18:38:42 From Eric Lynxwiler to Host and Panelists:
	We can hear you guys fine.
18:47:49 From Corky Scholl to Everyone:
	Hello from Denver!
18:47:55 From Alexa to Everyone:
	Walnut Creek CA!
18:47:56 From Andrew Danish to Host and Panelists:
	oakland
18:48:03 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	NYC and Guilford, CT
18:48:05 From Kerry Grant to Everyone:
	Also from Denver
18:48:06 From Linda to Everyone:
	Oakland, CA
18:48:08 From Steve Lewis to Host and Panelists:
	Hi, NYC
18:48:09 From Michael Dooley to Host and Panelists:
	Pasadena CA
18:48:14 From Eric Lynxwiler to Everyone:
	Hey there Corky!
18:48:15 From Robert Gehl to Everyone:
	66 Greetings from Wildwood, Missouri!
18:48:15 From Laurie Becker to Everyone:
	Half Moon Bay!
18:48:15 From Robyn to Everyone:
	HI from Melbourne Australia - still in lockdown here so thank goodness for webinars!
18:48:17 From Dennis Tungate to Everyone:
	Hello from Livermore , CA
18:48:20 From garyparks to Everyone:
	Howdy once again from Hayward!
18:48:21 From Viviane to Everyone:
	SFO
18:48:22 From Joy Samarov to Everyone:
	San Francisco
18:48:22 From Dydia DeLyser & Paul Greenstein to Everyone:
	Greetings from the Netherworld, Hades
18:48:23 From Peter Moruzzi to Host and Panelists:
	Peter Moruzzi from Palm Springs.  Howdy friends!
18:48:23 From Cindy to Host and Panelists:
	Glendale, Ca!
18:48:34 From amy chan to Host and Panelists:
	San Jose
18:48:35 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	HI from SF!
18:48:39 From Louise McWhinnie to Host and Panelists:
	Hi again from Australia
18:48:44 From Alison Webster to Host and Panelists:
	Portland. OR is back! 👋🏻
18:48:51 From Cindy to Everyone:
	Glendale, CA :)
18:48:56 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	San Francisco, near the Ocean Park Motel!
18:48:57 From Francine Prophet to Everyone:
	San Francisco (Richmond District)
18:49:08 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	Howdy everyone! Here is a link to the bios for Neon Speaks https://neonspeaks.org/bios-2021/
18:49:10 From Wendy Warrington to Everyone:
	Hi from SF, Kim & Wendy
18:49:19 From Kent to Everyone:
	Pomona, CA : https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-waymarking-images/ccd6f017-e9f5-4da1-bb06-4f7489a16d91_d.JPG
18:49:31 From Corky Scholl to Everyone:
	Hi Eric! Good to see you from Waikiki
18:52:12 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Love the name .. and yet.. those themes provide some great signs.
18:53:05 From SF Neon to Everyone:
	Heather’s book Motel California: http://calmodbooks.com
18:54:24 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	(T-V is hyphenated.)
18:55:28 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Beautiful sign!
18:56:49 From garyparks to Everyone:
	YAAAAY!  The Seal Motel Seal!  It didn’t work during the years I lived in Seal Beach, mid 60s thru 1973.  But as a kid, I loved that seal.
18:58:13 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	hello hello from Portland, Ore!
18:58:47 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	Lucky you, Gary, to have the Seal Motel Seal as part of your childhood!
18:58:50 From Corky Scholl to Everyone:
	Great save!
18:59:30 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	Great rescue story!
19:00:11 From garyparks to Everyone:
	Another YAAAY!  The anchor from the Edgewater Inn sign, south end of Long Beach near Naples Island.  THAT sign I remember in its earliest glory!
19:02:47 From April Bryan to Host and Panelists:
	Beautiful display style.
19:04:27 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Look at that diver! I’m so sorry, growing up in LA, that I never saw this sign live.
19:05:03 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	Amazing!! I want to see it in action!
19:06:54 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I love Eric’s breakdown of these signs!
19:07:27 From April Bryan to Everyone:
	Love the kindly apologetic sorry, no vacancy! Thank you for unpacking the beautiful sign!
19:09:42 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	Motel list from Heather!
19:10:04 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	Yes!
