If Santa didn’t bring you what you wanted………………..
Last night Jim and I drove around ooohing and aaahing at the lights.
The tallest lighted tree was a living one over on Coronado Island. It’s probably about fifty feet tall:
Of course, we had to drive by the historic Hotel del Coronado:
The Hotel del Coronado was built in 1887. It is one of the oldest and largest all-wooden buildings in the United States and was the largest hotel in the world when it opened in 1888.
Room 3327 is haunted.
It has been featured on television and in movies — most notably Some Like It Hot starring Marilyn Monroe — has hosted every president since its construction, and is the most expensive piece of real estate in the United States, most recently selling for $384 million and currently valued at $590 million. The Freedom Tower in New York City might take the record once it is completed.
It is also on a United States postage stamp issued earlier this year:
I just realized in doing a search of my blog that I have not done a post on the historic Hotel del Coronado. Well! That will have to change with the new year!
The following pictures are of ornaments found on public Christmas trees in the San Diego Area:
And remember, if Santa didn’t bring you what you wanted, perhaps you need to spend a little more time next year being nice. Especially you Republicans!
Merry Christmas to family and friends everywhere!
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Posted on December 25, 2012, in Manmade, Out & About, Photos and tagged christmas pictures, coronado california pictures, hotel del coronado pictures. Bookmark the permalink. 30 Comments.
I’ll be interested to read about the hotel. Is it also the Hotel California …
It is not the Hotel California. According to Don Henley of The Eagles, the Hotel California is the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles.
Ahh another urban legend gets de-mythed. Thanks for the info
Some of us knew that before Henley confirmed it. Compare the artwork on the Cover of “Hotel California” with pictures of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Over on Song Facts, there is this: “The hotel on the album cover is the Beverly Hills Hotel, known as the Pink Palace. It is often frequented by Hollywood stars. The photo was taken by photographers David Alexander and John Kosh, who sat in a cherry-picker about 60 feet above Sunset Boulevard to get the shot of the hotel at sunset from above the trees. The rush-hour traffic made it a harrowing experience.”
See http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1121
Special memories RR…my wedding reception was held at the Hotel Del…!!
Holiday Wishes to you and JIm….
Great place for a wedding reception! The place was booming last night when we visited at 8:00.
And a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and jim, too,
Pit
First: Merry Christmas, Russel! Hope you, Jim, Zoe the Cool Cat, and whomever else you include in your family have a wonderful day!
Second: LOVE that stained glass frame!
Third: Oooing and aaaaaing are my favorite activities, too. So glad you shared! xoM
Zoey – sheesh, can’t spell today! xoM
Thank you for this post! I love the history of all things. My honey has a fever this Christmas day, so can’t see family…your post had cheered me up
Hope your love gets well soon!
Who’s doing the haunting?
It must be a wonderful sight in its Christmas finery. I sat on the beach outside once, many years ago. That’s as near as I ever got to Monroe.
The ghost of Kate Morgan. On November 24, 1892, Kate checked into room 304 (now 3327) to meet her husband, who was a doctor. He was going to give her medicine for her stomach cancer, but he never arrived. She was found dead on the steps leading to the beach three days later. The case was declared a suicide; she had shot herself. Since then, some guests that have checked into room 3327, have reported flickering lights and floating objects.
I’ll bear it in mind if ever I’m back that way. Thanks for the tip off!
Lovely post! I will look for a post on the hotel.
Merry Christams, Russel. I love Coronado! I love that expansive beach there. Best wishes for the New Year!! – Amy
Thanks for the Christmas lights tour. I had not heard about the haunted room. Merry Christmas to you, as well, and have a terrific 2013. All the best, BTG
Lovely selection of lights, Russell. Hope your Christmas has been a really happy one.
Merry Christmas Russel!
Happy Christmas Russel and Jim!
Oooh, aaah……..what a beautiful lights and decorations. Did Zoey get all that she wanted for Christmas? I am sure she is extra nice all the time.
Food, a pooper scooper, a tummy rubber, a game of fetch, and lots of sleep…………lol
Everything a cat needs and then some.
Lovely. Merry Christmas!
So room 3327 is not rented to anyone?
I have heard both that it is and that it isn’t. No one really seems to know, or no one is willing to say on the record……..lol
I’m gonna try to rent it for my honeymoon… oh I need to find a woman first and then she has to say yes.. you’ll be waiting for a looooong time
lol
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!!!
I’ve only been to the Hotel Del once years and years ago and always wanted to go back. Happy New Year!
Wow these are all amazing! I love the frame around the last shot