{"id":240,"date":"2007-04-21T23:33:35","date_gmt":"2007-04-22T03:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/04\/21\/vintage-islands-slide-of-the-week\/"},"modified":"2007-04-21T23:33:35","modified_gmt":"2007-04-22T03:33:35","slug":"vintage-islands-slide-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/04\/21\/vintage-islands-slide-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Islands Slide of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These images come from Tahiti. They are from the grounds of the Beachcomber Hotel, which is apparently still there, but is now the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ic-pix.com\/imageb.php?hotel=PPT&amp;show=1\" title=\"Beachcomber\">Beachcomber Intercontinental<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2007\/04\/file0012.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"file0012.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2007\/04\/file0013.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"file0013.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, that&#8217;s some tikis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These images come from Tahiti. They are from the grounds of the Beachcomber Hotel, which is apparently still there, but is now the Beachcomber Intercontinental. 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