Slipping into the past Traditional Geocache
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Medium-sized container hidden at former Tallahassee landmark restaurant
The Silver Slipper was a well known Tallahassee restaurant that in 2009 closed after 71 years in business, a victim of the recession plus a ban on political gifts. It was known for decades as the site of back room political wheelings and dealings. More information on its history can be found at the following link: http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/tallahassees-landmark-silver-slipper-restaurant-noted-for-backroom/993495 The Silver Slipper was also the name of a famous Las Vegas casino which operated from 1950 to 1988. Its trademark giant rotating lit-up slipper was a Las Vegas landmark. I tried to figure out what the significance of the name "Silver Slipper" is. There was a 1902 early Broadway musical by this name, which featured, I kid you not, "a fantasic story of an astromer who discovers a commotion in Venus which results in the descent to earth of a Venus sextet." Interestingly, this musical ran a couple of years after the initial publication of The Wizard of Oz in 1900. The original book featured silver slippers rather than the better-known ruby slippers from the 1939 film. In fact, there is speculation that the slipper were a populist symbol: "It has been suggested that the Silver Slippers of the Wicked Witch of the East symbolize the silver standard. Those who accept the symbolism point to Dorothy walking in the slippers over the Yellow Brick Road of gold. They interpret this as symbolic of free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver, which was a major plank in the platform of the 19th-century Populist Party. The aim was more accessible money for loans to businessmen and farmers to pay off their debts." (from answers.com) ANYWAY, that's your dose of quasi-random cultural trivia for the day. If there are any history buffs out there who know more about the origin of name, or other interesting tidbits about the restaurant, feel free to leave information in your posts. The cache is a plastic container and should be an easy park-n-grab. Muggles shouldn't be a problem, but you can pretend to dodge cigar-chompin', whiskey-swillin' lobbyists and politicians as you make the grab.
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