Special July 4 post. We are going to return to Route 66 today for some American portraits. There’s a photography book I got as a Christmas present (or was it a birthday gift?) a few […]
Category Archives: Route 66: California
The end of the road
Hollywood to the Pacific You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard, Some that you recognise, some that you’ve hardly even heard of. People who worked and suffered and struggled for […]
On Broadway
Do you like art deco? Old movie palaces with lots of neon? Looking for a good taqueria or perhaps some designer coffee? Interested in an edgy, historic, multicultural, almost surreal old American downtown with incredible […]
Pasadena to the Hollywood Hills
This post is mostly about architecture. Not just any architecture: we have some fine examples of the bungalows in the historic district in Pasadena called Bungalow Heaven (read more here) as well as some Greene […]
San Bernardino to Pasadena
With a couple of exceptions the photographs in this post and the next one were all taken on a “prequel” Route 66 drive exactly a year ago in April 2016. Route 66 arrives in San […]
Crossing the Mojave
Crossing the Mojave on Route 66 in California. Barstow to Victorville, March 2017. We will start out on the outskirts of Barstow at the “Casa del Desierto” – the Barstow Harvey House and Rail Depot. […]
Into the Desolation
Crossing the Mojave on Route 66 in California. Needles to Barstow, March 2017. “Welcome to California, Joads! Look at the mountains you just crossed. Look at that big, scary desert you now have to cross.” (John […]