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Royal Hawaiian Hotel
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel was leased to the US Navy as a Rest and Recuperation Annex to the
While the hotel must have been quite visible back in WWII, today it is surrounded by large Doug
Luxury
Royal Gingerbread
Created by Executive Pastry Chef Carolyn Portuondo
This creation took 35 sheets of
The house is 100% edible. Happy Holiday's from
The Royal Hawaiian Waikiki Beach. Then!!
An internet friend of mine, John Szalay, grew up in Honolulu and is quite familiar with the entire island of Oahu. Waikiki Beach. Now!!
While my color photo was not taken in the exact same location as the B&W, 
Exterior of Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Royal Hawaiian Hotel Entrance
submarine base. One source states that Officers paid $1 per night while there was no charge for
Enlisted Men.
buildings and foliage and was not easy for me to find. I ended up having to get directions from
another hotel.
The Gingerbread Palace
The Gingerbread Palace is unique and a short description of
ingredients and time spent creating this follows.
Collection
Pink Palace
gingerbread (approximately 135 pounds),
60 of chocolate, 20 pounds of royal icing,
and 1 week to decorate.
For personal non-commercial use only
For personal non-commercial use only
During this year John has been my mentor and the two black and white LIFE magazine photos (above) came from him.
Towards Diamond Head
it does show the development along Waikiki Beach during the past 75 years.