Posted by paulrivas on: December 13 2009
I lived on El Sueño until I was eight. My dad had worked at Stop 'n' Shop back when Miratti still owned it. My mom said Miratti was shady and my dad said he was shady but he was a good guy. My grandma lived on Old Mill Road, in the mobile home park next to Blue Skies.
I used to have to lie and say I lived on Old Mill Road. So that I could go to Monte Vista school and not Foothill, I was made to lie as a six-year-old. It sounds insane now. By third grade I was at Foothill anyway but still felt like a creep. Every year we had Thanksgiving and Christmas at my grandma's house on Old Mill Road. I saw a lot of this sign as a kid. I guess that's why I like it.
What does the Blue Skies sign mean to you? Is it in Santa Barbara?
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5 Comments:
Comment by Ws1 on December 13 2009
This is awesome. Is that Los Vikings? Sheeeit! They're good! So is the rest of the mix. By the way.. That's a wonderful picture of the Blue Sky's entrance. I have a Mexican friend who lives there with his two kids. He's kind of a bad ass. He collects succulents, rides with the Rancheros and wrangles horses up in the mountains. And he looks just like the old photo of some rough and tumble outlaw on the northeast wall inside of Mexican Fresh (on the Mesa).
Comment by cnis! on December 14 2009
to me it means being casi casi en casa.
Comment by Julie on December 14 2009
it always made me think of Mr. Sneeze from the Little Miss and Mr. Men. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41G10ZKYA6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg
Comment by Paulrivas on December 14 2009
haha! wow Julie that does look like mr sneeze. yes ws1 that is the famous Los Vikings XIII included in the playlist at the bottom, singing the danny barnes song "life in the country".
Comment by pm on December 20 2009
I am not sure about the "los vikings" comments, but I like the photo of Blue Skies -- I've always been meaning to shoot that sign at sunset myself!