http://openroad.tv/blog/2007/10/26/48/ The Traveler's Video Guide to the American West Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:33:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://openroad.tv/blog/2007/10/26/48/comment-page-1/#comment-23 carl Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:54:19 +0000 http://openroad.tv/blog/48/#comment-23 Hi Pat. If you like laughing Sal, you'll love our video blog about our visit to Musee Mecanique with David Pescovitz. laughing Sal is a real star in the story. We're planning to post it on Tuesday, Nov. 6 so be sure to check back for it. Hi Pat. If you like laughing Sal, you’ll love our video blog about our visit to Musee Mecanique with David Pescovitz. laughing Sal is a real star in the story. We’re planning to post it on Tuesday, Nov. 6 so be sure to check back for it.

]]> http://openroad.tv/blog/2007/10/26/48/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Pat Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:25:50 +0000 http://openroad.tv/blog/48/#comment-22 I grew up in San Francisco and have many happy memories of days (and evenings) at Playland at the Beach where Laughing Sal used to reign. As a young child I was kind of afraid of her -- she seemed so huge and scary and I hurried by her before she leaned all the way over and scooped me up. I also remember the fun house as being my favorite with the "record" that spun faster and faster until the kids sitting on it flew off into a padded wall...and I loved the rolling barrel that we ran through until they turned up the speed so high that we couldn't keep our balance and then we just flailed around laughing uncontrollably. I grew up in San Francisco and have many happy memories of days (and evenings) at Playland at the Beach where Laughing Sal used to reign. As a young child I was kind of afraid of her — she seemed so huge and scary and I hurried by her before she leaned all the way over and scooped me up.
I also remember the fun house as being my favorite with the “record” that spun faster and faster until the kids sitting on it flew off into a padded wall…and I loved the rolling barrel that we ran through until they turned up the speed so high that we couldn’t keep our balance and then we just flailed around laughing uncontrollably.

]]> http://openroad.tv/blog/2007/10/26/48/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Jim Wirth Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:32:42 +0000 http://openroad.tv/blog/48/#comment-14 I had so much fun on this adventure with you, Carl and David, that I went back today and took my whole family! We spent the first chunk of the morning back in the Musee Mechanique, and Dan was there again and showed Tracey and I some of his favorite music machines. From there we took a walk through the World War II submarine USS Pampanito docked right behind the Musee. At 6'4", 270 lbs, I would never have made it as a submarine crewman. From there it was lunch at Boudin Restaurant, and then on to the Aquarium of the Bay so the kids could pet the sharks and rays. Then a quick drive down the crookedest street in the world, famous Lombard Street, and back home across the Golden Gate Bridge with fun filled memories to last a long time! I had so much fun on this adventure with you, Carl and David, that I went back today and took my whole family! We spent the first chunk of the morning back in the Musee Mechanique, and Dan was there again and showed Tracey and I some of his favorite music machines. From there we took a walk through the World War II submarine USS Pampanito docked right behind the Musee. At 6′4″, 270 lbs, I would never have made it as a submarine crewman. From there it was lunch at Boudin Restaurant, and then on to the Aquarium of the Bay so the kids could pet the sharks and rays. Then a quick drive down the crookedest street in the world, famous Lombard Street, and back home across the Golden Gate Bridge with fun filled memories to last a long time!

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