In the days before TSA security, before airports were built as fly-malls replete with Brooks Brothers and Cinnabon stores, there were airpor...
Markydoodle
Book of Days
The Missouri Ozarks are steeped with history and rich with character. With each visit I find a tug to stay. I can’t tell if it’...
Camping 1950’s with the Milligan’s
On one of our many family road trips with the Mues (pronounced Moose) family, Wayne decided to take his boat to Yellowstone. Dad wanted a ...
Detroit Icon
This was parked at the Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale last year when I had to go there to work. Iconic....
Mother’s Day Envy
I just can’t wait for Father’s Day. Hallmark, you suck....
Road Trip!
University of California-Irvine Student Union a few weeks ago. I didn’t even think Antarctica had people, let alone cars. But appa...
Smart Cooker
Not sure this was part of Jobs’ vision for a brand, but one never knows…...
Big Fish, Little Me
Thank God they got the hook out of my mouth before they took the picture. About 1958....
Just Put Away Grandma’s Hummels…
Every year we would go to Grandma’s house after we’d open presents at Christmas, and some of them couldn’t go for safety r...
I was an Erector Set Failure
I tried, but could never get past the aesthetics....
The Timeless Mercury Breezeway Smoker’s Design
Of course my title is tongue-in-cheek. My guess is, the ad agency sat and stared at that rear window and said “WTF is that?” �...
The Perfect Gift for Your Car
I don’t make it a habit of gift giving when it comes to inanimate objects, but in 1952, ad men apparently thought people would buy tha...
When I had midgets in my house halloween witch.
I guess I’m a little non-traditional, because when I miss my grown-up kids isn’t the traditional Christmas season, it’s ha...
1960 Cadillac Woody
Or, Cad Wood. Sounds like a fictitious celebrity name. But the car isn’t fictitious. Not factory made, but customized after leav...
Residing on the corner of High. And High.
This is where my oldest son resides. Not in a metaphorical sense, it’s his actual front yard. High St., and High Circle....
Blacula El Dorado
I just can’t get over those headlights. Apparently the car was recently for sale in a used car lot that specializes in older Cadilla...
Chia Chev
Today in Austin I just had time to quickly take this shot of a Chevy HHR that has been coated in astro turf. It’s the vehicle of a t...
Deluxe Playmobile Dashboard 1961
I had one, this isn’t it. It’s 1961, I’m 6 years old. It’s a day or so after Christmas, and I tell my Mom it was t...