Photo of P22, a gorgeous, golden mountain lion with a little white around his mouth and chin, walks along a dirt path

Meet P22 Hollywood’s Most Famous Cat

June 29, 2021, 3 Comments

Los Angeles’ famed Griffith Park is home to so many unique and wonderful things to see and do, many of which I’ve shared here on the blog, but it is also home to one of my favorite LA residents, P22. Just who is P22? He’s the loner of Griffith Park, king of an island surrounded…

Myself standing in front of our front door, wearing a black leather motorcycle jacket, purple and teal Hawaiian shirt, and black jeans.

Previously on WandaVision…

March 3, 2021, 1 Comment

Spoiler Warning! This post discusses the Disney+ series WandaVision, and includes spoilers! So unless you are up to date with episodes or just don’t care, don’t scroll any further! Okay…so you’ve watched all of the episodes? Or you just don’t care about spoilers. Great! Growing up I watched a lot of Nick at Nite and…

Side of the car wash, with a blue banner featuring a yellow Dale car and text reading "Manager's Special Free Wash Tell 'Em Liz Sent You."

Stepping Back in Time at the Lady and the Dale Car Wash

February 18, 2021, 2 Comments

Back in the mid-1970s America was facing an oil crisis, and one woman, Liz Carmichael, stepped up claiming she had the answer – the Dale, a three-wheeled car that got 70 miles to the gallon. But was it all it was cracked up to be? Some didn’t think so, and eventually Liz found herself in…

Audrey Hepburn: More than an Icon Review & Giveaway CLOSED

January 13, 2021, 16 Comments

Recently I was contacted to do a review and host a giveaway for a documentary and book about Audrey Hepburn. Hepburn was an icon for me in high school, I had multiple posters of her in my room, watched her films religiously, and had several biographies on her. So, of course I leapt at the…

Myself wearing a rainbow striped shirt, cut off jean shorts, standing against a green bush. Match bangles that reflect the same colors of my shirt are on my left wrist.

A Rainbow of Bangles from Match Accessories

August 12, 2020, 4 Comments

Long time readers of the blog are probably familiar with Match Accessories, the home grown jewelry company that pioneered the Disneyland inspired D brooch, and created many more fantastical, vintage, and Disney inspired jewelry items that have appeared on the blog. Recently they launched a glittering bangle collection and I was gifted a set in…

Cover of They Called Us Enemy. A small Japanese boy stands with others walking toward a fenced area with an armed military officer nearby. White text overlay reads "Just Finished..."

Book Review: They Called Us Enemy

August 5, 2020, Leave a Comment on Book Review: They Called Us Enemy

When we talk about World War II, we highlight how the boys were “fighting the good fight” against Hitler and fascism, and how women stepped out of the kitchen and into vital roles for the war effort on the home front. But the American home front was also the place of one of America’s darker…

How I Clean Out My Closet

July 29, 2020, 3 Comments

Due to COVID-19, many of us a bit more time on our hands, and it’s a perfect time to get some house work done, including cleaning out closets. If you’re a bit of a clothes horse like myself, then cleaning out your closet can seem overwhelming, but having a game plan can help make it…

A vase in the shape of a woman's head is off to the right, make-up brushes sit inside. Text on the left reads "5 Vintage Things You Can Repurpose"

Six Vintage Things You Can Repurpose

May 27, 2020, 7 Comments

When it comes to vintage home goods, a lot of “shabby chic” magazines are into the idea of repurposing old items. I’m all for that, but sometimes that means destroying perfectly good vintage items in order to make new items, which I’m not about. So today I bring you six vintage items you can repurpose…

Cover of Spectacular Illumination, which features a black and white photograph of a streamline modern drive-in restaurant. Overlay text on the photo reads "Just Finished..."

Book Review: Spectacular Illumination

May 6, 2020, 3 Comments

In addition to sewing, I’ve been spending a good deal of time outside reading, and recently I finished Spectacular Illumination: Neon Los Angeles 1925-1965. I’ve always been a fan of neon, and if you’ve been reading the blog for any length of time, then you know that! When I saw this book for sale the…

The book Hitchcock's California, which features an image of a bay on the cover with a seagull in the foreground. Text overlay at the top of the photo reads "Just Finished..."

Book Review: Hitchcock’s California

April 14, 2020, 2 Comments

Visiting filming locations is a passion of mine, so much so that it has its own category here on the blog. Sometimes these are places that I visit for a reason other than the fact it was used in a movie, such as the more recent post of the LA County Poor Farm, sometimes I…

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Meet P22 Hollywood’s Most Famous Cat

Previously on WandaVision…

Stepping Back in Time at the Lady and the Dale Car Wash

Audrey Hepburn: More than an Icon Review & Giveaway CLOSED

A Rainbow of Bangles from Match Accessories

Book Review: They Called Us Enemy

How I Clean Out My Closet

Six Vintage Things You Can Repurpose

Book Review: Spectacular Illumination

Book Review: Hitchcock’s California