Mike and I didn't spend our entire time eating pork and green beans in Louisville. Being both history geeks and Lincoln buffs, we spent a morning and early afternoon in and around the town of Hodgenville. We first heard about Hodgenville back in February (I think) through the film Being Lincoln: Men with Hats, a documentary about Lincoln presenters ( Read more... )

He bought a second-hand Nova from a Cuban Chinese
And dyed his hair in the bathroom of a Texaco
With a pawnshop radio, quarter past four
He left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door
Left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door
"Gun Street Girl"/Tom Waits
Thanks to C.P. McDill for reminding me.Today Mike, Nate, and I went up to Waukegan to see ( Read more... )

Old motels are apparently becoming the latest objects of misplaced nostalgia. This is not to say that I don't find them cool little snapshots of the old 20th Century America, back when we were midway between covered wagons and coach class flights. Lincoln Avenue, as this splendid Gapers Block article (with a guest appearance by our friend Tim ( Read more... )