Lakeside originally opened in 1908. It was originally called “White City.” The art deco attraction signs and ticket booths w...
Markydoodle
Road Trip 2: Forest Lawn’s Travel Trailer
Today I was driving up Fairfax here in Los Angeles and decided the Petersen Auto Museum was as good a place as any to use the facilities. ...
HARPO Official Mulligan
This is the corner of dolls and kitsch I’ve photographed before at Angel View Thrift Store here in Palm Springs. I’d already...
My Oklahoma City
From 1977 to 1983 I lived in Oklahoma. OKC is not necessarily considered an international tourist destination. In my mind, this contribu...
Father’s Day Wishes
My Dad never quite understands my shenanigans. Here we are in 1984 with my sister Becky. At the last second I decided to put my head on ...
Porcelain Soldiers.
In April I had the opportunity to visit the incomparable Fox Theater in Detroit to attend “Allee Willis Marches on Detroit!” Thi...
Modern Day Fish Car
When Windup Kitty posted that cool 1920’s Lithuanian Fish car, it sparked my curiosity about the drag coefficient of cars and fish. ...
Soo-Paw Motel
Trenton. No, not Trenton, NJ. Trenton, Nebraska. 220-ish miles north-east of Denver. The S00-Paw Motel. My Grandmother to...
Two Foxes
I loved visiting Detroit in April for the first time, and having the opportunity to attend ‘The Color Purple” at the fantastic...
Walla Walla
I had the opportunity to travel this week to the city so nice they named it twice. Walla Walla, Washington. I kept thinking wouldn’...
Lady M
In front of the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings, Montana, is what I have dubbed “Lady M.” I’m personally not ...
Grandpa’s Desoto Loaded for Yellowstone
Yeah, it’s a hemi. Seriously. My Grandparents loved their ’57 Desoto Firesweep wagon, and drove it all over the midwest and ...
The Quick and the Dead (Part 2)
After the initial yoga/spinning/taxidermy post, a new sign was placed at the same intersection, so it was a terrific draw to go back this m...
Headrest Radio
Having raised three kids with my wife Cyndi, it turns out there are things in my house from those days that I had no idea were here, or wher...
Top Notch Cafe
Just next door to Dahl’s College of Beauty, Great Falls, Montana....
Heebs Grocery
Heebs. Since 1947. On East Main, in Bozeman, Montana....
Masonic Palomino
A friend of mine told me this week when I was in Bozeman that it “beats the shit out of Butte anyhow.” Here’s a view of N...
Bleu.
1540 Woodward Ave., Detroit. “Somebody should get a picture of that.” I don’t know the history of Bleu. It’s n...
Power Glide
I have always been a fan of the ’54 Chevy. Saw one of the survivors this week in Montana. You just have to love a transmission that ...
Mom and her Happy Balls
A few years ago I thought I’d found the perfect birthday gift for my Mom. She really doesn’t want anything. So I decided to...