In addition to being home to the fabulous Aztec Hotel, Monrovia also has an awesome vintage gas station located on what is now a wide, side-street (Shamrock Ave.), just north of Huntington Drive. The building looks so preservation-worthy to me . . . so every now and then I stop by to snap a few…
Year: 2014
The Aztec Hotel: Monrovia’s Route 66 Relic
Inspired by my recent visit to The Autry‘s Route 66: The Road and the Romance (exhibit runs through January 4, 2015), I headed out last week to view a local bit of this history. I’ve been by the Aztec Hotel in Monrovia countless times over the years. The architectural stylings of the old building intrigue, but it’s not…
Trompe L’ Oeil and the Palo Alto Street Art of Greg Brown
It was such fun living in Palo Alto in the 1970’s—in the “pre-Silicon Valley-era” before real estate prices and greedy ambition rarified the place forever. Downtown Palo Alto was just a cool place—small and totally walkable . . . a mix of funky shops, book stores, coffee and tea shops, fancy clothing and jewelry boutiques mixed…
Vintage Neon, Pasadena Auto Repair Shop Sign
Finally grabbed this photo after driving past the old Bells and Vaughn neon sign for years. It’s been there since 1947, but who knows when it just might disappear? Located at Allen and Foothill Boulevard in Pasadena.
Guest Post: Growing up in the Foothills, Sunland’s Lancaster Lake (part 4 of 4)
AND SO IT GOES . . . BOYS, BEER AND THE LAKE’S DEMISE As the years passed and we became older, we were no longer attracted to the joys of Lancaster Lake for the same reasons we were when we were younger. Such things as bailing out the rental boats for a free boat ride…