In a dank, dark basement a genuine skeleton dances with a very happy woman. As they sway to the rhythm the Skeleton enjoys a cigarette. There’s a cigarette butt in his mouth. And, by the way, the skeleton is not an imposter. A man came up to me after a slide show and said, “I’m […]
When I was growing up the tradition in my family is that we always got our Christmas tree on my birthday – December 20th, and I got to pick it out. When I was in first grade my parents cut loose and actually let me pick out a flocked tree. Getting a flocked tree is Southern California’s version of having a white Christmas.
Cheers to the shape of that woman’s brassiere, her titty-pink top and her shocking pink hostess pants.
Cheers to the Hugh Hefner wannabee.
Cheers to the two ladies toasting on the couch - especially the most glamorous woman in the history of my slide collection. She wears a timeless-classic ostrich feather hat and smokes a cigarette […]
Have you ever spent Christmas in Christmas? Christmas, Michigan. How about Easter in Easter, TX? Have you ever been to Santa Claus? Santa Claus, Indiana or Santa Claus, Georgia? Were you ever served Christmas dinner at this week’s slide: Christmas Tree Inn, Santa Claus, Arizona, 1951.
A bullet-nosed Studebaker with suicide doors is parked up front. […]
Dinner is served amid warm and inviting early American décor (yes, I
know you just love that gorgeous ruffled lampshade in the background.)
Three generations are represented here. Grandpa takes his place at the head of the table. Grandma, sporting pearls, horn-rimmed glasses and a timeless gingham check apron, is the waitress. Chances are she was the […]
GREEN PUMPKIN PIE?
Wednesday night while strolling through Farmer’s Market, a Los Angeles landmark since 1934, I saw something I don’t remember ever seeing before - green and grey pumpkins. And that leads me to this week’s slide: PUMPKINS, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 1955.
Two weeks ago Slide of the Week members saw these same two […]
This slide is without a doubt one of my all-time favorite finds.
For those of your who have been to one of my slide shows, chances are you may remember Mary-Charlotte. Who could forget this magical mirror image of that strawberry blond hair, peaches-and-cream complexion and cigarette dangling from those red painted lips? And the cut […]
Last week I was invited to share some of my vintage Rose Parade slides on KTLA’s live Rose Parade pre-show. My segment was scheduled at 6:10am. Frankly, I’m not used to getting up that early and I was worried my 1977 SEARS alarm clock that I got while still in high school, wouldn’t go off. […]
I’m breaking my own rule this week. This is not a slide, it’s a snapshot. But it’s the only picture I have of my family at Christmas.
We’re at my Aunt Mattie and Uncle Art’s house. That fake white flocked tree with gold ornaments reappeared every season for more than two decades. I never realized how […]
The candles are lit, the Christmas-ball Christmas tree centerpiece is in place and a very special dinner is served. At each end of the table, Lazy Susans offer carrot sticks, green olives and a half red cabbage studded with sputnik-style multi-colored toothpicks bearing olives, sweet pickles and pearl onions. On either side of the […]
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