Spring break Mermaids and chemical warfare at Yeehaw Junction 24 Apr 201730 Apr 2017 YEEHAW JUNCTION, Fla. It was hot as steam pipes outside the car and though we'd just stopped for a pee break, the building-cum-roadside-attraction was so cool I was wandering around taking…
Spring break Tagging Centralia’s boulevard of broken dreams 7 Apr 201516 Jun 2015 CENTRALIA, Pa. — The first thing friend Ginger and I did when we finally arrived was turn our noses up at half the graffiti. “If people are going to go…
Spring break The ghost of the Plaza Theater 19 Mar 201525 May 2015 ERIE, Pa. — “He's going in!” I said, scrambling down the snowbank. It was filthy, nearly one storey high, and I'd been up there taking pictures of the old Plaza…
Spring break Lunch with the dolls at Avalon Restaurant 17 Mar 201525 Apr 2015 ERIE, Pa. — The plan was to see the Erie Art Museum exhibit that honoured one of Erie's favourite sons, Wilbur Adams, an architect, industrial designer and drunk known for…
Spring break A relaxing afternoon of guns’n’beer in Erie 15 Mar 20157 Apr 2015 ERIE, Pa. — To get to the gun raffle, one drives past the cemetery, through the trailer park and into the abandoned amusement park. It's hard to find parking—is every…
Spring break… Long Island mystery: Who is Catherine M. Walsh? 11 Jun 201420 Jun 2014 LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — There were just two things I really wanted to do while stateside for March break: drive the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel again, and visit a few thrift…