19:10:06 From Laurie Becker to Everyone:
	Yes
19:10:08 From meredithbrody to Host and Panelists:
	yes
19:10:34 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	Big boy!
19:11:05 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	List of CA Motels/Signs from Heather: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PK0b3abPZ1ibmgjv_3NjpBTqTgM22wie/edit
19:13:27 From Michael Mintz to Host and Panelists:
	Hi Randall & Al, finally made it to Speaks. Caught the last 20 minutes of Echo Theatre & can't wait to run the yTube...
19:13:48 From Joel Shprentz to Host and Panelists:
	Access is locked, possibly because the link is for editing.
19:14:27 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	Westrern Motel -- love that! Does anybody remember the Lanai Motel in Belmont, CA?
19:15:00 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	@Michael, YES! I remember the Lanai!
19:15:08 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	!!
19:15:24 From Laurie Becker to Everyone:
	Yes I remember the Lanai as well
19:16:47 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	I worked on Lanai Liquors in the 80s/90s but the motel was gone by the time I worked there. Near the Belmont Theatre, also one of my faves...
19:17:29 From Laurie Becker to Everyone:
	There’s always a party going on at the Stardust!
19:17:38 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	Has it survived the fires?
19:17:41 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Love the letterforms on this!
19:17:41 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	I love that you can see the sign from the pool-- Stardust...
19:18:08 From April Bryan to Everyone:
	Super shot of Stardust! 🌟
19:18:08 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
19:18:24 From amy chan to Host and Panelists:
	Lovely pic.
19:19:09 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	I stayed at the Crown! Way back in the mid 70s.
19:19:10 From Maureen Russell to Everyone:
	Love the Stardust lettering! S’s are boomerang-like.
19:19:55 From Michael Dooley to Everyone:
	neo-neon in Palm Springs.
	
	https://visitpalmsprings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/copa20night900x.jpg
19:21:23 From paris to Everyone:
	These signs appeared in very dark places, some in the forests...the stark contrast of seeing one of these signs in a rural area in tiny towns...the glow emanating for many miles in the distance...pure neon MAGIC!
19:24:32 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	😂
19:25:13 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	I remember the Flamingo!
19:25:52 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	And you can see it from very far away.
19:26:46 From Salli to Host and Panelists:
	because Muir lived in Martinez. his house is a National Park.
19:26:52 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	John Muir had a home in Martinez and there is a Muir museum there.
19:26:57 From SF Neon to Everyone:
	Sean Calvey Neon tour!
19:26:58 From Peter Tannen to Everyone:
	John Muir lived in Martinez and his house is still there, run by National Park Service
19:26:59 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	There’s a John Muir historic site in Martinez.
19:27:36 From Jeremy Ebersole to Everyone:
	Don't rush the resource!
19:28:42 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	I live walking distance to the Ocean Park!
19:29:11 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	Our friends always stay there when they come to visit. Lovely owners.
19:29:17 From rex mandel to Everyone:
	My neighborhood!!!
19:29:33 From garyparks to Everyone:
	I remember when the Ocean Park Motel roof sign was still there—in the mid 1980s.
19:29:46 From Debra Jane Seltzer to Everyone:
	This Superior Motel in Maine panel appears to have the texture (click to zoom in):
	https://www.flickr.com/photos/romleys/51401496722/
19:30:12 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	@garyparks Yes, I grew up near there! I remember it, too.
19:30:46 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I wonder if this is related to the Capri in SF.
19:31:10 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I love seeing these matchbooks too.
19:31:15 From April Bryan to Everyone:
	Capri—heavenly!
19:31:53 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Love the Islander color scheme!
19:32:04 From Corky Scholl to Everyone:
	I'm so happy to see that fish is still there!
19:32:13 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	Plastic can be fantastic!
19:32:54 From garyparks to Everyone:
	The Islander Motel originally had additional plastic lit fishies on the end of the building that abuts Ocean Ave.  they were removed probably in the 80s.
19:34:01 From Andrew Danish to Host and Panelists:
	😢
19:34:59 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Gorgeous upright script “California”
19:35:05 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	https://www.amazon.com/That-Ribbon-Highway-Oregon-Sacramento/dp/0965137732
19:36:58 From paris to Everyone:
	I-5 beats 99...The Interstate System made many ghost towns out of the glorious NEON signed motel strips.
