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I turned 43 today.
By Silver Blue
13 years ago, this was my cake:
If I felt over the hill then (and I did), you can imagine how I feel now!
Silver Blue, who asks you to hand me down my walking cane…..
In the days of the Drive In Movies…
By Silver Blue
November 1999. State College, Pennsylvania. The Starlite.
Undoubtedly, it had seen better days.
However, even in that day and time, it was reasonably priced.
I had gone up for Thanksgiving with my (then) housemate, Tom Rose. We drove by, and he humoured me by stopping and letting me take these shots.
CORRECTION. I had the wrong STARLITE Drive In listed in my original post.
The Drive In is still in business! According to http://www.driveinmovie.com/PA.htm
State College (Centre County) Pennsylvania
Starlite Drive-in Theatre: 814-237-0001
located at 1100 Benner Pike
Finally, the marquee, which didn’t even have the name of the Drive In on it, anymore:
I wonder, some 13 years later, if the marquee or anything has been updated.
[audio:https://www.eyesofsilverblue.com/starlite.mp3]Silver Blue, who remembers when the silver screen used to be something special, and an evening at the drive-in was a family affair.
A bird’s eye view…
By Silver Blue
…on life.
There existed, for a while (it may still be there, but I don’t travel that section of Norfolk any more) an apartment complex in Oceanview, Norfolk, VA that was…ready for flight. (These photos were taken March 20, 1999.)
The owners of the building had taken the time and expense of hiring a professional painter to deck the building out in multi-coloured flamingos.
The mural wrapped around the building, but the birds were only on the front section. Who ever thought of a “blue” flamingo? Let alone a green one? How about a purple? Yellow, orange and pink…well, you can get those by changing the diet of the birds.
The last time I was down in that section (between 4th View and 15th View) was … Oh good heavens. About 7 years ago. I just don’t have a need to go to that section of town, so… it’s anyone’s guess if this has weathered well, or if perhaps it’s been painted over. (I do know that if it had been in Virginia Beach, it would have been painted over already because they do not allow murals to be painted on buildings.)
Silver Blue… who realizes that at times, life really IS for the birds.
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