“Bon jour! Comment allez-vous?”, Andree Pruett called out to the gaggle of tourists fresh off the bus parked in front of the Bagdad Cafe of which she is the proud owner. The odd cafe is a landmark location on Route 66 in Newberry Springs, California. She whispered to me slyly, “That’s French for ‘Hello, how […]
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Put on your best poodle skirt, slip into those blue-suede shoes, smooth out those spit curls and rev up your hopped-up ride. You’re going to Peggy Sue’s Diner in Yermo, Calif. It’s all about the vibe: the 50s music, waitresses in turquoise and pink uniforms and cute vintage-looking hats who hand out pink menus that say “Peggy Sue’s”
The legend on the mural reads: “Route 66 has always been for dreamers. That’s how Main Street Murals got started.” Julliette Tison, founding president of Main Street Murals, dreamed of a mural program that would revitalize Main Street and educate viewers about the rich history and natural wonders of the Mojave Desert. Local residents have
Sunlight pours through thousands of jewel-toned glass bottles: Royal blue, root-beer brown, emerald green. Enhancing the stained-glass window light is the deep-throated ringing of a large wind chime; echoed by the tinkling bells of smaller chimes. And a cowbell. And a pipe banging up against another pipe.
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It’s hot. It is too hot for me to go outside. I don’t even want to go to the mailbox. You can bet, if it is too hot for this girl to out exploring and photographing, then it is really bloody hot! At this moment I am working away in the UN-comfort of my easy
I had waited and waited all spring for this plant to bloom. (i had not seen it in flower since 2005. ) this is what it was supposed to look like. this year i was hopeful. nice spring rain, lots of leaves.
WARM: More Than Just a Museum She sits a little behind the rest of the rolling stock at the Western America Railroad Museum, welcoming visitors in her fading red-and-silver Warbonnet, a sparkle in her 47-year-old eyes. The old cowboy band Riders in the Sky got it right when they sang, “…watch her fly, here comes
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Take a trip down Route 66 for good eats and good times You can sit at a counter, a table or in a red vinyl booth. Most likely the waitress will call you “Hon” as she hands you the menu — unless you are at the Village Cafe in Barstow. Owner Henry Wong does not
you can drive interstate 15 between los angeles and las vegas and never suspect just a short distance from the winding asphalt, bodies have been found. “If there were to be a cross everywhere someone dumped a body, the desert would look like forest lawn [cemetery],” said a former san bernardino county sheriff’s deputy chief.
emily’s favorite tune on the diner’s jukebox was “i am calling you” from the cult movie “bagdad cafe.” “A desert road from vegas to nowhere some place better than where you’ve been A coffee machine that needs some fixing In a little cafe just around the bend I am calling you Can’t you hear me
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