Grand Little Landing
Patisserie boxes • Boy With Apple • Lobby keys • Order of the Howling Wolf • Zissou red cap • Dalmatian mice • Pink hotel façade • Track suits • Typewritten memos • Margin notes • “I saved Latin.” • Handwritten maps • Wildcat insignia • Patisserie boxes • Boy With Apple • Lobby keys • Order of the Howling Wolf • Zissou red cap • Dalmatian mice • Pink hotel façade • Track suits • Typewritten memos • Margin notes • “I saved Latin.” • Handwritten maps • Wildcat insignia •

Official Notice of Reception

On behalf of the establishment, we extend our most cordial welcome. Kindly observe the arrangements: luggage to the left, pastries to the right, and inquiries to the desk.

Proclamation All guests shall enjoy orderly corridors, symmetrical furnishings, and properly catalogued curiosities.

  • Lobby keys remain numbered and accounted for.
  • Portraits hang precisely level, by decree of the curator.
  • Patisserie boxes are issued daily, sealed in twine.
  • Typewritten schedules govern the day’s activities.
  • Bell service is punctual, on the hour and half past.

We trust your stay will be civilised, peculiar, and memorable in equal measure.

Itinerary: Neatly Typed Adventures

Morning Roll Call

Rushmore: “I saved Latin. What did you ever do?”

Checklist: club blazer, safety goggles, handwritten blueprint, cassette recorder.

Afternoon Field Notes

Life Aquatic: “This is an adventure.”

Items: red knit cap, snorkel, laminated schedule, bubble pipe (not operational).

Evening Protocol

Grand Budapest: “There are still faint glimmers of civilisation.”

Keys returned. Patisserie boxes stacked. Lobby bell polished twice.

Props & Motifs

Patisserie Crate

Pastel box, twine bow, cream card. Handle with ceremony.

Contents may include: “Courtesan au Chocolat.”

Field Kit

  • Map with perfect margins
  • Portable typewriter ribbon
  • Monogrammed handkerchief
  • Stamped ticket stub

Uniform Closet

Track suit stripes. Safety pins. Name patches. Inventory tags.

Gallery Wall

“Boy With Apple” (reference only). Plaques aligned, frames symmetrical.

Secret Society

Hand signals, coded pastry notes, wax seals, pocket watch.

Soundtrack Shelf

Acoustic guitar. Harpsichord vibe. Side A rewound to zero.

Postcards From Elsewhere

Pink Hotel, Alpine Border

Bell desk ledger. Lobby boy cap. Mending kit in drawer three.

Island Research Outpost

Blue tents, portable antenna, beetle specimens in neat rows.

City Observatory

Yellow stairs. Quiet owls. Telescopes pointed at street corners.

Ephemera Drawer

Labels

“Sic transit gloria.” “Go team Z.” “Check the map.”

Operating Instructions

  1. Read the card. Twice.
  2. Mind the symmetry.
  3. Keep it orderly and odd.

House Rules

No personal names. No tracking. Just colour and motion.

Fine Print

Short quotes only. Motifs abound. Keep it tasteful.

Exit Stamp

“There are no two alike.”

Return your key. Collect your pastry.

Spare Keys

Room 1 to 6. Each with a tiny tassel.