Category: Friendship

December 19, 2012 /

This is an architect’s office. In the reception area there hangs a rendering of the Palm Springs Tennis Club. Name that (those) architect (s)!

December 17, 2012 /

In Altadena a long time ago…

December 12, 2012 /

I love the informal map of Hollywood on the cover of the Brown Derby menu. . If you click on the menu it’s easier to see.

December 12, 2012 /

I never did, different generation (quite a few generations), but here a few stars at the Brown Derby – oh, and the pattern on the china is “Blue Willow”: George and Gracie, Jane and Ronnie. This is another industry couple dining at the Derby, she’s an actress, and he’s a…

December 11, 2012 /

This is a menu better left alone – unless you’re a mid-century reenactor – but I like the graphics, so there you go! If you’re curious about the recipes you can click on the photo and enlarge to see the quivering majesty of a Jellied Waldorf Salad on Ruby Cranberry…

December 6, 2012 /

That’s the standard line, anyway. Disney’s animation was happy and Fleischer’s was hallucinatory. Frankly, when I was a kid early animation freaked me out. Only when I was older did I appreciate what innovators both these men were – and by then my dad had stopped grousing about Walt, possibly…