Lego Cuusoo “Back To The Future” DeLorean
Lego began their Cuusoo program in 2008. Roughly translated from Japanese, Cuusoo means “wish”, and that’s kind of what Lego hopes to grant to some of their most ingenious fans. If you are unfamiliar,...
Author: Mike Knotts
House of the Sun – the Mars-scape of Haleakala
Early in the morning we started the journey. It’s only 27 miles to the top, but the road, completed in 1935, is narrow and full of switchbacks. And bicyclists. And buses. And cars and...
‘Station 51’ from TV’s “Emergency!” in Carson, CA
LA County Fire Department Station 127 is been dedicated to Robert A. Cinader, who was the creator and producer of Emergency!1 (as well as work on Adam-12 and Dragnet). While we take paramedics for granted today, they...
Musee de l’Armee – The Army Museum of Paris
Created in 1905 and, currently, containing over 500,000 items spread over 12,000 square meters (just under 130,000 sq. feet), the Musee de l’Armee in Paris is gargantuan. Its collections are separated over historical periods,...
Fire from the Sky – Meteor Crater
About 15 miles west of Winslow, Arizona, you turn off at the aptly named Meteor Crater Road exit. Nothing is here, save a large and friendly service station, too big for something this close...
Gamechanger – Spy vs. Spy
Antonio Prohias was the most celebrated cartoonist in Cuba, winner of multiple awards, and especially known for his biting political cartoons. In 1959, Fidel Castro honored Prohias personally, but by 1960, Castro had himself...
Three-Hour Tour – 3 Quick Stops in NYC
A few weeks ago, a friend who had never been to New York was coming to the city on business, but only very briefly. With just a three hour window open in his schedule,...
“Clerks” Quick Stop market – Leonardo, NJ
I was down in Red Bank, NJ over the weekend and took the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the Quick Stop market from Kevin Smith‘s Clerks. It’s one of my old-school favorites, the...
