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THE ADVENTURE CREW: Master, The Nomad, Sweet Bird of Freedom (aka Freeta Roam), Pixie & Pod, Miss Cycle, Ivan the writing muse, Jude, and the brains of the crew--Croc. DOUBLE-CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGEMonday, October 15, 2007
MEMORIES OF SAN DIEGO
The San Diego Coronado Bridge (from the Coronado side).We stopped at the library to buy some on-line tickets for the zoo and the wild animal park (yes Dan, The Crew took your advice on that one), and look at the treasures we found. 
Two 1938 fresco murals of the Mexican painter and art teacher, Alfredo Ramos Martinez. Both murals were commissioned for the La Avenida Cafe (a now closed restaurant in Coronado) and now find their home in the Coronado Library. The above work--Canasta de Flores--was found under layers of wall paper and had to be restored.
The "El Dia del Mercado"
After our successful ticket purchase, it was on to the Hotel del Coronado. Built in the 1800s, it's elaborate style still stands out. Anyone in the mood for a movie? The Crew recommends "Somewhere in Time"--filmed in this hotel. or not -- as film student Dave pointed out in his comment.
But you're wrong.
The novel Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson, is set in the Hotel del Coronado, but the original inspiration for the novel came from a portrait of American actress Maude Adams in Piper's Opera House in Nevada. Matheson did live in the Hotel del Coronado during the time he wrote Bid Time Return.
When it was chosen to be made into the move Somewhere In Time, though, it was filmed at The Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island, in Northern Michigan.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bid_Time_Return and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somewhere_in_Time_%28film%29 for clarification ... -- Film Student Dave.
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