Well, this really has nothing to do with eccentric street names, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUNNAR!! (who says memory is the first thing to go). I even remember that it's also Benjamin Franklin's birthday today, so happy birthday Ben!! But seriously folks, I hope you have a wonderful day!
This blog is devoted to old fashioned American roadside attractions... the wonderfully big, bizarre, crazy, wacky, quirky, weird, funny, unique and mundane sites you see travelling cross-country by car in the USA, where getting there really is all the fun!
SoCal Mini-Trip
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After slogging thru all those website updates, it was high time to get out
and about. I had planned to take this Presidents’ three-day weekend for a
San Di...
Tim’s Diner of Leominster, Mass.
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One of my very favorite diners Tim’s Diner, Water Street in Leominster,
Mass. A circa 1950s photo showing the diner with the original name of
Roy’sDiner on...
Salt Springs – "A Magical Place Forever"?
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My favorite memory of Salt Springs in the Ocala National Forest is when I
camped there with my high school soccer coach and his son, who was my
teammate...
Kingstown Inn Smorgasbord
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*Kingstown Inn*
- *Smorgasbord every Sunday 5 ;00 to 9:00 P M. Fifty or more specially
prepared delicacies.*
- *Located on the Boston Post Road,...
Not tricks
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As you may or may not know, Lindsay and I have hit a bit of a rough patch.
Marry me. I’m afraid I just blue myself. It’s called ‘taking advantage.’
It’s wh...
Roadside Texas
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Good Luck Oil station, 2631 Ross Avenue, Dallas.
Photo taken in 1982 by Leta Patterson.
Holiday Inn, 10319 South Main Street, Houston.
Seahorse Motel, Galv...
10 years ago
PASS-A-GRILLE
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Old Florida is mostly alive and well in the little historic district of St.
Petersburg known as Pass-a-Grille. Pass-a-Grille begins …
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4 comments:
Didn't we all know this line was coming?
You're right, Bill. I should have gone with "Meet me on the coner of Sodom and Hussein."
Well, this really has nothing to do with eccentric street names, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUNNAR!! (who says memory is the first thing to go). I even remember that it's also Benjamin Franklin's birthday today, so happy birthday Ben!! But seriously folks, I hope you have a wonderful day!
Ann-onymous
Hey Ann-onymous! Ben and I thank you (along with Betty White, Michelle Obama and Jim Carrey). Thanks for stopping by!
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