Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale. Show all posts

Monday, February 11, 2013

Kapok Tree Inn - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Sunflower Room outside patio, creates a European style garden complete with statuary and fountains.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Chrighton's Restaurant - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Chrighton's Restaurant
View of Our Beautiful Gazebo Room
Sunrise Boulevard and Intracoastal Waterway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304
Million dollar antique display.  Open daily all year.  Four dining rooms. The Sevres, the Venetian, the Gazebo and the Cybis Room serve continuously from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.  Ample parking for yachts or automobiles.  Service is excellent.  One of the finest restaurants in America.  All the food is good and the "World's Best Apple Pie" is served.  Cocktails are recommended in our Fantasy Lounge.
Southern style cooking.  All foods prepared and cooked in our own kitchen.  Hot rolls and pastry made in our own bake shop.  Unusually large variety of foods to choose froml.
Lunch:  $1.45 - $3.50.  Dinner:  $2.75 - $4.50.  Recommended by everybody as America's showplace.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Flamingo Groves Botanic Garden

Avocado - Growing in Flamingo Grovs Botanic Garden, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  this fruit is one of the semi-tropics.  the avocado, unlike most fruits, contains a large amount of vegetable oil and is commonly used as a salad.  It is also used in the manufacture of face creams.

Sausage Tree - Growing in Flamingo Groves Botanic Garden, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.  In parts of Africa this tree is said to be held sacred;  the fruit, when cut and slightly roasted is said to be used as outward applications in certain skin diseases.  This drug is known to the trade as chysorobin.  the fruit which is from 18 to 24 inches long and from 8 to 12 inches around, hangs on stems from 3 to 6 feet long and resembles huge sausages.

Cluster Fig - Growing in Flamingo Groves Botanic Garden, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  this large tree originated in India.  The red fruits are edible and cluster on leafless scaly branches.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Flamingo Groves Botanic Garden

Sausage Tree, growing in Flamingo Groves Botanic Garden, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Beautiful Poinsettia in full bloom at the Flamingo Orange Groves, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Citrus Harvest at Flamingo Orange Groves, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Creighton's Restaurant
View of Our Beautiful Garden Room
Sunrise Boulevard and Intracoastal Waterway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304
Million dollar antique display.  Open daily all year.  Four dining rooms.  The Sevres, the Venetian, the Gazebo and the Cybis room serve continuously from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.  Ample parking for yachts or automobiles.  Service is excellent.  One of the finest restaurants in America.  All the food is good and the "World's Best Apple Pie" is served.  Cocktails are recommended in our Fantasy Lounge.
Southern style cooking.  All foods prepared and cooked in our own kitchen.  Hot rolls and pastry made in our own bake shop.  Unusually large variety of foods to choose from.
Lunch:  $1.45 - $3.50.  Dinner:  $2.75 - $4.50.  Recommended by everbody as America's showplace.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Kapok Tree Inn - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Garden Room, lined with Honduras fern wood, features a beamed ceiling.  A highlight of the room is the fountain, formed on the premises with authentic sea shells.

The Sunflower Room, largest of the dining rooms, seats 500.  Plastic domes in the ceiling let in the outside and serve as planters for various tropical vegitation.

The Chandelier Room - French wall panels with candlelights from Italy complement the magnificent chandelier and had painted dome.  Supported by Corinthian columns, this room is reminiscent of a European palace.

The Bird Room, flanked with artistic panels of exotic birds, is patterned after European aviaries.  A giant schefflera reaches for the latticed ceiling, destined support a canopy of vines.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Kapok Tree Inn - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

A bird's-eye view reveals the extent of the property and its dedication to the unusual.
3501 S.W. 130th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

A tranquil lake adjoining the entrance mirrors a glowing panorama.  Statuary, foliage and cascading fountains promise a unique dining adventure.
3501 S.W. 130th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fountains, flowers and foliage combined with artistic statuary enchant the guest of Kapok Tree Inn.
3501 S.W. 130th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

You can drive for miles along white sandy beaches and see one beautiful hotel after another in scenic Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Twinkling beauty of Ft. Lauderdale at nighttime with Pier 66 in the foreground.

The Intracoastal Waterway and Pier 66 at evening time in scenic Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Citrus Harvest at Flamingo Orange Groves, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

A Florida Sunset
New River, Fort Lauderdale

One of the most beautiful streets in the world.
Famous LAS OLAS BOULEVARD in FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA