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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.
12 comments:
Hi,
I have a Modernist shop and web site you might enjoy. I like your blog, so I thought you might be interested in what I've been doing for almost 18 years now.
Ronn Ives, owner
FUTURES Antiques
Hi, Ronn! Welcome to my blog! Do you have a web link I can feature? I would love to learn more about your shop!
Hi, retromodgirl, Where do I know that name from? Are you on the Etsy vintage buyers & sellers community? I like the photo of your Pyrex collection, I just got a few pieces of Pyrex, fire-king and Glassbake in and I thought you might like them. They are not listed in either store yet but you can get a glimpse of them in the photos of the new store items on my blog. We also have a retro 50s newsletter you can sign up for, there is a paragraph on my blog that explains the newsletter. Very cute blog! Kelly from Vaudeville Vintage
Hi, Kelly! Yes, I am on the Etsy Vintage Buyers/Sellers group.
Thank you for visiting and for the compliment! I will check out your blog and store now!
Hi RMG,
Sorry for the delay! Sure, just visit my site at:
futuresantiques.com
It's that simple. Let me know what you think, would you?
Ronn.
Hi RMG,
I'm not sure if my last post "took" so here is my address again:
www.futuresantiques.com
Let me know what you think?
Ronn
Ronn,
Your store is SWEET!!! I especially love the 1940s oval desk and the crushed iced dinette set. Very cool stuff!
I can feature your store in one of my post, complete with pictures, if you'd like. Just let me know!
RMG,
Sure, mention away! I'm proud of the place. I'd be a liar and hypocrite if I didn't love this stuff (after giving so much of my life to it)... and I'm too stubborn to be either. What do you need me to do?
Ronn.
Oh how I would LOVE a tub like that one!
Ronn,
Just let me know what pics you'd like featured, and what you'd like people to know about your shop. Thanks!
I just stumbled upon your blog and am thrilled that I did!
The Pyrex collection here has me swooning..sigh...
Hi,
Sorry for the delays, RMGirl! Just feel free to pull any item shots off my site you like, if you think they'd be of use to YOU.
Ronn.
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