Signs

The great American question! This is no longer Can Am Motors and probably hasn't been in 20 years. It's now the car lot of a pawn shop, so if you see anything you like... I've had my eye on that cute 1950 Plymouth for a long time. www.ipernity.com/doc/1227338/36679428/in/album/746288

This sign has been painted over since I took this photo two years ago. Darn!

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This store was founded in 1923 and operated by the Pastega family, originally from northern Italy, until it was closed in 1998. It was a popular store because it was open until late at night and on Sundays, something unusual in the early years of the small city of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Here is an article about the family and its patriarch, Louis Pastega, in Life Magazine, 1971: tinyurl.com/zpk49vo

Analog ATM machine.

Just for fun, I looked up Eva Keuls. She is a scholar of ancient Greek topics, now aged 94. Her most notable book is The Reign of the Phallus: Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens , 1st published 1985, Univ California Press. It is still in print. She has written and lectured extensively on the general topic of the uses of sexual power of the ancient Greeks. Who knew?! Now, I wonder what Kees Scherer has been up to?

I ate Shabu-Shabu here. How to do it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaXQDMk2fIE It's a lot of work and makes for a sweltering experience. (Japan is hot and humid in the first place, then add a pot of boiling liquid on your table...) But, the result is delicious. Here was part of my dinner:

That's what I think this is supposed to spell. A confident statement. AA329 Meaning.

Search a little bit and you'll see her. : ) Check my "Away!" folder for more photos of Tokyo and Kyoto.

Most of the neon has been burned out for YEARS. Too bad, it was a great little sign at night.