A turquoise neon backlit waterfall is the centerpiece and crowning touch of what has to be the most exotic and over the top restaurant façade ever. The craggily cafeteria front has ‘lil caves of multi-colored light and a jungle of tropical plantings. This was Adventureland before Adventureland - the Tiki Room before the Tiki […]
A curly coiffed bleached blond with pouty pink, lips poses with her freshly painted portrait. Judging by the sensible settee she is sitting on and the charming chest of drawers beside her the interior décor of her Miami motel room is French provincial as is the frame of the haunting Mona Lisa-esque picture. Although it […]
It’s Chimpo, Gypsies Tramps and Thieves and Little Cheech and Chong! – Somewhere, USA, 1958. Hello out there in TV land! This Wednesday, October 3, I’ll be shaking things up on the Martha Stewart Show sharing this and other vintage Halloween slides with the domestic diva. I can’t wait to meet her! NBC daytime. Check […]
A light beacon towers atop the Farmers Union Building. In front of that a rooftop parking lot. How modern! The minimalist post and beam building in the middle epitomizes mid-century office mod. The skyline wears the red Conoco triangle like a woman wears a broach on a suit. The peach topped and trimmed building on […]
This is the “flat on your back, put your legs up grab your buttocks” pose. May the fairest of them all wear the crown and cape.
Southern Californians are very lucky because the LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR is on NOW! Did you know it’s the BIGGEST and most WONDERFUL county fair on earth. […]
1970s vintage dancing felt guitars playing themselves take center stage at a puppet show extravaganza this labor day weekend. at the “Fantasyland” of Downtown Los Angeles, The Bob Baker Marionette Theater - a landmark since 1961. Metallic Martians from outer space, glow-in-the-dark dancing skeletons and fez wearing monkeys along with dozens of other vintage handmade […]
Happy smiles paint the faces of a plain wrap married couple. He half-heartedly wraps his arm around her and lifts a ladle full of artificially colored and flavored lime punch topped off by what I wish I could call a floating and melting lime ice cream-berg (but I can’t because its sherbet). This is their […]
In the tradition of the Astro Weenie Ball and the Astro Weenie Christmas Tree I oh-so proudly present to you…THE FLAMING ASTRO WEENIE PINEAPPLE! Arrive at a party with this in hand and, yes, you will be the belle of the ball! Or have it as a centerpiece at your next TIKI PARTY! Or present […]
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