S & S Hearse - Rear View

This is the rear view of the ornate hearse. Just an impressive car. Thanks for allowing me to indulge myself.

S & S Hearse - Front View

The S and S Coach Company (Sayers and Scoville) was founded in 1876 and according to their history they are the only preautomotive funeral coach company in continuous business. This particular coach looks like a late 1930's Cadillac and it's very ornate. A very nice restoration.

S & S Hearse - Side View

It must be getting closer to Halloween as there is a really old and ornate hearse parked in front of the Historical Hazelwood House Museum. The museum is located south of downtown along the east bank of the Fox River in the Astor Historic District.

This district is one of Green Bay's great old neighborhoods. In this case it's the neighborhood with the really large, well maintained old houses, some with spanish tiled roofs. Every bigger city worth it's salt has one of these neighborhoods. I'm lucky enough to drive through this neighborhood every morning on my way to work and admire the houses.

Bertrand's Sporting Goods

Just north of the old west side downtown in a slowly decaying neighborhood. Bertrand's reminds me of those neighborhood hardware stores where they can tell you exactly what you need for the job at hand. It is hands down the best sporting goods store in Green Bay.

Looking for a kayak roof rack earlier this year they were not only extremely helpful, they put it together for me and installed it on my car.

Some of the big sporting goods stores in town had equivalent systems but couldn't really tell me anything about it ... despite having 30 kayaks (and much more other related equipment) tied down in various spots throughout the store.

My favorite visit to one of the large stores was when one employee claimed not to sell roof racks, all the while he was leaning against the display stand with the same equipment, I wound up purchasing at Bertrand's.

He's Called Arnold!

And he clearly hates me, you can just tell by the stare.

Meyer Theatre - Side View

Here is the side view of the Meyer Theatre. You can also make out Caffe' Espresso and it's awning in the foreground. I like the restaurant but for some reason just don't go there very much. I'll have to get it back in my rotation.

A quick aside there used to be an alternative music club in the building where the Meyer is housed. I think they called it Club 219 and it's entrace was from Walnut Street, not Washington. The Club seemed to come and go but definitely was gone for good around 1999. It was located back stage of the Meyer ... I remember seeing all the equipment that still ran the curtains back there. They had small dance floors on those risers and two small bars near the entrance, which was probably a back stage entrance for the Meyer before being refurbished.

Meyer Theatre

Sure, I owe you a better photo of the recently refurbished Meyer Theatre. It wasn't my fault the minivan was in the way.

Music, Comedy and Theatre all happen here again on a regular basis.

This theatre opened on Valentine's Day in 1930 as the Fox Theatre. As far as I know the name had nothing to do with the nearby river, Fox was just a Theatre company like Marcus is today. Hard times hit with the Great Depression and the theatre closed in 1933. It reopened as the Bay Theatre and survived until 1978, when it closed and then reopened as a triplex. The theatre closed again in 1998. Betty Meyer provided an endowment that helped reopen the theatre in 2000 and it's had audiences ever since. Even the original pipe organ has been restored and returned to it's rightful place.

The last bands I've seen there were Solas and Bohola (irish bands) one night and Todd Snider (alt-country or y'allternative) not long after.