02/14/2025
Just bought a nice new addition to my "Hotel Del Coronado" collection, this beautiful ( I think!) signed print by Michael Kort of 1985.
It was a commemorative framed work for a national business symposium of Nov 13-15, 1998 there that someone named Tom Stephani from Crystal Lake IL bought I'm sure to hang in their office.
My experience with Hotel Del Coronado has some "mystic" vibes to it.
About 20 years ago, at my storage unit, a man was apparently disposing of items of his apparently deceased wife. There was a commercial private dumpster there at the units and many unique items would appear in it as folks or biz's would dispose of old items as the units were vacated.
His wife's items included some rarities, including cold cash in bigger bills he'd leave in the pockets of her coats and old purses. One unique "item" was a beautiful ashtray from the Hotel Del Coronado.
I knew of the grand old hotel historic landmark as being a big movie fan I knew it was the setting of the classic Marilyn Monroe - Jack Lennon - Tony Curtis romantic comedy "Some Like it Hot" and told myself one day I'd visit it in my travels. Some years later, and by coincidence on Valentine's Day of 2019 I was booked to perform my "Martini Men Legends of Love" show for the ultra exclusive Coronado Shores Beach Club on the Pacific there on Coronado Island CA... it neighbored the Hotel Del Coronado!
Took a good long visit there, and even enjoyed an "after midnight" spiritual communion with all the "spirits" still roaming its elegant hallways and venues
Everytime I find a relative piece to the Hotel Del Coronado, it usually comes home with me. As I usually wait for things to manifest in those directions, I have a cool feeling I'll be returning soon!
BTW, this sunset of red this evening had a bit of *looking to the west" magic about it!