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It is my favorite kind of blog. Personal enough that you can glean the interests and obsessions of the blogger, but not so personal that you feel like your eavesdropping through someone’s kitchen window. It stakes a clear “domain” — retro lifestyle — but wanders freely, loping this way and that across the patch of land within that chunk of intellectual terrain. My highest compliment is that RetroModGirl manages to find idiosyncratic approaches to very accessible topics, in ways that gives retro “O.G.s” and retro nOObs something to savor. Other retro-themed blogs chat about MAD MEN and 50’s stoves and the like, but do other blogs show you the mansion that Magic Chef built?
RetroModGirl gets my “Green Monster” award for a blog that stirs feelings I say are admiration, is really just jealousy."
sixstringoutlaw , from the blog, RetroKustomHonkytonk
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A belated thank you to the awesome Vintage Verve!
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You might have seen one out in Minnesota
Or maybe down by the sea in Sarasota
But they were made back in Worcester Mass
Of aluminum and bakelite and glass
Like a locomotive they were streamlined
And the blue prints were drawn up from a dream of mine
Slap 'em up put 'em on the train
Out to Michigan up to Maine
You may find a diner down in Georgia or
Carolina off the twenty by the Piggly Wiggly
In the country out of Waynsboro
Or when it's getting late and rainy out in New York State
You hang a louie off the thru-way
And you go and grab yourself a cheeseburger
At the little gem diner off the six niner
Diner my shiny shiny love
In the night you're all I'm thinking of
Diner my shiny shiny love
The cruiser pulls in where the trooper's always stop
As we dine over the chrome and formica table top
The cashier she always squints
By the gum and the bowl of mints
She's tapping her toe
To the Dean Martin on the consolette
Booth service and a cigarette we're loving it so
Side of fries a dollar
Or the haddock plate two ninety five
A rootbeer float a pepsi
And be sure to save some room for some apple pie
Better make it a-la-mode
Chorus
Dean Martin god rest his soul
Talkin' to me from the cereal bowl
There's a couple from the show me state
Knockin' back a little meatloaf plate
Diner my shiny shiny love.
6 comments:
O honaye... if only I was able to create things that didn't have poop or clean blood (aka my cousin from redbank NJ or menstrual bloods) flying out of it. My life is real hard. Do not dispairs tho. Look on the bright side of life... or, alternatively, go tanning w/out those sunglass thingies--everything will be much harder to see and thus better. Mostly. :)
Well, Cheryl, at least you made my weekend by commenting. Thank you for taking time to read my blog!
Now, is there anything I can do for you?
O HONAYE! Just listening to my progrum, sending me money or presents, or emmmmmmm well... Im not allowed to talk about the last thing on account of a court order. I can tell you this much, it doesn't have to do with pr0n or children. MOWKAY! :)
Oookaay....well, good luck with that.
;P
Hi, Happy Birthday (belated) to you.
And thanks for the blog visit, earlier-- I thought I would check out what you were up to; with a name like RetroModGirl, I was pretty sure it would be fun!
The 50s design really has some longevity; I'm hearing from MCM collectors online that it's getting harder to find pieces at thrifts and flea markets. Are you finding that, too?
Though I've still had some good luck finding retro table cloths, hankies and aprons.
Happy hunting!
-Jenn
Hi, Jenn, thank you so much for the birthday wish, and for reading my blog! Yours was a lot of fun, too!
Yes, the pieces I collected in the 80s that were so plentiful--jadeite, fiestaware, lustroware, etc.--are rare as hen's teeth now and very expensive. But--as I am sure you do too--I still find great thrift items for low prices that I can spruce up with paint or fabric. And yes, I still find lots of vintage tablecloths and tea towels. Last weekend, I bought three tablecloths at a charity shop for about $1 each. They would have been worth about $20-30 each on eBay. Oh, and I find MCM dishware is still easy to find at flea markets.
I guess hunting for the good stuff really does pay off!
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