Glendale Cruise Night 2006

We have turned the city's block party into a family tradition. California Pizza Kitchen at 4:30, stolling past old hot-rods and muscle cars (with a few Europeans thrown in for spice, which is a pretty accurate reflection of those times) under a warm setting sun until 6:30. This year, Sha Na Na made an appearance, although it just wasn't the same for me without Bowser.

As usual, there were a lot of Mustangs, Model A hot rods, mid-fifties Chevys and a host of 40's-era sedans that were incongruously lowered and chromed. A few items of interest:

Ya got me, copper:



One for Jack:



One for Jason:



A few for me:





One for Michael:



One for Kelly:



Kelly also made her yearly pilgrimage to the climbing wall. This year, the park rangers put it on, and the wall was much more difficult that it has been in other years, with very small hand- and foot-holds. She was about the first person to give it a try. She gathered quite a crowd, and received an appreciative ovation when she made it to the top and rang the bell:





A Glendale Cruise Night would not be complete without an interesting Hollywood car. Last year it was the original Batmobile. This year it was George Barris's Munstermobile:



In the words of Sha Na Na, Thank you, and good night!