I Like Gin Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Miami It actually wasn’t in a

It actually wasn’t in a plane but the walls were decorated with propellers and other aviation paraphernalia

and aspiring actors and singers hoping to be noticed

Under Besson the hotel’s board of directors included veterans of the Ritz and the Savoy among other storied venues

businessmen and lawyers conducted their affairs over breakfasts of steak

but the basic formula was the same: good-looking young people

I Like Gin Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Miami It actually wasn’t in aAlso available as a portrait format print. The euphemism seeing pink elephants was first used in the 19th century to describe the hallucinations experienced by drinkers of absinthe, the anise flavored and highly alcoholic beverage associated with bohemian culture, especially among artists and writers in Paris. Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde were well known absinthe drinkers. Absinthe was banned by 1915 but the phrase remained