Myself, standing in front of a pink Main Street building, wearing Minnie Mouse ears of pink, green, and white psychedelic stripes, with a gold mesh bow in the middle, a light brown swede coat, pale green peasant top, jeans, and gold boots. In my hand a purse featuring images from the Main Street Electrical Parade.

Wintertime Sweethearts

December 21, 2022, Leave a Comment on Wintertime Sweethearts

Last weekend Patrick and I celebrated our wedding anniversary, spending the day at Disneyland riding our favorite attractions repeatedly and dining at Cafe Orleans. Growing up, I loved the cartoon Once Upon a Wintertime that was originally from the 1948 film Melody Time, but was featured as part of A Walt Disney Christmas VHS in…

A Christmas card featuring a scene of an old west general store, with a pot belly stove, shelves of merchandise, two cats, a shop owner behind the counter, and a woman with her children standing at the counter. In a doorway to the right there is a Christmas tree being decorated.

Vintage Christmas Cards Vol. 4

December 15, 2022, 1 Comment

Christmas is really all about traditions, even here on the blog, as I have several Christmas time traditions. One of which is sharing a portion of my ever growing vintage Christmas card collection. I really delight in vintage commercial illustration, and greeting cards have always provided some of the warmest, most charming images. This sampling…

Overall view of our living room, with a large desert landscape in oranges and yellows hanging on the wall, between it and the couch are vintage Christmas cards and a vintage Coca-Cola advertisement. Sitting on the orange couches are Santa plush dolls. On the TV is a scene from Christmas Chronicles.

Christmas Time is Here Again

December 13, 2022, 1 Comment

Christmas is almost here, and we’ve decorated the house top to bottom for the holiday. It was our first Christmas with Houdini, and as he is a little more curious and rambunctious than Colonel Whiskers, we didn’t put up as many trees as in the past, so you’ll see that the pink and blue trees…

The Island of Misfit Christmas Songs

December 6, 2022, 1 Comment

Welcome to yet another Christmas playlist post! Each year I pull a small sampling from my large Christmas music collection to share with you and this year I’ve pulled some of the weirdest numbers, a mix of kooky, sad, and downright bizarre. “Island of Misfit Toys” The Misfits The Misfits have been a staple of…

Myself, wearing large pink sunglasses, a white cowboy hat, with blue stars edged in rhinestones, a white and light blue patterned suit with silver thread running through it, and a blue satin shirt.

Rocket Man

November 30, 2022, 3 Comments

In 1975, after climbing America’s music charts, Elton John stepped onto a stage at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium to a crowd of over 50,000. In the audience for one of the two sold out shows was my mother-in-law, and last week she got to do it all over again, as her, Patrick and myself went…

Myself, wearing a light brown cowboy hat, a long sleeve mini dress featuring a floral pattern in shades of orange and brown, with lace detail on the cuffs and waist, and white fringe cowboy boots, leaning against the railing of the Mark Twain Riverboat, looking out at the foliage of the riverbank.

Dapper Day Haze

November 9, 2022, Leave a Comment on Dapper Day Haze

Last weekend bow ties, petticoats, hats, and pearls were commonplace at Disneyland, as it was Dapper Day, the twice annual event where you’re encouraged to get gussied up and visit Walt Disney’s original Magic Kingdom. Things have been a bit hectic lately, as we’ve had some construction at our home (that brown accordion wall is…

The 99th Annual Anaheim Halloween Parade

November 2, 2022, Leave a Comment on The 99th Annual Anaheim Halloween Parade

After much anticipation and two altered formats, the Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade returned to the streets of Anaheim last weekend, and what a night! Typically I love to show off a cute autumnal outfit and offer up some of the fall-tastic sights of the festival and parade, but this year we were a…

Myself, wearing a red chiffon scarf around my neck, a white shirt with a dead bird silhouette and text reading "Death Records" below, a blue jean jacket, black denim flares, and black leather gloves.

Screen Style: Swan’s Entourage from Phantom of the Paradise

October 26, 2022, Leave a Comment on Screen Style: Swan’s Entourage from Phantom of the Paradise

Something Patrick and I do quite often, but doesn’t get talked about here on the blog, is participate in monthly neighborhood clean-ups through Green Bird. While we usually wear jerseys featuring the Green Bird logo on them, for October costumes were encouraged. As I’ve said before, I love to dress up as obscure characters, and…

It’s Halloween Time!

October 5, 2022, 5 Comments

Life has been so busy lately I haven’t had time to photograph our home all decorated for Halloween, despite it being decorated for a month! If you’ve been following the blog for awhile then you may have noticed a few big changes around our living room and dining room from last year to this year.…

Image features Dracula wearing a long cape, carrying a blonde woman in a green dress, yellow gothic script reads "Atomic Redhead Presents" and in bloody letters reads "Transylvanian Tunes" followed by yellow gothic letters again reading "13 songs to sink your fangs into"

Transylvanian Tunes

September 28, 2022, 2 Comments

It’s hard to believe it’s almost October! I’ve been putting the finished touches on Halloween decorations and it’s that time of year where I share a handful of selections from my ever growing collection of Halloween music, because there is more to Halloween music than “Monster Mash” and “Werewolf of London” alright? This year I…