Tourist cabins, auto and motor courts

[3fingers]

I like that they sell parts. They say their replacement tubular cantilever frames work for most chairs of that type made BITD.

Thanks for the review Tony. I think I'll take the plunge and order a glider at least. That should get me several indulgences even if the chair isn't exactly as I'd like. Sounds like I'm not going to be disappointed though.

 

[2jakes]

Thanks for the review Tony. I think I'll take the plunge and order a glider at least. That should get me several indulgences even if the chair isn't exactly as I'd like. Sounds like I'm not going to be disappointed though.

You won’t regret it!

Bought my house in ’81.
The single and double glider came with it.

I need to paint the chairs and they’re good as ever!.

Here’s an old friend that is coming apart but I can't bear to throw it away.
The base metal is in great condition.

Like Fibber McGee..."one of these days I gotta get 'er fixed”.

 

[tonyb]

Thanks for the review Tony. I think I'll take the plunge and order a glider at least. That should get me several indulgences even if the chair isn't exactly as I'd like. Sounds like I'm not going to be disappointed though.

The single chair was easy enough for one person to assemble. I'm guessing an extra set of hands will come in, um, handy with the double glider.

Instructions aren't as clear as they could be, but even I (I'm no kind of mechanic) made sense of them, not that there's anything other than intuitive in assembling one. The gliders would be more complicated.

Can't complain about Torrans's service. Ordered on Sunday night, got immediate email acknowledgement of the order. Budget shipping via UPS Ground. Went out Monday. Got here Wednesday. A complete extra set of hardware included.

Check out the closeouts and seconds. Lower than half price. I got a closeout, but I'd certainly consider a factory second. I can live with a scratch on a piece of outdoor furniture.

 

[2jakes]

Helps if you have someone to assist you.

 

[tonyb]

Thanks for the review Tony. I think I'll take the plunge and order a glider at least. That should get me several indulgences even if the chair isn't exactly as I'd like. Sounds like I'm not going to be disappointed though.

I'm looking forward to your review. If these people are offering a superior product to what you'll find at Walmart or Target or Home Depot, it ought be known.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Somewhere in Canada

Rob

 

[Kippthor69]

This place is on old highway 24 (Pikes Peak Highway) in Downs, KS. We stopped by as they were cleaning the place. New owners said they will be open in November. Themed rooms. Cabins were moved there in 1934. They said one of three Cabin Courts left operating in Kansas.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^
Some of the "tiny house villages" popping up around the country, built to house people who would likely be homeless if not for them, bear a more than slight resemblance.

 

[tonyb]

In my old close-in city neighborhood is a cluster of eight or ten little cottages much like these, built in the 1910s or '20s, I'd guess, judging from the craftsman architecture. The little structures -- 300-square-feet per, tops, probably more like 275 -- face a common walkway that runs perpendicular to the street. Picket fences. Window boxes. Real pleasant. Looks like they're a century ahead of their time.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Here's one that was in St. Augustine, Florida

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

The Moody Diner and cabins.

Rob

 

[LizzieMaine]

I ate supper at Moody's Diner Monday night. Pastrami and swiss on rye and an orange soda. The place is pretty much unchanged by the years, except the pay phone is disconnected and carries a sign reading "FOR NOSTALGIC PURPOSES ONLY."

I stayed in a Moody's cabin maybe thirty years ago, and it was like a scene out of "It Happened One Night." I don't believe they've changed any since then -- bare wooden shanties with cold running water. If you're cold at night, put on another blanket.

 

[2jakes]

Rob

The diner at night which you posted and your cool avatar reminded me of this one
on the Road to Perdition.

Btw:
Mr. Sullivan... how was the food at Englewood?

 

[Ghostsoldier]

What's cool, is that the RTP diner is still extant, and still being used, in Brighton, Mass as the"Red Line Diner"

It has quite the history:

https://dinerhotline.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/englewood-diner-becomes-red-line-diner/

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

I ate supper at Moody's Diner Monday night. Pastrami and swiss on rye and an orange soda. The place is pretty much unchanged by the years, except the pay phone is disconnected and carries a sign reading "FOR NOSTALGIC PURPOSES ONLY."

I stayed in a Moody's cabin maybe thirty years ago, and it was like a scene out of "It Happened One Night." I don't believe they've changed any since then -- bare wooden shanties with cold running water. If you're cold at night, put on another blanket.

Gosh, I wished we had something that cool here in Florida...every damn thing that is vintage or nostalgic, in the way of lodging, has been replaced with soul-less, updated modern crapola. [emoji22]

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Gosh, I wished we had something that cool here in Florida...every damn thing that is vintage or nostalgic, in the way of lodging, has been replaced with soul-less, updated modern crapola. [emoji22]

Rob

We have a women's conservation society that takes care to preserve locations
in my city.
You don't want to mess with them!

Luckily, there's many surrounding small towns with local cabins & diners.

There's a huge gathering of antiques that
runs for miles with folks coming from all parts in April.

Sometimes I come home empty handed, but as a consolation I always stop at the local diner.
Their chicken-fried steak, mash taters,gravy, peas & corn bread is yummylicious!
The homemade peach pie or bread pudding is worth the trip!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

We're fortunate to still have some old school, southern cooking mom and pop restaurants around...I frequent them quite often, especially for their version of the big-as-your-face chicken fried steak dinner, smothered in that sawmill gravy. [emoji106][emoji16]

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

I'm also a sucker for breakfast, all day, any day...steak and eggs being my standard go-to choice. [emoji14]

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

Stumbled across this online and thought it echoed our tourist cabin culture here in the states and that, maybe, some of our UK members could comment on it. And if not, it's still a cool-as-heck picture.

 

[2jakes]

I'm also a sucker for breakfast, all day, any day...steak and eggs being my standard go-to choice. [emoji14]

Rob

One of my favorite breakfast at the local
Mexican diner is thin fried pork chops
with eggs over easy smothered in "Pico de Gallo" (chopped hot peppers, onions,tomatos) side order of refried beans and hot homemade flour tortillas.
This is the only time, I will enjoy the hot
coffee served in thick coffee cups.
But I have a chilled Dr. Pepper or Coca-Cola in glass bottles for back up!