Patrick and I sitting in Herbie, the grey VW Bug from The Love Bug.

Sweethearts’ Nite at Disneyland

February 7, 2024, 1 Comment

In recent years Disneyland has started “after hours” separate ticked parties at the park known as “Disneyland After Dark” with various themes. While some of the themes change year to year, some have stuck around, such as Sweethearts’ Nite, an evening dedicated to love and friendship. Last year Minerva, one of my friends went, and…

Myself, seated at our dining room table, which has a plethora of Disneyland souvenirs on it. Red text above reads "AtomicRedhead.com Product Review Artifcts"

Cataloging and Sharing Treasures with Artifcts

August 24, 2022, 2 Comments

As many of you know, I collect a lot of different things. One specific thing I collect is vintage California souvenirs, but I also keep a lot of contemporary mementos, especially from Disneyland. One of my biggest pet peeves with vintage items is not knowing the exact year something was made, but when I acquire…

Starlite by Revlis sits upright on our dining room table. Peeking out from behind it are various aluminum trees. Overlay text to the left reads "Just Finished..."

Book Review: Starlite by Revlis A Sensational Revelation

December 7, 2021, 2 Comments

A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of reviewing Theron Georges’ The Evergleam Book, a detailed account of the fantastical Evergleam aluminum Christmas trees produced the Aluminum Specialty Company. If you’ve been visiting the blog for at least a year, then you’ll know I’m in love with aluminum trees. Well, Georges is back…

A photo of a darkened drive-in movie theatre with a light red haze over the top. Red, dripping text reads "10 Spooky Movies" Other text reads "Something for Everyone! Zombies! Ghosts! Killers! Monsters! Possessed Animatronics!"

10 Spooky Movies to Watch this Halloween

October 13, 2021, 5 Comments

While I love a good spooky movie any time of year, October is still really the best time to curl up with a cozy blanket, some popcorn, and watch a movie that will send some chills down your spine. The horror genre is really quite vast, and goes beyond the the classics and bloody slasher…

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…

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Tips, Guides, & Reviews

Sweethearts’ Nite at Disneyland

Cataloging and Sharing Treasures with Artifcts

Book Review: Starlite by Revlis A Sensational Revelation

10 Spooky Movies to Watch this Halloween

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