We worked around the hours for several hours before heading out to the movies to see TinTin. Funny, we thought it was about Rin Tin Tin! Oh well, shows our age. Summary: Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock’s ancestor.
Excellent craftsmanship! An amazing piece of work!
Did You Know – Tintin debuted in Le Petit Vingtième on 10 January 1929. He was largely based on an earlier character created by Hergé, a chubby boy-scout named Totor. The comics starring Totor, Les aventures de Totor, chef de patrouille des Hannetons (The Adventures of Totor, Leader of the Cockchafer Patrol), appeared in the magazine Le Boy-Scout Belge between 1926 and 1929.
In the later comic book series, Tintin is a young reporter who is drawn to dangerous international intrigues in which his quick thinking, bravery and chronic good luck save the day. Almost every adventure features Tintin sent off to investigate an assignment, but rarely does he actually turn in a story without first getting caught up in an adventure.
Although the strip was Belgian, Hergé was inconsistent or vague about assigning Tintin a nationality, depicting him instead as broadly European. In some of the early books, like Tintin in the Congo or The Black Island, a Belgian identity is fairly explicit. In The Secret of the Unicorn, the reader can unmistakably recognise the streets of Brussels at the beginning of the story.
We went home and then headed for Khoury’s to warm up between 5pm and 7pm before going to The Phoenix Club to finish off the evening.
Alamitos Bay was dark as we departed Khourys
Our neighbors from across the street frequent Khourys and are performing "The Hand Jive" for our viewing pleasure!
Now we headed for The Phoenix Club where we danced the evening away!
