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December 3, 2014 by tomdalzell

Moon Motels

When I drove my friend to Albany to see the Hotsy Totsy’s neon sign at night, he suggested that we stop for “dinner and a brew.”  In that order.  Meaning not starting at Hotsy Totsy, where my friend may or may not have been welcome on account of some ugliness in the past.

 9935 San Pablo, El Cerrito

9935 San Pablo, El Cerrito

He likes Hawaiian Barbecue and I wasn’t hungry so it worked fine.  I drove just a little north, into El Cerrito.

1 Blue Moon Saloon El Cerrito

9937 San Pablo, El Cerrito

We then had a beer (he had a beer, I had a Diet coke) at the Blue Moon, a few doors away.  We mused about the use of the word “moon” in the names of motels.  We thought of a few, and then when we got home we spent some time searching and found these, the (other) Blue Moon, Desert Moon, Full Moon, Half Moon, Moon, Moon Glo, Moon Lite, Moon Winx, Moonbeam, Moonlight Bay, Moonlight Beach, Moonrise, Paper Moon, and Silver Moon.

cat-stevens-father-and-son-island-2

There are too many songs with “moon” in the title to come up with the best.  We chose one “moon song,” put it on, and searched for moon motels.  We came up with:

Toronto

Toronto

Toronto

Toronto

Saratoga, Wyoming

Saratoga, Wyoming

Buena Park

Buena Park

Anaheim

Anaheim

Albuquerque

Albuquerque

Albuquerque

Albuquerque

Huntsville, Texas

Huntsville, Texas

Anaheim

Anaheim

St. Louis

St. Louis

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Houston

Houston

San Antonio

San Antonio

Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach

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Sundbury, Ontario

Sundbury, Ontario

Sundbury, Ontario

Sundbury, Ontario

Encinitas

Encinitas

Moonlight Bay exterior

Ontario

Ontario

Versailles,Indiana

Versailles,Indiana

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Howell, New Jersey

Howell, New Jersey

Howell, New Jersey

Howell, New Jersey

Lake City, Florida

Lake City, Florida

Culver City

Culver City

Full Moon Screen Shot 2014-08-22 at 5.19.56 AM

Las Vegas

Las Vegas

Niagara Falls

Niagara FallsBLue Moon Lake George

We were pretty proud of ourselves.  I showed him what the draft post looked like when I had sized the photos and alphabetized by name of motel and not figured out how to get them A to Z instead of Z to A.

“And then there is that sign with the cow jumping over the moon – we gotta get that one too!”

I knew what he was talking about, the Milk Farm sign in Dixon.  Not today.

What about our evening’s work, inspired by the Blue Moon in El Cerrito?

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