Sparkling Champale
Champale is sort of the menthol cigarettes of malt liquor faux champagnes. Per Wiki: Print advertisements chiefly depicted African Americans enjoying the beverage, with slogans… Read More »Sparkling Champale
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Roy Rogers Children’s Menu
Got a Roy Rogers trifecta for you this week. Photo by Grasons.
Great Little Mobil Service Station
And ‘Mobilubrication’ needs to make a comeback. Photo by Meyer.
Possum Cigars
While I’m kinda fond of possums, don’t believe them when they say they are good and sweet. It’s a lie. Photo by Grasons.
Up ‘n’ Atom California Carrots
It’s the kind of mid-century thing where you know the carrot beds have a light dusting of nuclear fallout. Photo by Grasons.
Sunday Football TIL Special: The Steelers and the Steelmark
The little colored astroids on the Steelers helmets is (more or less) the Steelmark, a logo owned by the American Iron and Steel Institute. Once… Read More »Sunday Football TIL Special: The Steelers and the Steelmark
Sugar Coated Grippe Destroyers is my Bubblegum Anthrax Tribute Band
Photo by Grasons.
Santa from Santa Paula
With a sack full of lemons. The company is Limoneira, based in Santa Paula. I actually own stock in them. They’re big in Lemons and… Read More »Santa from Santa Paula
Gay Johnny Texas Vegetables
The former owner was clearly not a vegetable, if you get my drift. Photo by Integrity First.
Not Quite Renoir’s Le déjeuner des canotiers
Photo by Integrity First.