Cambrian Park Plaza Shopping Center

Oh, yes, it spins!


I've saved the best for last -- not the best photo, but the best sign. This gets me so excited -- it's just such a quintessential bowling sign. And it's original! The typeface on 'Bowl' reminds me of Barney's Bowl-O-Rama on The Simpsons.

Journey to the end of the East Bay

Quick trip to Berkeley this afternoon to pick up some cupcakes yielded some great finds.


Just look at that funky old typeface!

Geometric shapes and pastels...just divine.

Willow Glen

It's full of great old stuff...you just have to know where to look...


I love thinking about what this sign might have originally looked like...all those sloping lines and rounded corners make me think it was impossibly hip...

Like I said, you have to look hard.

Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame

My boyfriend's car died in Burlingame and I had to go rescue him. There were tons of fabulous buildings around!

Blue Sky Restaurant, Campbell

Abandoned Burger King, San Jose

Burbank Theater

Burbank Theater
Originally uploaded by Wurlitzer Heart

First a regular theater, then a porno movie theater, now showing Bollywood films.