19:39:07 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	A LOT can happen to a place in ten years!
19:40:27 From Michael Mintz to Host and Panelists:
	That's true, paris. Not just neon signs but whole towns...
19:40:43 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	That's true, paris. Not just neon signs but whole towns... 
19:42:53 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Love the “Pink” wordmark, just perfection
19:43:48 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Wow!
19:44:30 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	Look at them cinder blocks!
19:45:09 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	I think that’s called breezeblock Mintz 🤓
19:45:55 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	THe Palms Motel in Portland, OR also had signs asking people not to photograph...
19:46:23 From Debra Jane Seltzer to Everyone:
	Fish pool still there! (empty?)
	https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pink+Motel/@34.2413367,-118.3969623,214m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x19762802ab5a6c77!8m2!3d34.2414154!4d-118.3962511
19:46:41 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	(Is that true? I just took a photo of the Palms.)
19:46:42 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	Breezeblock...
19:47:06 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Burbank airport is a great secret small relaxed place to fly into LA
19:47:33 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Oooh, and closer to MONA and many signs. I like that idea, Kate.
19:47:58 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Next time I’ll have to stay at the Safari!
19:48:09 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Great photo from Steve.
19:48:36 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Exactly Suz!
19:49:40 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Super cool letter stlyes on this Saga sign!
19:50:28 From Sheila H to Everyone:
	Saga--Stayed there in 2019 and they were working on the flooring and rooms--painting, etc.
19:50:53 From Maureen Russell to Everyone:
	Is that a viking S in Saga? Great sign!
19:51:16 From Alexa to Everyone:
	Burbank is the best airport in LA area
19:51:41 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Go Kathy Kikkert!
19:53:44 From Neon Speaks to Host and Panelists:
	Heather, you are doing great on time, no need to rush. Good pacing so far.
19:53:57 From Corky Scholl to Everyone:
	That Holiday Motel sign looks similar to the Pig'n Whistle Motel sign here in Denver
19:55:08 From paris to Everyone:
	Gotta love the owners and proprietors of the businesses with these original neon signs...to keep them in tact in the midst of fast and furious urban development from every direction, code changes, competition of modernization....Hats off!
19:55:54 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I’m in awe of the traffic-cone theme.
19:56:26 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	I've stayed at the WIgwam in Holbrook AZ.
19:56:45 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	Taschen Disneyland book: https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/popculture/all/01172/facts.walt_disneys_disneyland.htm?change_user_country=US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn5LK6ISK8wIVBwutBh00WQBVEAQYAiABEgJj1_D_BwE
19:56:53 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I
19:57:00 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I’m with Paris’ Hats Off.
19:57:45 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Are these all Anaheim motels?
19:58:17 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	Love the paint colors at the Fantasy.
19:58:26 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Oh, how I wanted to stay at these as a kid!
19:58:52 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Oh that explains a lot about Disney World!
19:59:04 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	Devil Signs!!
19:59:12 From Alexa to Everyone:
	Amazing as they are such tourist draws now
19:59:14 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	re: Walt Disney buying up the perimeter
19:59:24 From April Bryan to Everyone:
	❤️ As a child of Anaheim, I thank you for honoring these lost beauties. Special part of my childhood and certainly, part of what shaped my love of signs.
20:00:18 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Love the brass globe on top of Sahara. Space is the place!
20:00:29 From Lippy to Everyone:
	I’m getting a “Flintstones” vibe around the Sahara.. especially the white-pebbled roof!
20:01:02 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	http://roadarch.com
20:01:23 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	What kind of pool is it? A SWIM pool..
20:01:26 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	It still works as a pool with the cut-out!
20:02:58 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	This is a sweet one.
20:03:30 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I wonder why there’s so little neon in Palm Springs.
20:03:38 From Andrew Danish to Host and Panelists:
	location of the movie “palm springs weekend”
20:03:51 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Pebble roof!
20:04:04 From paris to Everyone:
	Thanks for caring so much...Heather and Chris!
20:04:44 From Corky Scholl to Everyone:
	The Tropics Caliente is a great one on Palm Springs!
