And how! This is how you can tell a video rental store is bad--when it relies on Inflatable Technology!
If you thought California's Inflatable Technology was an isolated stunt, you were sadly mistaken. There are things like this all over the place. I just wish I'd gotten a picture in Portland OR in 1995 when I saw the inflatable Ronald McDonald head sticking out of the McD's like Big Brother watching you pass by--and would you like that for here or to go?
Dunno what it is, but it was amusing.
Given the reflections, one can only guess what is in here. You see stuff like this driving down Castro St. in San Francisco.
"Just like me!"
Never forget the K-Y, baby!
A show I think I can live without.
Gee whiz, I was worried my record wouldn't be healthy if it was still pink on the inside.
Two signs that shouldn't be in the same place at the same time. My rule is, Don't Mingle When You Tinkle.
Sounds good to me...?
Just a stone's throw away from home, this restaurant was too frightening for us to step inside. Is it Chinese? Is it a burger joint? Does it have ice cream? The sign says "OPEN", but nobody's home upstairs.
Ter-RIB-ly Good??? I just hope the food is better than the marketing "humor".
"Help me! I'm being devoured by greenery!"
"No, save me first!"
I mean, what doesn't this place serve?
Is it sushi? Is it Denny's? Visit San Francisco's Japantown and find out for yourself.
Only in California can you find such car modifications. (The creator even contacted me with his website!) The thing is, the number of custom cars out here is orders of magnitude more than you'll find elsewhere. Some are pristine machines with extra gleaming pipes and such, while some...
...are not. "Thank God 4 DUCT TAPE". Gotta love it.
It's like Sesame Street For Dummies! I mean, how frigging moronic can you BE to need this??? About as dumb as a cow, I guess...coincidentally, it's right down the street from The Cow Palace near San Francisco.
| It all centers around Casa de Fruta, proving that California really is the land of Frutas and Nutas. This sign for Casa de Wine & Deli begins the journey into...the Casa de Twilight Zone. |
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| Casa de Coffee in addition to Deli. |
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| Further proof, we found the offending place itself! |
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| And another...looks like Casa de Wine and Casa de Deli are in the same place. Casa de milking it? |
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| And for the sugar-inclined, Casa de Sweets. No, unfortunately the building was not made of gingerbread. |
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| But honestly...Casa de Pumpkin Junction??? What's yer, umm, [mal]function? (This was late September 2002, may we assume it is only seasonal?) |
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| And yes...the mother of all casas--I give you Casa de Motel
and... Casa de RV Park!!!!!! By the way, I have been by Casa de RV Park, and believe me, it's like a half mile or more long and goes back as far as the eye can see...solid RVs. They call that "camping"? In an asphalt park? What could be more anti-culture? |
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Who the heck needs THREE antennas on their car??? And one of them over ten feet tall!?
I hate Togo's sandwiches. They're not particularly good, and when I worked at Geyser Networks, the unimaginative people there ordered Togo's for about 4-5 months straight, every Saturday for lunch. Even Round Table pizza is better than Togo's, especially with such frequency. Anyway, we saw this inflatable over a Togo's. What the heck!? Well, I snapped a picture. I shouldn't laugh though; in the future everything will be made with inflatable technology.
I've seen a lot of strange cars out in CA, but this one was worth mentioning. Leslie snapped a terrible picture of it, but it was nighttime so please forgive the quality. I've enhanced the incredible airfoil on that sucker. Is this a real race car, or is somebody just overcompensating? I have no idea.
Hopefully I can get more fine examples of anti-culture from the South Bay, and when I visit L.A. again..