Wow... what a kitsch - en....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWqkIdIKDls

Nobody knows my baby but me...

Lush Lipssctick... of the Fifties...

Anyone else enjoy great lipstick?
Here's more than you need to know... about
lips and more...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip

-NKRQueen

The Good Ol' Days?

Will we look back at our advertising, thirty or forty years from now...
and have the same reaction as we do when we look back at ads
from the forties and fities? (see below)


http://adsoftheworld.com/blog/chris/2007/may/14/the_good_old_days

Albany, NY is a retro haven...

I love this website (www.RoadsideFans.com) which encourages a following to meet, greet and eat at local retro restaurants, and photographs great roadside retro places across the country!

Here are photos of great retro places in the Albany, New York area...
enjoy!

http://www.roadsidefans.com/troy.html

Retro Ad Art

There are lots of great retro resources out there. One of my favorites is a links site called www.RetroAdArt.com

do check them out when looking for retro fonts, inspirational design ideas (or even great retro - style birthday cards!)

-NKRQ Chatty Cathy

Beatniks... pure fifties/with a 21st century twist

(Ned Flanders experiences a flashback on The Simpsons- recalling his beatnik parents!)


Have had a flood of memories of beatnik references (brought on in great part by googling (dare one google and "gargle" at the same time?) Here's some great references...

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatnik
and stay hip... (even if yours is plastic at this point!)
NKRQueen