I found this beauty of a Mattel playset, which portrays Flo's V8 Cafe from the Pixar "Cars" movie that will be released on June 9. 3000Toys.com already is taking orders on it for $24.95 (it's about two-thirds of the way down the page), even though it won't be delivered until June or July. I also … Continue reading More Pixar “Cars” toys unveiled
Day: March 22, 2006
Two new Route 66 books are out
Bob Moore, executive editor of Route 66 Magazine, has alerted the Route 66 yahoogroup about two new books. I'm quoting him here: "Oatman: History, Recipes and Ghost Stories," by Jackie Rowland. Many of you know Jackie as the proprieter of Fast Fanny's Place in Oatman, Ariz. Well, she is now an author of a great … Continue reading Two new Route 66 books are out
It’s not yet over for Horn Oil Co.
It appears the Albuquerque Downtown Neighborhoods Association has appealed the decision to by the city's Environmental Planning Commission to approve a proposal to redevelop and raze part of Horn Oil Co. on Central Avenue, aka Route 66. I have little information about on what grounds the appeal is based. I've e-mailed one of the association's … Continue reading It’s not yet over for Horn Oil Co.
Southwest Museum may be closed until at least 2010
So the story now, according to this new report from the Los Angeles Times, is that the Southwest Museum of American Indian artifacts will close June 30 for major repairs to its building on the Mount Washington site near the Pasadena Freeway (Route 66). Operators of the Southwest Museum say they will close its collections … Continue reading Southwest Museum may be closed until at least 2010
Rick and Jane part the waters — for a while
Rick and Jane McKinney, the evangelist couple who are walking much of Route 66 during their Walk to Reclaim America, tell the intriguing story of how rainstorms kept missing them as they strolled across the Texas Panhandle one day.
A real character of the road dies
I hadn't heard of Riley B. Thompson, who died at age 82 on Saturday. But I'm sure some of the old-timers of Route 66 in Southern California have. Check out the obituary in the Daily Press. After serving in the Marine Corps, Thompson moved to the High Desert in 1950 and worked providing vehicles and … Continue reading A real character of the road dies