Post #289694 by Volcano Girl on Sun, Mar 4, 2007 9:34 PM

I just found one more! This is Vikki Carr - a popular singer in the 60's (she's the blonde with the pink umbrella). This looks to me like it was in the Tiki Lounge. I don't know why I feel that about this picture, but it's a gut feeling.

Here's a picture of my Dad's house before it was transformed into the restaurant building. Mom thinks that the front porch became the Tiki Lounge, but she's not sure. If that's the case, then the Bora Bora (atrium) would be from the part on the left. The dining room would be to the left of that (that part didn't exist in this picture). The front of the house was facing north, and Joe's room was on that second floor on the right corner. The kitchen area was on the ground floor, behind the Bora Bora and the lounge.

Just for grins, here's the side of Dad's old house, the side that faced Lake Howard. It was pretty big. All I know of this house is from the stories I've heard. I've only seen pictures of it, and have no recollection of visiting there personally. Perhaps my older three siblings remember it somewhat. I was just too young to have ever been aware of this house.

Mom did say that she had more that she didn't send. She said that the pictures she held back were even darker than the ones she sent me. I'm trying to persuade her to send them anyway, and let me get them refurbished by a professional, so we'll see. I'm also thinking of making a trip back home in the next month or so, and if I do go, I'll try to hunt for more in the attic. Apparently she had tucked this stuff away in a closet.