More Wapa

More of the Wapa, looking at the front of the marquee
Wapakoneta, Ohio

Gene Krupa & His Orchestra - Drum Boogie

New

Springfield, Ohio

Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday

Eat

Hillsboro, Ohio

Total Coelo - I Eat Cannibals

Florentine, Again

Columbus, Ohio

Yeah, I've posted it before. It was really pretty against that sky, though, so I revisited it.

Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano

Reebs

Columbus, Ohio

I went back Sunday, determined to do it right once and for all. I really threw myself into it, did everything I could.

The white balance, I found out later, had been set to "tungsten." I'm good at that.

Anyway, with a little correction, they turned out ok.

Thanks to somebody who brought up the movie, I now have the entire Chicago soundtrack blaring through my head over and over again. (Again. When it was initially released, I nearly wore out the CD. I even got a speeding ticket because of "Overture/And All That Jazz.") There's just something about Kander and Ebb.

Catherine Zeta-Jones - Overture/And All That Jazz

Speed Kills.

Reeb's

That street sign pisses me off. I've shot this place poorly so many times, and this looked like I'd finally gotten it right ... then I noticed the street sign.

Back to the drawing board, I guess.

Columbus, Ohio

The George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag

Peking Dynasty

Columbus, Ohio

Kate Capshaw - Anything Goes (ostensibly in Chinese)

Gentile

Columbus, Ohio

But no more deli, evidently.

The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need To Be Nicer

Dairy Queen

Columbus, Ohio

Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today

Sign Company

Canton, Ohio

Midcentury Christmas Music Week:

Dean Martin - Baby, It's Cold Outside

Pizza Oven

Canton, Ohio

Don McLean - American Pie

The Continent

In the '70s this place was thriving. European-themed shops on the first floor, apartments above them, and the French Market right next door. The French Market is long gone, (though to be fair, the North Market in the Short North area of town does the same thing much better, so nostalgia isn't totally warranted) replaced by a Giant Eagle. The apartments seem to be holding on, but most of the shops and restaurants are gone. I think the cinema's changed hands at least once. When I was little, every so often, Dad and Mom and I would spend a weekend in Columbus, and the French Market and Continent shops were always on the itinerary. Columbus used to be "the big city." It's much bigger now than it was then, and it doesn't feel like a big city to me at all as an adult.

I can't remember or figure out what the blanked out part says, unless it's "French Market."

Columbus, Ohio

The Continental Four - The Way I Love You

40

Columbus, Ohio

Apollo 440 - Stop the Rock

Rife's

Columbus, Ohio

An improvement on the subject of one of my first posts, an old, upscale little fruit & vegetable market/butcher shop in the Grandview area of town.

Louis Prima - Yes, We Have No Bananas*

*Warning: earworm

Lisska, Lit

Columbus, Ohio

I've taken countless pictures of this, digital, Holga, etc. (they're all over at my Flickr account) but until this day, I'd never seen it lit.

TV theme - Good Times

Mello Creme

Lima, Ohio

Marlene Dietrich - They Call Me Naughty Lola

... I remember when my little pianola kept working night and day.

Nicol's

Zanesville, Ohio

Tom Waits - Ice Cream Man

DQ

Lima, Ohio

Kelis - Milkshake

Hitting the Barr

Lima, Ohio

Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning

Darke

Greenville, Ohio

Kelsey Grammer - Tossed Salads And Scrambled Eggs

Yep, the Frasier theme.