Sunday, February 21, 2010

Roads, theme parks and the Lapu Lapu

Today's photo shows a County Road Department equipment auction in the 1940s. Notice how much of their old equipment was still horse-drawn! What a contrast to the booming center of modern development Orange County would soon become.
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Ever wonder how the Royal Hawaiian restaurant in Laguna Beach (one of the last tiki/Polynesian-style places around) makes their famous Lapu Lapu? L.A. Times Magazine has now taken the mystery out of it.
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If you enjoy the various theme park history blogs, here's another one to add to your line-up: "Main Gate Admission." (Thanks to Vintage Disneyland Tickets for pointing this out.)
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2 comments:

  1. Jerry5:59 PM

    Oh man, years ago on a Friday night I drank a grand total of one fishbowl-sized concoction at Royal Hawaiian. Cheap booze + lots of sugar = two day hangover.

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  2. Anonymous1:32 PM

    all that farm equipment can be seen at the Farm to Market in San Juan Capistrano. They are used as a display and are painted up in very vivid colors. A unique must-see O.C. landmark

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