Monday, May 7, 2007



Erik Bethke will be the keynote speaker for the Online Game Developers Conference this year in Seattle.

Sunday, May 6, 2007

The last California steamer



This seems to be around 1975[?]

Fat Sunday


Summer hit the beach early in Los Angeles this year. 80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.

Killer Sushi


More from Kinney.

All aboard!

Here's a view of the Southern Pacific RR Northridge Station as it appeared in 1938. [Courtesy of CSUNSan Fernando Valley History Digital Library].

Today it looks like this [0-6-0 SP yardbird by Mark Bethke Custom Locomotive]


Saturday, May 5, 2007

Abbot Kinney store fronts







Continuing from the bookstore of the future.