Ceremonial Artillery

originally posted: 06/11/02

Brought to you by my literary hero, James Lileks, commenting on the fabulous Thunderbird motel, which squats not half a mile from Sensational Acres in scenic Bloomington, MN. It's not far from the airport (or the Maul of America), and I remember meeting Dad there for a Coke one time when I had just moved to town and he was catching a connecting flight for a business trip. We were both bemused by the place, to say the least.

The Thunderbird Hotel is one of the most politically incorrect public spaces I've ever seen. Well-intentioned white people + Indian artifacts + a motel chain . . . Lileks tells the story so much more eloquently than I could at www.lileks.com/mpls/modern/thunderbird/index.html.