6/12/11

I am Vintage

6/12/11 06:57
madrobins: It's a meatloaf. Dressed up like a bunny. (Default)
Three days early, Avocado gave me my birthday present: a New York City subway map, circa 1960 or thereabouts? We had a jigsaw puzzle of the same map when I was growing up, and I recognized it instantly--as much by the mid-century design and typography as by the quaint old subway lines. I was, I grant, a child when this map was in use, but there's nothing like receiving an antique to remind you that you're nudging into the antique class yourself.

Memento mori notwithstanding, it's a really excellent gift and is now hanging over the couch in the living room. I stop and admire it often.

In Honor of Pearl Harbor Day...

6/12/11 23:45
madrobins: It's a meatloaf. Dressed up like a bunny. (Default)
I have a post over at the Book View Café blog about TV detectives and the clothes they wear, and why it makes me cranky. Just in case you were wondering what makes me cranky.