tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631803.post115495332041798827..comments2024-03-26T23:49:37.130-05:00Comments on detritus.: your world is not my worldsuttonhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292408097588177380noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631803.post-1154982604629213142006-08-07T15:30:00.000-05:002006-08-07T15:30:00.000-05:00motor inn, motor lodge -- it's all a wonder.motor inn, motor lodge -- it's all a wonder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631803.post-1154968548546844532006-08-07T11:35:00.000-05:002006-08-07T11:35:00.000-05:00lol -- I agree -- I actually posted this pic on fl...lol -- I agree -- I actually posted this pic on flickr via cameraphone upload as "the duke of york(town)".<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing he's the original proprietor of the motor inn -- I regret that I didn't get a shot of the woman in pearls to his right -- I'm pretty sure she was his wife -- done up in the same style.suttonhoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292408097588177380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631803.post-1154968266397759962006-08-07T11:31:00.000-05:002006-08-07T11:31:00.000-05:00Do you know who the guy is? It's really alarming....Do you know who the guy is? It's really alarming. The Duke of York perhaps?Lolabola*https://www.blogger.com/profile/05963109907514760086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631803.post-1154966354656307042006-08-07T10:59:00.000-05:002006-08-07T10:59:00.000-05:00you guys are cracking me up -- I'm tempted to let ...you guys are cracking me up -- I'm tempted to let this thread run its course and not intervene...<BR/><BR/>this *is* in fact a lobby, but it's the lobby of the Duke of York Motor Inn -- not the Yorktown Motorlodge as I think you might be thinking HL. ;)<BR/><BR/>the UPS guy told us they have the best breakfast in town (one of my travel strategies when I'm trying to find a place to nosh on the road is 1) check for local license plates and/or 2) ask someone who looks like they spend a lot of time around there). <BR/><BR/>It was definitely old school, with a side of grits and the best bacon ever. (and I suspect the pancakes were grilled in crisco instead of butter -- which is nothing to sneeze at if you've never tried it.) ;)suttonhoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292408097588177380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631803.post-1154965763530162902006-08-07T10:49:00.000-05:002006-08-07T10:49:00.000-05:00Proving once again (as if you needed proof) that t...Proving once again (as if you needed proof) that there's nothing like a motor lodge ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631803.post-1154963489464409892006-08-07T10:11:00.000-05:002006-08-07T10:11:00.000-05:00I was thinking the same thing. Surely this was in...I was thinking the same thing. Surely this was in the lobby, no? I suspect the portrait was done about the same time the motor lodge was built - back in the 60s?heather lorinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10804890437836418259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23631803.post-1154955571615820682006-08-07T07:59:00.000-05:002006-08-07T07:59:00.000-05:00Um, this wasn't in your room, was it? Because I th...Um, this wasn't in your room, was it? Because I think I would have to sleep in my car if that dude was glaring at me all night long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com