{film} fictional flamingo pink

on a recent adventure, i captured the mesmerizing vintage flamingo hotel sign on video. while i was filming, my magical friend bekah and i had a brief chat about the color pink...


several days later i found this explanation via brainpicker...

{video} sexy specs circa nineteen fifty

due to a temporarily wonky eyeball, i have foregone contacts and am instead wearing glasses every day this week...

{peculiar momma}

as a tribute to my favorite frames, i present you with this classic film...

{visit} analog memories

{step inside to step back in time}

{snaps} small pleasures

vintage vehicles, pup art, and swanky chocolate: three very simple things that melt this innkeeper into a silly swoon puddle...

{this car as a pink convertible = poster on the back of my teenage bedroom door}

{dog on the wall in a santa rosa public parking garage}

{chrome + curves}

{painting above our table at pizzeria rosso}

{a delicious discovery at chicago o'hare airport}

{design} mod santa

i discovered this fantastic santa in a crate of vintage holiday cards at a local antique store.

this particular saint nick instantly captured my heart for four reasons:

i am a sucker for stripes.

always.

there is no mention on the card of company, designer, or year.

i'm guessing somewhere in the sixties?

swoon!

the card is flocked with red velvet

which transports me instantly back to my childhood.

our early seventies home had two rooms

which were covered in flocked foil wallpaper.

i was smitten with the velvety stuff.

check out this fabulous lettering

from the inside of the card...

isn't the whole thing simply swell?

this is what a one dollar treasure from an artist date does for me.

ho ho ho!

{shops} coffee + antiques

recent innkeeper art dates:

the incredibly hip + delicious four barrel coffee in san francisco...

two mysterious + inspiring antique shops...

{party} vintage innkeeper memories

six-year-old me with my birthday cake...

six-year-old me after my little sister used a toddler ninja move on my birthday cake...

isn't my mother's hair fantastic?

she wrote the following on the back of the first photo...

#6

november 20, 1980

mommy + daddy gave me "merlin" for my birthday

"merlin" looked like this...

this commercial was the reason i wanted the toy (six electronic games in one?! wow!)...



just a glimpse of little me from over thirty years ago.

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{party} invitation

{party) the best day

{party} favor: dark chocolate + coffee

{dewdroplets} two

a cabinet of curiosities for your enjoyment...

kinfolk magazine via coffee and stilettos

vintage vamps via betty lou spence

hand painted chalkboards via mary kate mcdevitt

an ethereal circus via tyce diorio on so you think you can dance

sending you lots of love from the inn!

creepy cute: diner dogs

ever since i was young, i have had a fascination with kitsch that is cute but slightly creepy.

i always stared in amazement at the strange stuff found at garage sales, antique shops, thrift shops, tourist traps, and my grandmother's house.

when i discovered the diner dogs at maker faire on sunday, i fell madly in love...

these odd canines have a history...

i was smitten and snapped away...

perhaps i love these because they remind me of my daria jean beauty queen...

visit the doggie diner site to read more about these peculiar pooches.

{gallery} the depression in color

my best friend benjamin discovered a collection of photos this week that i find mesmerizing, poignant, and beautiful...

it is a series of images in the united states between 1939 -> 1943 from the library of congress exhibit "bound for glory: america in color" shared via the denver post photo blog...



these pictures were taken by photographers of the farm security administration/office of war information and are some of the only color photographs which capture the impact of the great depression on small town life during that time...



it was extremely difficult for me to choose just three to illustrate the spirit of the entire gallery. i hope these three will inspire you to look at the rest...there are so many breathtaking photos in the collection.

wishing you a lovely weekend, my friends!

animaux + mots

hello there, friends!

today's offering from your innkeeper:

two triptychs comprised of artifacts from my recent local antique adventures.

animaux...

mots...

wishing you a wonderful week!

xo