Close Up of Beautiful Carving Over Front Door of The Former Home of John and Sylvia Sutherland.
"[Now we can go back for another eight years .... ]"
2649 South Colfax Ave, Minneapolis, MN. Note pineapple and grapes in carving. a pineapple is even formed into the surface of the glass light fixture! Also note Gargoyles, complete with large claws, formed into right and left sides of carving! Click photo to get the largest view for close study of detail. WebPage http://www.waterburyregion.com/visit/pineapple.html says: The universally recognized signature of hospitality is the pineapple. How did this prickly yet sweet exotic fruit become the symbol of welcome? Christopher Columbus brought this unusual fruit back to Europe in 1493 after his travels through the Caribbean islands. ..... As the popularity of pineapples grew, hostesses would go to great lengths to outdo each other in preparation and presentation of this rare treat. Extravagant dinners for friends were held with the pineapple as the center of visual honor. Guests were honored by the fact that the hostesses spared no expense for their dining pleasure. By this manner, the pineapple became the image of welcome, good cheer, graciousness, warmth and conviviality. .. A different spin [probably also true] on the pineapple tale purports that when colonial sea captains returned from their travels, they often displayed a pineapple at their door or upon their gates as a sign that they were home and welcoming friends to their hearth for food and drink and good company.
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![Close Up of Beautiful Carving Over Front Door of The Former Home of John and Sylvia Sutherland. "[Now we can go back for another eight years .... ]" 2649 South Colfax Ave, Minneapolis, MN. Note pineapple and grapes in carving. a pineapple is even formed into the surface of the glass light fixture! Also note Gargoyles, complete with large claws, formed into right and left sides of carving! Click photo to get the largest view for close study of detail. WebPage http://www.waterburyregion.com/visit/pineapple.html says: The universally recognized signature of hospitality is the pineapple. How did this prickly yet sweet exotic fruit become the symbol of welcome? Christopher Columbus brought this unusual fruit back to Europe in 1493 after his travels through the Caribbean islands. ..... As the popularity of pineapples grew, hostesses would go to great lengths to outdo each other in preparation and presentation of this rare treat. Extravagant dinners for friends were held with the pineapple as the center of visual honor. Guests were honored by the fact that the hostesses spared no expense for their dining pleasure. By this manner, the pineapple became the image of welcome, good cheer, graciousness, warmth and conviviality. .. A different spin [probably also true] on the pineapple tale purports that when colonial sea captains returned from their travels, they often displayed a pineapple at their door or upon their gates as a sign that they were home and welcoming friends to their hearth for food and drink and good company. ************************************ (Photo = Summer2006 0149 ...... ZMM Page = 143 ...... WayPt = -003w)](http://www.venturearete.org/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums/2649ColfaxAve/DSC_0149.sized.jpg "Close Up of Beautiful Carving Over Front Door of The Former Home of John and Sylvia Sutherland. \"[Now we can go back for another eight years .... ]\" 2649 South Colfax Ave, Minneapolis, MN. Note pineapple and grapes in carving. a pineapple is even formed into the surface of the glass light fixture! Also note Gargoyles, complete with large claws, formed into right and left sides of carving! Click photo to get the largest view for close study of detail. WebPage http://www.waterburyregion.com/visit/pineapple.html says: The universally recognized signature of hospitality is the pineapple. How did this prickly yet sweet exotic fruit become the symbol of welcome? Christopher Columbus brought this unusual fruit back to Europe in 1493 after his travels through the Caribbean islands. ..... As the popularity of pineapples grew, hostesses would go to great lengths to outdo each other in preparation and presentation of this rare treat. Extravagant dinners for friends were held with the pineapple as the center of visual honor. Guests were honored by the fact that the hostesses spared no expense for their dining pleasure. By this manner, the pineapple became the image of welcome, good cheer, graciousness, warmth and conviviality. .. A different spin [probably also true] on the pineapple tale purports that when colonial sea captains returned from their travels, they often displayed a pineapple at their door or upon their gates as a sign that they were home and welcoming friends to their hearth for food and drink and good company. ************************************ (Photo = Summer2006 0149 ...... ZMM Page = 143 ...... WayPt = -003w)")