Julia Child… (and Her Amazing Friends)
I absolutely love this photo of Julia Child filming a promo for “The French Chef” in 1964. It embodies the reason I’ve never quite made any food/recipe/cooking videos for YouTube: it’s a heck of a lot of work!
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I absolutely love this photo of Julia Child filming a promo for “The French Chef” in 1964. It embodies the reason I’ve never quite made any food/recipe/cooking videos for YouTube: it’s a heck of a lot of work!
I’ve always had a fondness for the mid-century modern era’s ability to create an alternate “perfect reality” in their ads. Check out these delightful pictures from the 1951 Armstrong Flooring Catalog from flickr user mcudeque. A better idea for family...
A behind-the-scenes shot from 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Peter Ostrum and Gene Wilder switching looks in between sets. If you want to view paradise… simply look around and view it, anything you want to… do it, want...
D.C. Outside has created some gorgeous vintage art deco styled posters advertising tourist spots in and around the D.C. area. Seeing how much time I spend there either for exercise or as a shortcut to the Zoo or Cleveland Park,...
I never do “spring cleaning” in Spring. Usually my efforts at cleaning are fueled by guests coming over, or finally coming out of a depressed episode or because I end up watching a Hoarders marathon and do not want to...
I feel like I should give this photo an appropriately vintage’d sepia filter and edit a TARDIS into the background. We headed down to the Spy Museum on a surprisingly brisk–almost chilly–morning to see the finest in German Cold-War Era...
Looking for something unique (and free) to do this Saturday in DC? Make your way down to the International Spy Museum at 8th & F Sts NW to see their Fifth Annual Parade of Trabants…
This is more for the gay geeks out there. I mean the proper gay nerds, not the ones who lately think it’s “cool” to call themselves nerds because they really liked Firefly or The Big Bang Theory.* It isn’t directly...
A little vintage typography pr0n from a set on Flickr: Typography of The Electric Company: Not only was The Electric Company a hugely successful show aimed at improving kid’s reading skills, with a stellar cast including Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman,...
I had something rattling around inside my head to write about over lunch, and then saw the above picture over on Tea & Cookies and completely lost my train of thought. She writes about the Big Book Sale in San...