California ScienCenter

I was down in Los Angeles and I got to see a bunch of things. One of the coolest was the California ScienCenter and the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. It was something that blew me away:

The jets were cool but it was their artifacts from the space program that I loved:

Project Mercury training suit

Orion Sounding Rocket

Gemini 11 space capsule

Ken Mattingly's Apollo 16 Spacesuit

Project Mercury-Redstone 2 capsule

Project Apollo-Soyuz Module

But the big attraction was the Space Shuttle Endeavour:

For two bucks, the California ScienCenter is the best deal ever.

Music Monday: 80's Female Rockers

Music Monday: Just some 80's female rockers

 

 

Downtown Hayward Summer Street Party

A couple of weeks ago, I went to the my city's Third Thursday Street Party. Downtown Hayward hosts them once a month during the summer. There is music, classic cars and who knows what:

Great music:

Classic cars:

And the just regular things:

Downtown Hayward Street Parties are always an interesting time.

Diesel: A Bookstore

I was walking the Rockridge area of Oakland and I came across a local bookstore called Diesel. It is an independent bookstore that is pretty interesting:

Diesel is a quaint place which has great reading for the whole family.

North Beach Festival

Ah, summer is festival season in Bay Area. I went to one of the oldest-The North Beach Festival which is held in the North Beach or Little Italy section on San Francisco. It is calls itself the oldest continuous festival in America. I don't know but it is a good time:

There are a lot of local artists displaying and selling their art:

And great music:

The North Beach Festival is one of the cool San Francisco events that is a must attend.

Music Monday: Celebrating Ameica

Music Monday: Since it is Independence Day, we are going for those tunes:

The best version of the our National Anthem at a sports event ever:

The Master signing his song:

Have a good and safe Independence Day.

Japan Day Festival

I headed over to Japantown in San Francisco for the Japan Day Festival. It celebrated the culture of Japan and the Japanese people:

The Japan Day Festival was really nice and I learned a lot about the culture of Japan.