Five Reasons Why the American Mall is Dying
The Esplanade Mall in Kenner, Louisiana as photographed in 1988 (and which is now closed.) Photo via @ the_80s_interior on Instagram . For s...
Showing posts with label Personal Musings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal Musings. Show all posts
A Personal Ode to the Sony Walkman
In the early '80s my parents added a few of the latest technological wonders to our household that were meant to make our lives easier o...
In Praise of Mayonnaise
May 5th is best known as Cinco de Mayo, but it also happens to be National Mayonnaise Day (mayo...get it?), a "holiday" that ...
Are American Teens and Young Adults Getting Dumber?
I think it's time to talk about the Tide Pod Challenge...er, epidemic...that is sweeping the country. I was going to let this one s...
Happy 2018...I'm Still Here!
Happy New Year, retro fans! Yep, I'm still here. In case you've been wondering if I've abandoned this blog, I sure haven...
The Spacey Between Us
Kevin Spacey was the celebrity that I least expected to ever see associated with a scandal. I've been a fan of his for nearly 20 ye...
Beauty Salon Dropout: Why I Cut and Color My Own Hair In the Year 2017
A (very purple!) 1980s hair salon. Image via Scanagogo A few months ago I made the difficult decision of emailing my hairdresser to le...
Jürgen Prochnow Should Have Been a Huge Star In the States
Hey Germany, let's make a deal. I'll trade you George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, James Franco, Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling, Joh...
Why I Simply Cannot Stomach The English Patient
In my last blog post I raved to you about a movie that totally won my heart, Das Boot . In today's blog post, I'm going to gripe,...
Stay Tuned (Go Retro and Life in General Updates)
You've probably noticed (or at least I've noticed) that I haven't been posting on here as much...not as much as ideally I'...
How Not To Let Yourself Go (Especially If You're Over 40)
"It'll never happen to me," I used to say when I was younger. "I'll never let myself go." But then I was la...
Elle Macpherson Kicked My Butt: My Favorite "Vintage" Workout Tape
Side note: here we go again; the blog template put the entire post on the homepage (grrrrr.) To leave a comment, here's the actual li...
Three Reasons Why I Almost Never Go To the Movies Anymore
The last time I went to a movie theater was in January to see the Ben Affleck film Live By Night . Before that, it was a good year earlie...
From Simple to Showoff: Why Do Weddings Today Seem To Go Overboard?
Valentine's Day is upon us, and its a safe bet that after the holiday tens of thousands of Americans will be newly engaged. And it&...
Clean Up Time
I'm working on a new post, but in the meantime needed to vent a bit. Tonight I got an email from an ad network I work with, that also...
Whatever Happened To Patience?
We live in very impatient times. Just the other day I was watching a DIY YouTube video on how to trim your own hair (don't tell my st...
Why "Baby It's Cold Outside" Is Not About Rape
It's been said that today's world is getting too darn politically correct for its own good; it seems nearly everything today ca...
Subscribe to:
Posts
(
Atom
)
