Typewriters | Vintage Communication
I’ve held onto this picture of William Faulkner’s Underwood portable typewriter for a while- mostly because I just liked the photo, but the machine itself is a beauty too. The typewriter, though a relic of times past, must have been a real beauty to use. You can almost hear the metal hammers smacking against the [...]
Memorial Day
A few bits from my childhood stamp collection that I thought would be fitting for the Day. I almost forgot about my stamp collection- a major obsession when about 10 years old. At times like this, I’m happy to have been a pack rat, although my organizational skills left a lot to be desired at [...]
ICON Trucks | Vintage Flavor | Los Angeles Built
ICON FJ40 If you love the looks and feel of the vintage Willy’s Jeeps, International Harvester Trucks, and Toyota Land Cruiser, but are looking for something a little more reliable (new), you may want to check into California’s own ICON. ICON is a privately held US auto manufacturer- all hand-built right in Los Angeles, California [...]
Beer and Girls | The Rheingold Lady
Guys are predictable- no doubt about it. If you want to sell something to guys, put a girl on it, in front of it, next to it, whatever- we’ll buy it, especially something like beer. Guys already like beer. Putting a girl on the can just increases the probability of us picking it up and [...]
Quisp Cereal | Retro Goodness
Not that a cereal can define a childhood, but Quisp is definitely one of those memories that brings me back to a certain place and time. Maybe it’s the goofy art that I loved, or the comic on the back of the box, or maybe it’s just the full-sugar-cereal high that I was surely getting [...]
Vintage Levi’s Shirts
What actually determines something is “vintage” is often debatable, but there is no denying the authenticity of these shirts. The genuine articles, these are. (What Goes Around, Comes Around would give their left leg for a 5 minute shopping spree in here). Photographed at the Levi Strauss archives in San Francisco- same day in fact [...]
Spirograph | Retro Toy
My wife recently found a Spirograph set for our youngest son. I think I was more excited than he was (and I’m sure my love for this retro toy is dating me a bit).
Phone Booths | Nostalgia in a Cell Phone World
Faye Dunaway and George Maharis (both looking extremely cool) making an important call on the set of “The Happening. (photo via Corbis) With the proliferation of cell phones, we loose out on those private moments our parents had during their public phone calls. Nowadays, we’re all out-and-about, with the world sharing in on our conversations.
Robert Mars | Visual Storyteller | Chronicles of Americana
I would be surprised if Robert Mars sleeps more than an hour a night. As both the full time design director of Zoo York and full time fine artist, he has managed to squeeze two full lives into one. With all that going on in his day-to-day though, he manages to remain friendly, positive, and [...]
Grahame Fowler Menswear New York | The Find
Grahame Fowler’s menswear shop is the kind of find that makes you stop and say “how come I didn’t know about this before”, when you happen upon it. Only open since last summer, I don’t feel too awful for just now learning about it (to be honest, my friend Michael of Wonderland gave me the [...]
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