20:04:47 From Michael Dooley to Everyone:
	when i visited the Wigwam Motel in Rialto several decades ago, the signage read "Do it in a Tee Pee".
20:04:53 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Mill Valley OUTLAWS neon to this day!
20:05:01 From Laurie Becker to Everyone:
	Why were they outlawed?
20:05:11 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	You should know about this book Palm Springs Weekend by Andrew Danish and Alan Hess: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Palm-Springs-Weekend-Architecture-Design-Midcentury-Oasis-Book-First-Edition-FE-/401009388487
20:05:24 From Alexa to Everyone:
	That would be AMAZING! Better some than none
20:05:33 From Alison Webster to Everyone:
	This has been great!  Thanks so much Eric, Heather, and  Chris!! 👏🏻👏🏻
20:05:54 From Anna Marie Brooks to Everyone:
	Agree!
20:06:16 From amy chan to Host and Panelists:
	Cool story on Amboy.
20:07:00 From Jeremy Ebersole to Everyone:
	The whole town of Amboy I think is that café, gas station, and motel.
20:07:23 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Gorgeous sign, Trade Winds
20:07:30 From Maureen Russell to Everyone:
	Such a great program! I’m inspired to do future road trips  and motel stays. Thanks!
20:07:36 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	There was a post office in Amboy. Not sure it’s still there.
20:07:40 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	That’s a great sign.
20:07:55 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	A curverd post for the palm tree!
20:08:22 From Lippy to Everyone:
	The curved post is A++
20:08:53 From Alison Webster to Everyone:
	I have a photo of the sign pre-restoration.
20:10:01 From paris to Everyone:
	loved..."...if you like beat-up old neon signs."
20:10:16 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	And of course we do ..
20:10:37 From Melissa Goan to Host and Panelists:
	👏👏👏Awesome presentation!!
20:11:31 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I’ve stayed at the Town and Country in San Diego.
20:11:48 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	What an informative, inspiring talk! Thank you all so much.
20:11:51 From Alexa to Everyone:
	*clapping*
20:12:03 From Lippy to Everyone:
	LOVED the presentatioN!!  Thanks, guys
20:12:05 From Kerry Grant to Everyone:
	Outstanding talk
20:12:12 From amy chan to Host and Panelists:
	Great presentation!
20:12:16 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	Such a great presentation! So fun and interesting!
20:12:26 From kathy to Everyone:
	Fantastic!!!! Thank you!!!
20:12:27 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	That was so fun Heather, Chris, and Eric! Thank you for sharing
20:12:34 From Sheila H to Everyone:
	Fantastic presentation.  Hi Chris from Dan and Sheila Harlow.
20:12:35 From Viviane to Everyone:
	great presentation
20:12:36 From gary meyer to Everyone:
	I have a Bates Motel matchbook. They sold them when Universal Tours first opened
20:12:48 From Corky Scholl to Everyone:
	I concur, great presentation!
20:12:49 From April Bryan to Host and Panelists:
	Superstar tour and talk! Thank you for the illuminated motel road trip!
20:12:51 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	I have Bates Motel matches too!
20:13:08 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	Beautiful, y'all! One of the Best so far! THank you!
20:13:10 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	isn’t Circus Liquors in Glendale?
20:13:27 From Andrew Danish to Host and Panelists:
	i’m jonesing for a road trip!
20:13:34 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	I may be wrong about that I don’t live in California
20:13:51 From Alexis Fleisig to Host and Panelists:
	Circus Liquors is in North Hollywood
20:13:59 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Circus liquor is in North Hollywood.
20:14:14 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	haha Ok thanks Suz
20:14:15 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	The Alex is a fabulous sign.
20:14:41 From Andrew Danish to Host and Panelists:
	chi chi was neon but closed years ago.
20:14:47 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I’ll hit you up for Portland neon sites, Kate!
20:15:02 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	OK! anytime 🤓
20:15:50 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	“Recently fixed it up” is the kiss of death.
20:15:55 From Polly Blazek to Everyone:
	thank you
20:16:20 From Alison Webster to Everyone:
	Agree, Suz!
20:16:21 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Looking at pics of the Alex theater in Glendale.. WOW!
