oh nos, vacation photos

[spatch]

I have two photo sets up now of the trip. Sit down and be glad this doesn't involve interminable fiddling with a slide projector and a screen what refuses to stay down.

Ocean Isle Beach
Consisting of standard beach house shots, a giant gas station sign, and some of the more alarmingly racist souvenirs you'll ever see.

Myrtle Beach Pavilion and Amusement Park
They're closing the Pavilion at the end of the year and tearing it down to build condos, because nothing brings joy and delight like luxury condos. This sucks all ass, so I'm glad I got the chance to see the amusement park one last time. I expect a full write-up to come later this week on the whole thing.

Comments

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Once the phrase "Hard Rock--Myrtle Beach" comes into existence, does the phrase "Hard Rock" mean anything at all anymore? Is it now cool in an ironic, Napoleon Dynamite sort of way?

[spatch]

Well, Myrtle Beach is home to the Shag, but I'm gonna hafta agree with you on that one. Hard Rock Myrtle Beach just doesn't have the same history to it as Hard Rock NYC or London, perhaps.

Speaking of Napoleon Dynamite, as we drove up 95 towards Dillon, we were half expecting South Of The Border billboards reading "VOTE FOR PEDRO!" Sadly, the most current reference they had was "South Of The Border -- The Final Answer!" Hello, welcome to 2000, here's your Regis Philbin reference. SotB doesn't exactly have their finger on the pulse of pop culture, but perhaps in a few years' time they'll have one up.