Hi EastSideAl,

Thanks for the tip! I went looking for info on the Balmar Motel and found an old ad for an old postcard:

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/7616/01temph.jpg

I don't see the palm tree but it may be that the picture is too old ... or maybe it was still too young? could be the thing we see on the lower right corner on the yard in front of the pool?
The banner in front of the motel rings a bell....

I also found an old add for the Balmar in a Gross Pointe Newspaper from 1972!
If you want to read it is on page 24:

http://digitize.gp.lib.mi.us/digitiz...1971-05-27.pdf

[[I like the part where it says "All color TV's" Sometimes we forget that once upnon a time... there used to be black an white tv's ... )

I think this is the ad you described! It starts by "Egad... "