Lightner Museum

For those that read the blog yesterday we are looking for a possible new name for Robo Dog.  So far we only got one comment.  I know you guys are creative.  We got a good one from Pam and Dave.  They suggested Rober, a play on Rover.  I took a few more pics for you.

Isn't he cute?  There was a new place that had it's Grand Opening 3 days ago so Bill and I tried it for lunch.  YUM!!

I didn't count how many different kind of toppings they have but I am guessing around 25.  Bill just had salt and I had Canadian, which is gravy and cheese.  Soooo good.

We decided to do another touristy thing.  We went to the Lightner Museum.  It is in the old Flagler Hotel.  We were told that Mr. Flagler built this hotel for a place his rich friends could come and vacation.  He was a very good business man.  Mr. Lightner was one of his friends.  When he passed there was an estate sale.  Back in the early 1900.s, when there was an estate sale you bought everything, not just an item or two. Both men and their wives were considered very eclectic, so the items in the museum are very different.  Many Brides choose this place for their wedding pictures.The grounds are beautiful and kept that way.

To let everyone know this was his hotel Mr. Flagler had a statue of himself in the front.

Just inside there is a courtyard with a bridge over a small pond that was filled with Koi.

  Back in CT we had a pond with Koi.  Bill got some food and started a small feeding frenzy.

Inside there was three floors.  There were very interesting things throughout, along with the hotel itself. Most were behind glass and set aways back so bear with some of the pictures. This is a dollhouse.

My favorite collection, purses.

Being that this was a hotel at one time, a barbershop.

There were many items in the music room.  This one was small and you had to crank it to play music.

There was a science section.  It had many rocks and artifacts.  And this.

Yes, that is a real mummy from Egypt.  The date here says 500 BC.

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The furniture was very ornate.

Mr. Flagler wanted to be sure his guests would come back, so he had a Russian style sauna.

And a multi-jet shower.

The ballroom was HUGE.  I could imagine people dressed in that time and dancing.

Some chairs looked so comfortable.

And some not so much.

There were quite a few statues.  This was Cleopatra.  Looks like she had a wardrobe malfunction.  Haha.

Looking below is where the pool was.  It was kept at a nice 70 degrees.  It is now a restaurant.

The next floor was full of crystal.  I felt like a bull in a china shop.  No pics as I kept both hands firmly behind my back.  You will just need to come to St. Augustine and go through the museum yourself.

On the way back we did walk by the Casa Monica Hotel.  Now many hotels have a van or car to pick you up or drop you off.  This is the one for this hotel.

Have a great day everyone.  As I am writing this it is starting to rain.  But this to shall pass.  It always does.

Patti and Bill  :-)