Pregled posta

Marketing

Can I go out on the boulevard
as a clown again? came the
question from my beamish boy -
he'd clowned up for our
photo session with April
Shenkman from a day or 2 before,
and loved the attention he
got on Hollywood Boulevard
when we strolled there after-
the guy in the big
Barney costume gave
him a dollar!

So on this day we did
a slight variation on
his gamin-hobo-clown -
this time with green hair
and red nose painted -
plus my dirty garden gloves
and fancy vest-
and he wanted a big slice
of pizza pie at
Pizza Al Forno on Hollywood-
where many moons ago
I took the shot of
Amy O'Neill as a mime
eating pizza -

and so there we went-

and here he is -

and soon after he tired
of being a clown -

and wiped off his makeup-
so just had a dirty face
with green hair-
and like that we went to
Amoeba - the great
record store -

and runaway teens on
Ivar at Sunset saw him
thus -
and said, "Hey little
dude- nice hair! Does your dad
let you do that to your hair?"

Yes, he does.

"Cool dad!"

January 14 brought plenty of snow to Moline,IL, but didn't stop a few people from venturing out. This photo was taken at the corner of 18th Street and 5th Avenue, looking east.

The LeClaire Hotel is in the left background with the LeClaire Theater next door showing a Greta Garbo movie. Note the sign on the theater stating "Showing Talking Pictures".

A host of great old signs are present with a Chrysler Plymouth dealership, a Packard dealership, the Yellow Cab garage, a Firestone store, and Mobil gas station, and a real estate office.