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Happy 59th birthday, Pee-wee Herman.
Lester Young, born on this day in 1909.
There’s nothing like making an understated entrance.
Bring on the zaftig dancing goils.
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in 1930, birthdays, chexy's saturday matinee, cinema, legends, stuff I like
The Blue Mirror Grill, once housed in the Brownley Building at 1300 F. St. NW in Washington, DC, built in 1932. It was demolished in 1980 to make way for this…
Here’s a blow-up of a sugar cube from the original Blue Mirror Grill.
“Tropical Atmosphere of Refinement.”
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in 1930, Blue Mirror Grill, Real Gone Places, architecture
Shall we Carioca? I think yes.
Perhaps you prefer some disco. The original Lady Gaga, Divine.
Carmageddon weekend… with Popeye and Olive.
The Peters Sisters… Who Stole the Jam?
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in 1930, animation, chexy's saturday matinee, cinema, disasters, fabulosity, girls will be girls, obesity, sensations
He’s bad, but good. Mae West, 1935.
Michael Jackson, gone two years today. I love this video.
Farrah, also gone two years today. Plus styling mist, for electrocution.
I think this is where Cher got the idea. Eleanor Powell.
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in 1930, advertising, bad hair, chexy's saturday matinee, girls will be girls, gone, memorials, oddities, remembering, stuff I like
Alice Cooper, as he appeared at some energy drink nonsense last night in London, and famed Encino resident and 1930s character actor Edward Everett Horton.
One wore too much eye makeup.
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in 1930, lookalikes
The lovely Burroughs Drive-In on Granby Street in Norfolk, Virginia, and below as the site appears today, a small strip mall with a coffee shop and dry cleaner.
I like creased sleeves.
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in 1930, Real Gone Places, architecture
Randolph Scott and Cary Grant at their home in Los Feliz, circa 1933.
They lived together off and on for eleven years, remaining friends for nearly sixty years. They died ninety days apart.
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in 1930, hotties, legends, lovebirds
Today’s Turban Tuesday salutes hunky cowboy Gary Cooper, seen here early in his career, wearing a magnificent headpiece that really looks swell.
Nothing says “tough guy” like a fancy turban. Try it at the airport sometime.
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in 1930, turban tuesday
Encino’s own Edward Everett Horton and Betty Grable. 1934.
“The Bat,” 1959. So scary.
The magnetic Nan Wynn, from 1944′s “Jam Session.”
One of the most slammin’ bands ever. Benny Goodman in Japan, 1957.
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"If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.”
--Jimmy Buffett
