Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason, on the set of North by Northwest, in 1959.
I’m not sure I would have recognized Ms. Saint without the other two… actually the other six. She looks so different when she’s smiling casually. But she must be doing something right… I read that she turned 101 this summer.
Believe it or not, there are still salons like this.
I thought they’d all die out, cos most haircuts now are styled with a blow dryer, or even drip dry… 20 years ago the young girls had never used rollers, and I ran into a few who had never heard of them.
But a dryer like this is still useful for heat set perms and coloring… you can’t use a blow dryer to process a whole head.
And some vintage styles are actually making a (modest) comeback, in a retro way, with young women born in this century. Some enjoy a visit to a place like this, and even get a roller set, though it’s not a full-blown fad.
(Imagine that… there are women born in this century! My mind has a hard time believing they’re not all babies. But lots of them have babies.)
In any case, hairstyles, like clothes, come and go… you can’t write anything off, cos it could come back!
Some sites said it was the largest McDonald’s in the world… but that was over 10 years ago, and who knows what’s been built since then….. McDonald’s is now in places like Qatar and Singapore, that love to build big stuff.
It was being torn down in the short video I saw from 2014, but about to be replaced by a very similar, but more modern structure, also housing a McDonald’s.
I couldn’t find a picture of the new one… now 10 years old… but then, I didn’t spend a huge amount of time looking. Maybe tomorrow.
Originally a steak restaurant called “The Glass House”. Families would come from an hour away to dine after church and watch the cars go by. On the way out they would pick up a lollipop the size of a dinner plate.
As a teenager I worked in a place that had lollies that size. And tons of other candies. And ice cream…oh, the ice cream. Long since defunt, it was in Anchorage AK and called “Soapy Smiths Ice Cream Saloon and Eating Establishment”. (Look up Soapy Smith – a con man – strange character to name a fun place after.)
We had a place kind of like that in California for most of the 20th century.
Called The Nut Tree, at first it was in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by farmland.
But it was one of the only places to eat on a long stretch of the main East-West highway through the middle of the state, so people coming into California from Nevada or points farther east, or driving from the San Francisco Bay area to Sacramento (the capital) would stop there.
It wasn’t a steakhouse, but served what I guess you’d call family fare.. they called it a coffee shop. It became a big tourist stop, with a gift shop, and products decorated to match their decor.
They sold those huge lollipops… and bags of pastel coated nuts, candy canes, and chocolate, plus things like mugs, kitchen towels and t-shirts.
Much as you wanted to hate the cutesy decor, slightly high prices, and tourists… the food was really good. I miss it!
A bit of black humour on the tenth anniversary of my late sister’s cremation (On the 5th of November, Bonfire Night!). And Yes, we chose the day specially as it would have appealed to her sense of humour 😉
Yeah…I’m okay with that sense of humor. I still laugh when I tell people my grandma got run over by … her own car. (Yes, true story, and yes, it was unfortunately fatal.)
I had seven cats (Started with two), and then was given nine more in three batches (4/3/2) that came from a house split, but just before I received the last two (A pair of Bengal brothers), one of my original cats unfortunately had to be ushered towards the Rainbow Bridge because of kidney failure. So I ended up with fifteen furry-purrers. I only have the one now, Ivy.
The username came about because when a work colleague discovered that I had the fifteen, he said (And I quote):
“Fifteen cats! You must have more cats than sense!”
I needed a username for some websites (Including GC), so that’s what I used.
But how do a gang of kitties, no matter how evil, manage to steal giant arches?
How many cats would it take to carry the Arc de Triomphe, never mind uprooting it? The St. Louis Arch?
A mystery! Stay tooned!
…
Speaking of mysteries… I’m not sure when the last Cleo arc (different sort of arc) ran, that featured the Evil White Cat.
For for you newer readers, if he seems mysterious…. he arrived as the pet of the the Clifford’s new neighbors, but soon turned into Cleo’s nemesis… sleeping in her chair, taunting her, clawing her, and generally being mean.
Along the way he became known as the Evil White Cat, and then referred to as the E.W.C….
And now, he takes the role of the “arch”-criminal in this tale within a tale.
Ive made t no secret that im on the Snap program. I got on it when i retired.
