffolded for several months now, with a "for lease" sign in what used to be the hotel diner fronting on El Camino. Related because that hotel used to share "Villa Plaza" with the Lanai restaurant and Lanai Liquors.

Some of us met Ali the bartender at the "Cabana Bar" in the Villa hotel a couple years ago, which was kinda fun because he used to tend bar at the Lanai restaurant. I wish I had gone back and talked to him more, and given him a copy of the Grog Log. It'd be fun to get his take on more recent developments across the bay in Alameda too (Forbidden Island, that is).

Also, I made all my Lanai related web stuff accessible from one webpage a while ago. It's still sparse, but at least it's an onramp to a road paved with good intentions for things to come.

-Randy