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Post by Al Alven on Jun 10, 2006 0:57:09 GMT -5
Actually, one of my family's "highlights" of last summer happened at the Pink Cadillac, when my then one-year-old son decided to goose this poor young French Canadian waitress while she was taking our orders. Sounds like your son is a chip off the old block Al. As they say, "like father, like son." Apparently so, Crippled. Apparently so...
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Post by MaryH on Jul 11, 2006 9:43:11 GMT -5
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Post by FlyinGN on Jul 11, 2006 18:30:55 GMT -5
never been there. Looks neat..
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Post by fuzzyscorpio on Aug 2, 2006 23:56:25 GMT -5
I think you're absolutely right Thom, but I could have sworn that there was also some connection between the Rio Coffee shop and the Pink Cadillac. Mr. Katsanis does indeed own the Pink Cadillac in addition to the Quebec, but did he also own (or at least operate) the Rio Coffee Shop? If not, then perhaps it was the staff from the Rio that was brought over to run the Pink Cadillac. I can't remember all the details now, but I'm sure there was some sort of connection along these lines. Does anyone else have any info on this? Wandering into this thread way late here, Al, but I couldn't resist sharing this picture I took last August of a poster on a boardwalk shelter. The note at the bottom of the poster went straight to my grief-stricken heart, since I had just seen with my own eyes that there really was nothing but rocks and dust where the Rio should have been. Although I loved the boards as we all do, I had been very Crest-oriented most of my life and it wasn't until 2003 that I actually stopped and had a cup of coffee at the Rio Coffee Shop for the first--and last--time. Maybe that's the connection you were thinking of--seems the staff from there went over to the PC.
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Post by FlyinGN on Aug 3, 2006 6:39:44 GMT -5
ya know. We always wanted to stop into the Rio's coffee shop but never got the chance. It always looked so inviting and we just never got the chance.. And never will
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Post by thelastresort on Aug 3, 2006 6:51:48 GMT -5
ya know. We always wanted to stop into the Rio's coffee shop but never got the chance. It always looked so inviting and we just never got the chance.. And never will We've been there quite a bit over the years, even got my youngest there. It was a neat little place, I suppose I would describe it as having a "Hawaiian" feel inside, the pillars had these stone type facades, like something you would see on a Pacific Island perhaps. Also, they had great "real" home fries (not the tater tots like are served at some places) We actually ate there in September 2004 since we left during the middle of the week and it was one of the only places open. Little did we know it would be our last time...
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Post by wildwood4life on Aug 3, 2006 13:27:18 GMT -5
The Pink Cadillac is a great little diner. It was so sad seeing Big Ernies sitting there for a few years empty and dooing nothing. The food is good, the uniforms of the wait staff are interesting, and the service is great. The interior of the diner is awesome, especially since there are so many cameras lining the walls from years ago. Definitely got to try it if you haven't. If only we can get something going on with the Lamp Post Diner now...
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Post by riomemories on Aug 23, 2006 15:38:18 GMT -5
Went to the Pink Cadillac and had breakfast and it sure was good. Glad to see Toni (from the Rio Coffee Shop) and the gang. She still works just as hard as she did at the Rio. Can't wait till next summer to go back.
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Post by nance on Aug 24, 2006 1:54:28 GMT -5
You know what always amazes me? It's always the 50's (or 60's), that people want to go back to and remember. Why not the 40's?, 70's? But it's always the 50's. Why is that? I know for me it was the best time so I'm assuming it was the same for everyone that talk about it. But for some reason that era just holds a fascination for everyone.
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Post by JerseyDigger29 on Aug 24, 2006 11:59:14 GMT -5
You know what always amazes me? It's always the 50's (or 60's), that people want to go back to and remember. Why not the 40's?, 70's? But it's always the 50's. Why is that? I know for me it was the best time so I'm assuming it was the same for everyone that talk about it. But for some reason that era just holds a fascination for everyone. To answer your question, a very short history lesson, nance. When WWII finally ended in the last half of the 40's, millions of GI's came home from several years of war - all at once - and started getting back to nature's primary task, making babies. Think how many soldiers and sailors are in Iraq and Afganistan right now, maybe a couple of hundred thousand. But the end of WWII returned millions of service men and women to the US all at the same time, and because the war had taken so long, they really got busy making those babies. If even one million servicemen came home all at once, how many children would that produce over the next few years? Several million? Now multiply that ONE million by 2 or 3 or more. The reason the 50's seems to be the most popular is simply because the "Baby Boom generation" is the largest single generation in the history of America. It began approximately in 1946 just after the war. I don't know when the experts say it ended because the Korean "Police action" War came so soon after WWII. All wars produce baby booms when they end, but WWII produced the largest. WWII was the last "Rightious" war. (Not counting Gulf War 1). There were very few draft dodgers then because everyone wanted to defeat Hitler and get revenge on Japan for Pearle Harbor, so almost every healthy American male in the country (and many women) fought the war. And that's a lot of people to return home all at once. I was born in 51, which was about the beginning of Korea, give or take. So, I guess I, too, am a baby boomer. I have a theory that people tend to be attracted to the period they experienced during their teenage years. While I like the music from the 50's, I go nuts for the music from about 62 to 69 - my formative years. Try this test: Ask anyone you know what their "very favorite" musical style is. I'll bet it almost always turns out to be from their teenage years. If I'm wrong, well... "Groovy." Thom P.S. Quiz: Match these phrases with the period, and please forgive the spelling. 1 - "Cool, Daddy-o!" 2 - "Groovy!" 3 - "How's it going, Palee?" 4 - "Far out, man!" 5 - "How's it hangin'?" 6 - "What's happenin?" 7 - "Was-sup? ?"
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