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Special Events:
Meet Us
At The Tonga Room!
SAN FRANCISCO WEATHER REPORT: THUNDER, LIGHTENING
AND RAIN...
The San Francisco Conference's Welcome Reception
on Wednesday May 3rd at 7.00 pm is being held
at the Fairmont Hotel's world famous Polynesian and
Hawaiian-inspired "Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar."
This
location was renovated from an indoor swimming pool
in 1947 called the S.S. Tonga – a nautical-themed
restaurant -- into the Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar
in 1950. The ceiling was painted black and a
floating band stand stage and a dance floor made
from the deck of the S.S. Forester, one of the last
tall ships which sailed between San Francisco and
the South Seas was added. But, the biggest
claim to fame of the Tonga Room is the truly
magnificent half hourly indoor rainfall which falls
from the dark ceiling into the pool complete with
lightening effects and thunder soundtrack.
The only umbrellas found at The Tonga Room are in
the drinks!
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