20:16:23 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Good letterforms make people feel good
20:16:53 From Laurie Becker to Everyone:
	Neon Speaks and MONEY Speaks too!!
20:17:13 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	Kate Windows has a great map of Portland Neon!
20:17:13 From Peter Moruzzi to Host and Panelists:
	The Chi Chi in Palm Springs had halo neon signage until the early 1960s
20:17:15 From Neon Speaks to Everyone:
	https://www.kwiddows.com/neon-map-poster-portland-oregon
20:17:25 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	🤣love it Laurie!
20:17:30 From rex mandel to Everyone:
	Neon signs are art, and the cities need to be presented with this.
20:18:14 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	My Photoshop teacher liked to call me ‘Windows 98’ 🤣
20:18:20 From Jeremy Ebersole to Everyone:
	Burbank did a neon sign survey and has a good ordinance to protect what's left.
20:18:23 From Alexa to Everyone:
	Thank you!!
20:18:23 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Glendale - “Oh, the humanity!”
20:19:03 From Andrew Danish to Host and Panelists:
	Livingston, Montana has great neon too.
20:19:26 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	American folk art history
20:19:27 From Cindy to Everyone:
	Does anyone know if the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in Does anyone know if the Wagon Wheel restaurant neon sign in Ventura neon has been saved? Right off the 101 and demolished now
20:19:28 From Jeremy Ebersole to Everyone:
	My Master's thesis was on cities around the country doing a good job restoring their neon signs: https://www.academia.edu/51064556/Neon_Speaks_Supplement_National_Neon_Sign_Preservation_Best_Practices_Survey_and_Assessment
20:19:33 From Tom U to Everyone:
	This is a great way to end a great session!
20:19:57 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	What can we do about the Palms Motel in Portland, OR? It's community hiusing now but one of the best neon signs ever...
20:20:06 From Andrew Danish to Host and Panelists:
	Jeremy, you did a great job on your thesis!
20:20:24 From Alexa to Everyone:
	Thanks all - great session!
20:20:29 From Joy Samarov to Everyone:
	Thank you!
20:20:30 From Michael Dooley to Everyone:
	yes, thank you!!!
20:20:33 From April Bryan to Host and Panelists:
	Wonderful way to enjoy a Saturday night!
20:20:37 From Linda to Everyone:
	Amazing, Thank You!!!!
20:20:38 From Debra Jane Seltzer to Everyone:
	The Wagon Wheel sign was "sort of" saved.  The developers have at least one panel which they "may" display.  The faux wood panels are stored at Valley Relics Museum.
20:20:39 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Michael, I’m interested in the Palms. Can you email me suzlipman at mac.com
20:20:42 From gary meyer to Everyone:
	-Can’t wait to watch again. Thanks
20:20:52 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Make some friends in high places Mintz!! 🤣
20:20:54 From Cindy to Everyone:
	Thanks!
20:20:59 From 92020 to Host and Panelists:
	Thank you all, Great 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
20:21:11 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Like It’s Tops hotcakes.
20:21:38 From Michael Mintz to Everyone:
	Thanks, Suz, will do..
20:21:47 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	I couldn't choose so I got them all.
20:22:04 From amy chan to Host and Panelists:
	Thank you!
20:22:05 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	Have you started mailing the pins? Ordered them last week and so excited to see them!
20:22:06 From Alexa to Everyone:
	I need stickers!
20:22:11 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	Thank you for a great presentation!!
20:22:24 From gary meyer to Everyone:
	I don;’t mind the last session going over
20:22:24 From Laurie Becker to Everyone:
	Muchas gracias everyone! Excellent
20:22:25 From Felis Loyata to Everyone:
	it was great.  thank you ^_^
20:22:33 From Jeanne D'Arcy (she/her) to Everyone:
	@ Pam, me too!
20:22:33 From Cindy to Everyone:
	Great presentation!
20:22:37 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	This presentation was awesome!
20:22:51 From Stephen Coles (he/him) to Everyone:
	Hey Jeremy. Awesome paper. Will share on Twitter. Have an account that I can mention?
20:23:02 From gary meyer to Everyone:
	You light up my life
20:23:15 From Jeremy Ebersole to Everyone:
	No Twitter, IG @jeremytheebersole