Here in the kingdom of Southern Californialand we don’t have a king, but we do have a queen - the Rose Queen. Her reign is brief - just a year. The Queen and her court work their way up through the charm schools and debutant balls of the San Gabriel Valley. The highest call of […]
Two Sundays ago I opened the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine and my eyes nearly bugged out of my head. What I saw couldn’t be real…but there it was. a snow-capped gingerbread house version of LA’s most precious architectural little darling, Randy’s Donut’s. I ate it up with my eyes, swooned over each delicious detail […]
A Holiday Variety & Slide Show Shindig Extravaganza!
At the REDCAT Theater in LOS ANGELES (at the WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL)
DEC 17-20 8PM
SOLD OUT!
This year I’m thrilled to expand my Retro Holiday Slide Show into a variety show!!! Along with a rip-roarin’ vintage slide show celebrating Halloween, Easter, New Years, Thanksgiving and […]
A serpentine, sidewalk-less, suburban street frames front lawns planted with modest winter-blooming posies. A toddler age Mexican fan palm and a street lamp flank the driveway. Both are bordered by circular cement scallops, which match the scalloped hemline on that smart felt tree skirt.
I’m not sure if the lady modeling or working the curb?
Here’s […]
The Retro Holiday Slide Show Morphs Into a Mid-Century Holiday Variety & Slide Show Shindig Extravaganza!
I love billboards in the living room announcing what time of year it is! But not half as much I love that delicious honey-stained wood paneling going sideways! Gee, I wonder who that kid with the fat head is?
This […]
Thanksgiving Dinner Reinvented!
Do you love Thanksgiving dinner but like me you’re getting tired of the same ‘ol, traditional dishes year after year, decade after decade. Well this year I decided to do something about it and mix it up a bit by making a Tiki Turkey Dinner. It’s the traditional thanksgiving dinner menu that I […]
What’s better than a nun donning harlequin cat-eye glasses and holding big whirl-wind of cotton candy? A nun donning harlequin cat-eye glasses holding TWO big whirl-winds of cotton candy!
I can’t help it I always enjoy a good nun sighting. But, frankly, I’ve always wondered are those habits they wear considered a costume or a […]
Cheers!
A papered wall printed with Spanish moss hanging from tall trees separates tasteful titty-pink satin drapes. An itty-bitty day-glo airplane hangs above the four-flag centerpiece. The table is set with Franciscan’s apple pattern and fancy golden-rimmed glassware. Pickles and olives are waiting to be eaten.
These eight ladies are well dressed in smart solids, […]
Can you believe those beautiful honey blond closet doors? They have no doorknobs!
This slide was clearly marked “Pasadena, 1965.” OK fine. But what I want to know is where in Pasadena in 1965 do you find Goth shoes? They don’t have Goth shops in Pasadena in 1965. Finally I figured it out. Frankenstein had […]
A stylish and spirited pair of cross-dressing couples hold overexposed signs hand lettered with the words “trick-or-drink.” Clearly these gender-swappers would rather have cocktails than candy! Pumpkin-spiced martini anyone?
According to the legend the Americana tradition of “trick-or-treating” began in the 1930s on the west coast. But nobody seems to know exactly where or when. […]
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