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Kathie OCallaghan's avatar

Yes!! But how do we address it-- literally? Dear A H

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O A I'd like to book a room

Kathie OCallaghan's avatar

The wonky letter placement didn't work when I replied!

Love the name.

Toph Tucker's avatar

LOL Kathie I love it

Lilah Raptopoulos's avatar

The brand goes back. The building goes forward. Long live Japonisme aestheticism. Where have you landed on Richard's feedback? Are you scrapping the wallpapers? I love how the logo looks on the old drawing of the Ostrich room.

Toph Tucker's avatar

Also I should be careful how I throw around “back” and “forward” lol. The physical renovations are also inspired by old photos of the porch porch, so is that going “back”? So really it’s all going forward while all making reference to the past…

Toph Tucker's avatar

What do you mean “landed”?! As if we’ll ever make up our mind on anything!!! Lol. I think Richard’s stuff is good guidance that already steered some subsequent work and will remain in the back of our minds til we die. I didn’t get into how the brand work is getting applied because it’s gonna be so piecemeal. I think everything is gonna be addressed “just in time”, as it comes up. Like, when are we gonna do the café menu? What’s gonna be on it? When will it open? No clue.

“I love how the logo looks on the old drawing of the Ostrich room” — that one’s actually the old Five Reasons Steak and Ale house, which was in the carriage house, now partly demolished, sadly! But yeah it’s got the right vibe. I think it’s one of the first things Larry did and I keep coming back to it.