Hukilau Vintage etc. Bar Restaurants and Lauderdale / Miami ,etc area attractions. - Tiki Travel

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Apr 10, 2008 3:15 PM On 2008-04-10 14:49, thejab wrote: No more Rascal House! How can I ever visit Florida again without crying? Oh yeah, there's still the Mai-Kai. Let's face it, it all ends, sometime. Enjoy it and document it while it's there. Last time I was at Wolfie's the sign was already gone. Anybody got a picture of it? I have a feeling that the last big hurricane destroyed much of what was left of the great old roadside signs along the Florida coast, emasculating the vintage establishments further, and driving another nail into their coffin. Instead of rebuilding, they are retiring. (All but the Aku Tiki Inn that is!) A fitting irony: The last great symbols of the glory days of the American empire are brought down by the weather changes it is co-responsible for. Here's one for Mr. Smiley: [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-04-10 16:12 ]

On 2008-04-10 14:49, thejab wrote:
No more Rascal House! How can I ever visit Florida again without crying? Oh yeah, there's still the Mai-Kai.

Let's face it, it all ends, sometime. Enjoy it and document it while it's there. Last time I was at Wolfie's the sign was already gone. Anybody got a picture of it?

I have a feeling that the last big hurricane destroyed much of what was left of the great old roadside signs along the Florida coast, emasculating the vintage establishments further, and driving another nail into their coffin. Instead of rebuilding, they are retiring. (All but the Aku Tiki Inn that is!) A fitting irony: The last great symbols of the glory days of the American empire are brought down by the weather changes it is co-responsible for.

Here's one for Mr. Smiley:

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-04-10 16:12 ]

Post #372942 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Apr 10, 2008 3:15 PM