All-American Burger |
Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit a bit of a local Long Island legend, the All-American Burger drive-in. It's an old style burger shack in the classic roadside America tradition.&n...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:39:00 GMT |
"86"ing it. |
As part of my resolution to actually do something with my free time - not that I haven't been previously, but some items on the "to do" list have been there far too lo...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:08:00 GMT |
Vintage living makes for good news! |
It may be little more than a novelty to some, but for others it is a way of life. Either way, there's obviously enough interest & curiousity about the vintage lifestyle to warrant a healthy ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:55:00 GMT |
A 1939 World's Fair tragedy |
This one is as bad as it gets. I was sifting around the web tonight for images of the 1939 World's Fair and came across a few that seemed wholly unfamiliar. They were footnoted "...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:25:00 GMT |
Number, please? |
So I've had an old 40's "Monophone" bakelite desk phone sitting on my Graybar sewing machine cabinet for nearly a year now just looking good and waiting to be hooked up. I admit I'v...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:05:00 GMT |
1930's family Philco |
This one comes a little late (about two weeks after the actual scenario) but fits in with the radio restoration trilogy, so here it goes...
Having been on a restoration kick lately...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:49:00 GMT |
1941 General Electric addendum |
Spurred on by my partial success with the 1947 Motorola "Radi-ola" (see B-log posting by the same name), I decided to tackle yet another radio this afternoon. This time ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:31:00 GMT |
The 1947 Motorola "Radi-ola" |
For better than two years now I have had a 1947 Motorola "Radi-ola" adorning the top of my armoir. It was one of those impulsive purchases made at a sleepy Pennsylvania ...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:12:00 GMT |
Case of the opening door |
This one is for the books, folks, not because of the content but because it is the 100% 3rd party confirmed truth and not some figment of my imagination.
Last night a bunch of us went to Old West...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:34:00 GMT |
The ol' hotfoot! |
The subject of this musing is an amusing phenomenon long since forgotten by pranksters and thrill-seekers called the "hotfoot". Though its origins are largely unknown, it is certain that ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:59:00 GMT |
