While on my Nebraska trip, I stopped by some antique stores that were very interesting, and there was one store called Uncle Sam’s in Fremont, Nebraska, that I threatened to never leave. It was as if the store was full of stuff I would buy if I trolled around estate sales. If I would have had a pickup there, I could have hauled off a lot of that guy’s inventory. Continue reading “Is there such a thing as too much starburst?”
Off the beaten path
As I mentioned in my last post, I chose to take a bit of a photography-related trip through the backroads of Nebraska. I love traveling by car and getting off the interstate. I don’t want to stop at Walmart — I want to stop at the local variety store. I don’t want to stay in Holiday Inn — I want to stay at the mom & pop motel down the road that doesn’t have a pool and hasn’t redecorated in a couple decades but still has clean and comfortable rooms. Even if the room is horribly outdated, like the Pioneer Motel in Minden, Nebraska, was, I would still want to stay there. Case in point: Continue reading “Off the beaten path”
Signs of the times
One of my favorite things to do on a driving trip is to swing through small towns — particularly ones that are off the main highways — and see if there are any retro signs hanging around. I long for the days of metal and neon, of arrows and boomerangs, of flashy lights and unique signs. Now it seems that all signage is just plain boring — cheap and boring. Boring fonts, boring colors, boring overall design. After all, what uniqueness is there in a Wal-mart sign? It’d look a lot better lit up in neon with a bright blue flashing arrow pointing to the store. My opinion, of course. Take a look at some of the gems I ran across on the backroads of Nebraska … Continue reading “Signs of the times”