Tiki Day

September 23, 2013, 20 Comments

Yesterday brought Tiki Day at Disneyland. Despite being only the second ever Tiki Day, there was quite a turn out! I wore my second vintage Enchanted Tiki Room garment (the first being this), a homemade dress of the fabric guests could buy at the park in the 1960s…

Family Disneyland Pictures

August 22, 2013, 10 Comments

Recently I was granted permission from my dad to begin scanning our family’s large slide collection. The first carousel I took back to Portland with me was one marked “Disneyland ’79 & ’81”. How could I resist? Also, we are going to Disneyland in a month! So I’m getting pretty excited! While I don’t think…

“Ole! Ole! It’s Showtime!”

July 3, 2013, 19 Comments

For those of you who have been reading Atomic Redhead for awhile will recall the treasure I came across back in January of 2012, a pantsuit made of Enchanted Tiki Room fabric. I learned from designer and former cast member, Kevin Kidney that in the mid-60s Disneyland not only sold mens shirts and ladies dresses…

Disney Daze

November 15, 2012, 5 Comments

Our second day at Disneyland was split between Disneyland and (rather reluctantly on my part) the new Buena Vista Street portion of California Adventure. When California Adventure opened, I really didn’t care for it. It lacked the charm (as well as the history) of Disneyland. But now, a lot has changed. The original, tasteless entry…

One-Twenty at Disneyland

February 28, 2012, 19 Comments

During our visit to Disneyland, we didn’t just take pictures with our phones and digital cameras, but with our vintage Kodak DualFlex II, which dates to 1950-1954, using 120 film. The camera attracted much attention, people said they loved it, asked if it worked, and said it was cooler than the Holgas so many hipsters…

In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

January 16, 2012, 10 Comments

Last week I was killing time at Antique Alley (I do that a lot…) and was in Lorrel Mae’s space (visit her Facebook, blog, and Etsy) where I found this stellar pantsuit… At first I was freaking out because it was so fabulous, then I looked at it closer and realized it was fabric was…