December 2008
11 posts
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Bar Keeper Silverlake →
It’s our set of classic bar tools, again, to illustrate this link to Bar Keeper, L.A.’s head shop for cocktail afficiandos—hey, they said it. Also profiled in the LA Times.
Who is the Real 'Dumbest Generation'? -... →
People in their forties: worst on standardized exams, fewest educational degrees, least attracted to professional careers. Better be nice to them anyway, Boomers: now one of their (apparently) abnormaly high-achievers is going to be our President. If you’ve never read the excellent essay by David Leavitt, “The New Lost Generation” in the May 1985 issue of Esquire, get over to...
TITTYSHAKERS →
The sounds of strip! Streaming audio, photos, and all things a-go-go. Very, very lounge. Thanks to John of John’s Cache for the swingin’ tip.
Lilly Land: Fashion: W magazine.com →
50 years of pink and green golf skirts and those jungle print caftan things.
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Forget Citigroup, Puppet Show Needs a Bailout -... →
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, an L.A. institution, attracts diverse young audiences, is running short of funds. (Those other famous marionettes you’re thinking of right now? They were from New York, and are now in a museum in Mason City, Iowa.)
Happy birthday to the Bloody Mary! →
Naturally, we like ours the best. Join us in a toast with one you made yourself—FROM SCRATCH, no “Mr. and Mrs. T,” no Popov-class vodka. Mmm.
Retrospace →
Obsessed with the 60s and 70s, so we’ll be stopping by often…