My Trip to California, Post 6: Doors to the rest of the world

I’ve always loved doors and often photograph them when I’m traveling. We came across a highlight at our favorite restaurant in Fort Bragg. The restaurant, Mayan Fusion, was walking distance from where we stayed and we ate there twice.

On the second time we visited, the west sun was low, shining through the stained glass doors.

These are the original main doors. Here they are, viewed from outside on the sidewalk. Currently the door being used for the entrance is a few feet further down the sidewalk. These original doors lead directly into the main dining room. They have a large potted palm blocking the doors so their customers don’t get confused and try to come in the wrong way. But looking through the plant, you can see that on the outside, the doors read, “Restaurant”.

Which makes perfect sense. But you need to know that because it explains the inside, which reads, “The Rest of the World”.

That in itself is funny enough. I can’t help but think of ancient maps, labeled along the sides, “Herein lies monsters.” But what’s even more funny is that they commonly prop the one of the doors open to catch the sea breeze.

With one of the doors propped wide open, the remaining door reads, “F THE WORLD”. This our server gleefully pointed out (in case we hadn’t noticed), when I complemented the late afternoon sun streaming in through the stained glass windows.

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