Chris Jepsen
- Gender: Male
- Industry: Museums or Libraries
- Location: Orange County : California : United States
About Me
I've lived in O.C. for over 30 years, I've been involved in local history since high school, and I serve on the Board of the Orange County Historical Society. I'm also happy to have a job where I help Orange Countians discover the histories of their houses, families and communities. This blog is maintained in my free time. Views expressed here are mine alone.
Interests
- Orange County history
- photography
- Googie architecture
- Disneyland
- Knott's Berry Farm
- Mid-Century Modern
- tikis
- Polynesian Pop
- Huntington Beach
- writing
- dogs
- urban archaeology
- Mexican food
- Santa Maria style BBQ
- civic planning
- used book stores
- historical preservation
- vintage postcards and ephemera
- California style watercolor and scene painting
Favorite Movies
- Treasure Island (1990)
- O Brother Where Art Thou
- Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- The General (1927)
- Seven Chances
- Star Wars (1977)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Blazing Saddles
- The Big Lebowski
- The Cowboys
- Office Space
Favorite Music
- They Might Be Giants
- Roger Miller
- Nat King Cole
- Muse
- Glenn Miller
- Benny Goodman
- Annie Lennox
- Bad Religion
- Paul Whiteman
- Rush
- Laurie Johnston
- The Kingston Trio
- The Fenians
- Dean Martin
- John Philip Sousa
- Oingo Boingo
- Capitol's Ultralounge series
- folk music
Favorite Books
- Ender's Game (Card)
- Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
- Parliment of Whores (O'Rourke)
- Googie Redux (Hess)
- The October Country (Bradbury)
- The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
- Job: A Comedy of Justice (Heinlein)
- Stranger In A Strange Land (Heinlein)
- Cannery Row (Steinbeck)
- Disneyland: The Nickel Tour (Gordon & Mumford)
- Last of the Breed (Lamour)
- Jim Sleeper's Orange County Almanac of Historical Oddities
My Blogs |
Team Members |
| The Whirling Vortex of Miscellany | |
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| O.C. History Roundup |