A couple of the ladies i lunch with slipped me some cash yesterday after lunch.
Dang near broke down.
I’m not a big fan of humanity as a whole, but people are wonderful.
.
He sure looks evil…
Aw… poor kitty.
Profiled for his looks.
Is this the real E.W.C., or just a sweet cat with a “resting evil cat face?”
Did he sign a model release? Does he know his picture’s on the Internet.
Let’s not jump to conclusions.
Of course, if he really IS the Evil White Cat… I take it all back
this is the Original
«Gasp!»
Pretty baby!
..
A Love-faced Peach Bird?
You know what they say about “birds of a feather.”
And flowers of a feather?
…
Ooh! I know this one!
I’m not sure I would have recognized Ms. Saint without the other two… actually the other six. She looks so different when she’s smiling casually. But she must be doing something right… I read that she turned 101 this summer.
….
“Gray and Gold”, oil on canvas by John Rogers Cox, 1942
It’s in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Cleo probably doesn’t go there much.
.
LOL!
Tenacious little guy. Reminds me of the chicken hawk in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons.
Taking the dog for a drag…
Gene Roddenberry’s realization of a name for of a new Species on his developing the Star Trek series…
But Heinlein had already cast it as a (flat) cat!
Oops!
I was referring to “Kling-on” (Klingon)…
Kling-on cats…
…..
Can you guys see it?
This one doesn’t totally work for me.
I see part of it, but maybe not the whole thing.
Sometimes it you can’t see them it helps
Smaller….
This is as small as I can reasonably make it… the next size down is just a thumbnail.
The smaller one works better for me.
Ohhh…
,
Don’t do it!
I didn’t even want to talk about why.
Just don’t.
I would
No, please.
Looks like the kind of machine that they use in the cotton fields of the Mississippi river bottoms. Needs fatter tires.
,,
Believe it or not, there are still salons like this.
I thought they’d all die out, cos most haircuts now are styled with a blow dryer, or even drip dry… 20 years ago the young girls had never used rollers, and I ran into a few who had never heard of them.
But a dryer like this is still useful for heat set perms and coloring… you can’t use a blow dryer to process a whole head.
And some vintage styles are actually making a (modest) comeback, in a retro way, with young women born in this century. Some enjoy a visit to a place like this, and even get a roller set, though it’s not a full-blown fad.
(Imagine that… there are women born in this century! My mind has a hard time believing they’re not all babies. But lots of them have babies.)
In any case, hairstyles, like clothes, come and go… you can’t write anything off, cos it could come back!
Mom said that she found those relaxing.
So what happed in the left chair? Someone get sucked up?
We.. um… we don’t like to talk about the overlords.
“My preeeeeccccciiiioooouuuussssss.”
,.,
Been there.
It’s in Vinta, Oklahoma.
Some sites said it was the largest McDonald’s in the world… but that was over 10 years ago, and who knows what’s been built since then….. McDonald’s is now in places like Qatar and Singapore, that love to build big stuff.
It was being torn down in the short video I saw from 2014, but about to be replaced by a very similar, but more modern structure, also housing a McDonald’s.
I couldn’t find a picture of the new one… now 10 years old… but then, I didn’t spend a huge amount of time looking. Maybe tomorrow.
When i was there it was obviously very trucker friendly.
Plenty of parking for a big rig.
Originally a steak restaurant called “The Glass House”. Families would come from an hour away to dine after church and watch the cars go by. On the way out they would pick up a lollipop the size of a dinner plate.
Been a while, I need to schedule a trip that way.
As a teenager I worked in a place that had lollies that size. And tons of other candies. And ice cream…oh, the ice cream. Long since defunt, it was in Anchorage AK and called “Soapy Smiths Ice Cream Saloon and Eating Establishment”. (Look up Soapy Smith – a con man – strange character to name a fun place after.)
We had a place kind of like that in California for most of the 20th century.
Called The Nut Tree, at first it was in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by farmland.
But it was one of the only places to eat on a long stretch of the main East-West highway through the middle of the state, so people coming into California from Nevada or points farther east, or driving from the San Francisco Bay area to Sacramento (the capital) would stop there.
It wasn’t a steakhouse, but served what I guess you’d call family fare.. they called it a coffee shop. It became a big tourist stop, with a gift shop, and products decorated to match their decor.
