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He didn't tip here, either
IN THE SMALL TOWN of George - where cherry pie is king - invoking the spirit of the star of the $1 bill is big business. Martha's Inn attracts people from all over the world for a slice of cherry pie ($3.50 a la mode), said manager Brenda Stanley. But sometimes, customers don't make the connection and will ask her, "Are you Martha?"
Stanley politely replies: "Martha isn't here now."
Jimi Hendrix slept here
THE RECENT REAL-ESTATE flier promoted the house as "a Jimi thing," where "Hendrix used to live." When? Jimi lived in a number of rental homes while growing up in Seattle. The agent didn't know so we called Jimi's dad, now living in South Seattle. He said all he could recall was that it was in the 1950s and wasn't for very long. "I remember one Christmas there," said Al Hendrix.
Agent Katharine Gibson admitted that the Jimi connection was a "desperate" attempt to sell the small house, first offered at $325,000 and then dropped to $299,850. It was then taken off the market and rented out. Guess it's more of a rental thing.
FDR went here, but not there
HIS PORTRAIT is on a wall at the Lake Quinault Lodge on the Olympic Peninsula, where he once stayed. It also hangs in Andy's Diner in Seattle, where he kind of stayed. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt's picture is in one of the vintage railroad cars that make up the vintage restaurant, which opened in 1949, five years after FDR used the car during his campaign and four years after he died. But there is another link. His daughter lived in Seattle. "His daughter's niece used to come down for lunch quite a bit," said restaurant owner Louie Tully.
Maybe her picture should be there instead.
John Stockton never worked here
YOU WOULD THINK that at Jack and Dan's Bar in Spokane, basketball stardom would be enough to get John Stockton's picture on the wall. After all, Jack is the father of the Utah Jazz star, and a lot of people from Utah drop by. But no deal. Jack holds to a higher standard than mere celebrity: You have to put in some hours. John never worked there so why should he get his picture on the wall? If anyone's mug should be up there, Jack jokes, it should be his.
D.B. Cooper never shopped here
SEVERAL HUNDRED people gather each fall at the small Ariel Store in Cowlitz County to throw a party in honor of skyjacker D.B. Cooper, who parachuted out of a passenger jet, possibly near there, in 1971 and disappeared with $200,000. Store owner Donna Elliott says the event isn't profitable because she has to hire extra help. "Personally, I could do without it." |
