Additional Rex Hotel pictures have been posted in the Photo Gallery … 23 in all. They span the time frame from when the property was the Bainier Garage and Auto Hall (1920s) through 2008. I’ll add more descriptions and historical information to each picture in the near future.
If anyone has other pictures of the Rex, [...]

The Gecko Project is under way in the Photo Gallery. Class pictures for the 1961 Year Book are now posted in the Photo Gallery.
I still need copies of the 1959, 1960 and 1962 thru 1965 Year Books.
If possible I’d like to obtain ‘complete’ copies of the year books … cover to cover … so when [...]

We continue with Part 11 of the 16 part series Deja Vu: Vietnam. The series of videos is made using Google Earth to focus in on various parts of Saigon and surrounding areas of Vietnam. Then overlaid with video footage filmed in 2007 with ‘fade backs’ of videos and photos going back to various time [...]

“When I’m not marketing or blogging …”
In case anyone was wondering why I haven’t posted on the blog for several days …
I’ve been taking a break from the computer while enjoying indulgence in one of my many and varied interests and passions … namely, making custom furniture. Yep, I’ve been out in the wood shop [...]

I know it’s summer time but surely some folks are staying home and enjoying “balconia” as the Germans say. And if you have gone off to some exotic spot, I hope you will have something interesting to write about when you get back and read this.
I was recently in Brussels for a few days, [...]

We continue with Part 10 of the 16 part series Deja Vu: Vietnam. The series of videos is made using Google Earth to focus in on various parts of Saigon and surrounding areas of Vietnam. Then overlaid with video footage filmed in 2007 with ‘fade backs’ of videos and photos going back to various time [...]

We continue with Part 9 of the 16 part series Deja Vu: Vietnam. The series of videos is made using Google Earth to focus in on various parts of Saigon and surrounding areas of Vietnam. Then overlaid with video footage filmed in 2007 with ‘fade backs’ of videos and photos going back to various time [...]

Cap St. Jacques as it was in February 1958.

Grand Hotel at Cap St. Jacques in February 1958.

Ahh … these were the days … 
Bob

The Presidential Palace in June 1958.

I always thought this one was much nicer looking then the new one.
Bob

Cercle Sportif in 1958. Tennis anyone?!

If you look really hard, you can see Frank and I … over by the pool sipping Lemon Nod … and enjoying the French girls … 
Bob

Anyone care to join me for a Hamburger or Pho? …

I thought you might enjoy a few memories of Cheap Charlie’s from 1958.
66 Hai Ba Trung (Paul Blanchy)
Bob

In Déjà Vu: Vietnam Part 6 we saw the Rex Hotel. While most of us remember it from the late 1950s through the fall of Saigon in 1975, have you ever wondered what it was before the time of our arrival in Saigon? Or, what became of it after 1975?
I did … so here is [...]