They sold those huge lollipops… and bags of pastel coated nuts, candy canes, and chocolate, plus things like mugs, kitchen towels and t-shirts.
Much as you wanted to hate the cutesy decor, slightly high prices, and tourists… the food was really good. I miss it!
,,,,
I got all three.
No wonder they look so young!
That would explain it!
,,.
Could have used one of those when the Second Narrows Bridge collapsed. (1958, 19 men killed)
,.,,,
Should have had this one yesterday.
(got it)
In Hamburg?
Are you asking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80ebi4AKgs?
.,
He’s working on the challenge now.
I speak of the baby.
Looks to me like he’s patiently waiting for the small human to throw the ball.
yep
It appears there was some tongue action there…
His way of begging…
“I’m a good boy. Look, I give you kisses. Throw the ball!”
Kamchatka Brown Bear (and cub)
You scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours.
New today.
Edinburgh.
A Story In Three Parts.
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A bit of black humour on the tenth anniversary of my late sister’s cremation (On the 5th of November, Bonfire Night!). And Yes, we chose the day specially as it would have appealed to her sense of humour 😉
Funny, but I don’t know whether to put a like on it.
You don’t say how long ago… but I’m sorry to hear.
You can put a like on it, or not, it’s your choice. I did put how long ago it was (tenth anniversary), you must have missed it.
The picture would have appealed to her sense of humour as it was like mine.
Yeah…I’m okay with that sense of humor. I still laugh when I tell people my grandma got run over by … her own car. (Yes, true story, and yes, it was unfortunately fatal.)
Oops, sorry… I did somehow miss that. So I gave it a like.
I’d be the same way, if it were my own demise. I can’t be that way about my brother’s, just over 15 years ago, because he was not.
We got along fine, but he didn’t like that I “turned everything into a joke” (in his words).
Well… yeah. In my defense… um… whatever.
That’s what my younger brother was like as well – too “military” to find humor in everything like I do.
EWC?
Nope!, just the fluffy and lovable Chico 😉
She was very small and fluffy!
It was a inadvertent “scowling” face like hers that made Grumpy Cat a meme, and then famous.
I knew he looked familiar! One of the many kitties you had over the years. (TEN CATS)
Hi again, Chico.
Chico was a girl, as were all of my Persians except for Lone Ranger who was the son of Heyme (Hey-Me).
A family friend when I was a child had a Siamese name “Mefis”
It was short for “Me first”.
It won’t surprise you to learn that Heyme was an attention seeker 😉
Top to bottom:
Heyme, Gismo, Vuedue, and Weasel (Birman).
Pudsey
Starting to understand your user name 😀
I had seven cats (Started with two), and then was given nine more in three batches (4/3/2) that came from a house split, but just before I received the last two (A pair of Bengal brothers), one of my original cats unfortunately had to be ushered towards the Rainbow Bridge because of kidney failure. So I ended up with fifteen furry-purrers. I only have the one now, Ivy.
The username came about because when a work colleague discovered that I had the fifteen, he said (And I quote):
“Fifteen cats! You must have more cats than sense!”
I needed a username for some websites (Including GC), so that’s what I used.
Plus more heart…
But how do a gang of kitties, no matter how evil, manage to steal giant arches?
How many cats would it take to carry the Arc de Triomphe, never mind uprooting it? The St. Louis Arch?
A mystery! Stay tooned!
…
Speaking of mysteries… I’m not sure when the last Cleo arc (different sort of arc) ran, that featured the Evil White Cat.
For for you newer readers, if he seems mysterious…. he arrived as the pet of the the Clifford’s new neighbors, but soon turned into Cleo’s nemesis… sleeping in her chair, taunting her, clawing her, and generally being mean.
Along the way he became known as the Evil White Cat, and then referred to as the E.W.C….
And now, he takes the role of the “arch”-criminal in this tale within a tale.
Ive made t no secret that im on the Snap program. I got on it when i retired.
A couple of the ladies i lunch with slipped me some cash yesterday after lunch.
Dang near broke down.
I’m not a big fan of humanity as a whole, but people are wonderful.
Can be at times…I’ve even had a few good moments. (Despite what my ex would tell you.)