The notorious leisure suit is a casual suit consisting of a shirt-like jacket and matching trousers. These polyester fashion wonders are often associated with American-influenced fashion and fads of the 1970s. Yeah, it “caught on”…
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Recently, I discovered a series of three vintage photographs entitled Tulsa Twins 1947. The photographs were taken by Nina Leen, one of the first female photographers for Life Magazine. She joined the…
Every party or gathering has one … … the uninvited guest. Good luck getting rid of him …
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Sunday. After church. Time to go the Howard Johnson’s. Welcome Hungry Americans! 28 Flavors of Ice Cream! Howard Johnson’s … Landmark for Hungry Americans!
A bottle cap seals the top opening of a bottle. A cap is typically colorfully decorated with the logo of the brand of beverage. Plastic caps are used for plastic bottles, while metal with plastic backing is…
Mike Brady, a widowed architect, doing business mostly in Hollywood, California designed a unique home in the San Fernando Valley for his new blended family of a wife and six…
Bohemianism, often misunderstood to be mere happy-go-luckyism, in its most important sense is a project of self-discovery and self-assertion on the part of young middle-class artists or would be artists.…
Do It Yourself (or DIY) is a term used to the describe building, modifying, or repairing of something without the aid of experts or professionals. The phrase “do it yourself”…
Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit or sense. If you’ve got a brain but you don’t use it, you might be a bit stupid. These Are Cipolla’s Five…
Open air dining. Yes, that is what is call “al fresco.” Indoor, or covered, dining has no such fancy phrase. It’s all dining, so it’s all the same. Or is…
We witnessed this interesting scene in a small cafe. Either she is very short or the hostess station is very tall. The lunch was very good but we couldn’t decide.
This is the city, Los Angeles, California. A place where you can work and a place where you can play. Sometimes, the line between work and play gets blurred. When…
Giant bales of hay equals bales of giant fun for these kids on a small farm in Kansas. For them, during this small moment in time, they were at the…
