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The US Grant Hotel Celebrates 100 Years



























                                                   When it comes to aging well,     Every detail was so well execut-
                                                   there is definitely one thing in   ed.  With a theme of Timeless
                                                   this town that has done just     Elegance and Living Art, guests
                                                   that, The US Grant Hotel.  This   were awed at what unfolded
                                                   San Diego landmark celebrated    before them. There were ele-
                                                   its 100th Anniversary on Friday   ments from the last 100 years
                                                   October 15, 2010 in an event     represented in the form of 1920
                                                   that benefitted one of our fa-   flappers, a mobster, a human
                                                   vorite charities, The San Diego   fountain, a President Kennedy
                                                   Center for Children.             look-a-like, Poodle skirts, a clas-
                                                                                                   sic Cadillac and
                                                                                                   human paint-        San Diego  Woman
                                                                                                   ings including
                                                                                                   one resembling
                                                                                                   Grant himself.
                                                                                                   It was as if you   47
                                                                                                   were transported
                                                                                                   back in time one
                                                                                                   decade at a time.
                                                                                                   The food was
                                                                                                   abundant, the
                                                                                                   drinks were
                                                                                                   flowing and
                                                                                                   the crowd was
                                                                                                    dancing to their
                                                                                                    favorite hits of
                                                                                                    days gone by.
                                                                                                    Thank you US
                                                                                                    Grant for 100
                                                                                                    years of great
                                                                                                    memories!





                                                                                                    Photos courtesy of The
                                                                                                    US Grant and Judith A.
                                                                                                    Habert




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