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Neon Museum
Neon lights of diners and motels have been some of my favorite subjects to photograph over the years, perhaps second only to art museums. Thus, the Neon Museum was the perfect marriage of these disparate interests of mine and was naturally my top pick to visit in Las Vegas.
However, the weather forecast of successive days of blistering heat plus boring cloudless sky almost made me can the whole idea. Thanks to my intrepid old med school classmates, they dragged me along with them and made it all come true.
To add drama to my story, the Neon Museum reception desk greeted me with a warning sign saying that cameras other than those in mobile phones are not allowed on the premises. I was really pissed when I had to surrender my camera and my tripod. Maybe I wasn't as lucky as I believed I was.
My frustration spurred me to transform challenges into opportunities. So, it soon became a pivotal moment for me to test and hopefully prove that fundamental tenet in photography: The best camera is the one that's with you.
I biked back along this road after dark and I don't think this one lights up, but the restaurant's open
the former Travo-Tel
The White House Motel
2305 South El Dorado Street
Stockton, California
This street used to be U.S. Route 99W and Route 50.
Ramsay Sign Co. installs the historically replicated "candlestick" neon blade sign on the historic 7th Street Theatre in Hoquiam, WA. This is a replication of the original sign from 1928 which was on the building for less than 20 years.
We purchased an old neon sign. Turns out, it's the first strip club in Denver, Colorado. It was on Colfax Avenue and was called "Sid King's Crazy Horse Bar." It's a great sign, we are still installing and has been a bear to put up. Electrical engineers as friends is a good thing. And yeah, the scafolding is up in my living room AGAIN!