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Preserved Moments of Historical Sass (Vol. 8)

I haven’t done one of these for a while and I think it’s about time we got the series going again. Not much to it, just me having a bit of fun curating the sassiest old school pictures I can find on net or from my inbox of pictures you’ve kindly sent in of your sassy…

The Last Summer Night in Paris

I returned from a summer adventure away, expecting to slouch back into my same old rickety chair at my usual café terrace and wait for winter to find its way back to Paris, always too soon… But there it was at the end of the canal, luring us in like a lighthouse in the distance as we…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. XCI)

1. The Woman with Ten Brains “A German woman named Thea Alba was known as “The Woman With Ten Brains” because she could write all ten fingers simultaneously.” “Alba, who became famous in the 1920′s, also performed a trick in which we wrote with both hands, both feet, and her mouth at the same time.…

Life Never Gets Old on one of America’s Oldest Farms

On a traditional 70 acre farm in Marlboro, NY, the stone wall fences are a century old and the barns are more than 200 years old. Meet Howard Quimby, the 86 year-old farmer who keeps on farming and proving that life never gets old…

Cruising for Roadside Relics on Route 66

We were greeted at our first stop on Route 66 by the roar of a French biker gang rolling through the forgotten town… Roy’s Motel and Café first opened in Amboy, California in 1938 as a gas and service station along the legendary main street of America, U.S. Highway 66. In the 1940s, Roy Crowl expanded the business to include a café,…

Apocalypse California: Surreal Tourism of the Salton Sea

Palm Springs was nice. But we were looking for something a little grittier… Sixty miles from the fresh golf courses and glitzy hotels, there is a forgotten place. Roads lead to nowhere, signs point to nothingness and the houses are home to no one. Welcome to the Salton Sea… You may recall I’ve written about…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LXXXIX)

1. This Library Cake Made by Kathy Knaus, found on My Modern Met 2. The Amazon Security Checkpoint Yup, it’s an open cardboard box. Found on Reddit. 3. The Faulty Towers Lego Set One skilled Lego fan/builder made a faithful recreation of the hotel reception from the classic BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. Nathan…

Welcome to Planet California: Secret Sizzling Springs and Alien Beaches

We made it out of Death Valley. We drove through miles of Mars-like landscape in hairdryer heat (113 F) on seemingly endless roads. The valley’s one mad-made attraction, a 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival villa called Scotty’s Castle, hidden in an isolated desert oasis, was inexplicably closed. Low on gas after taking the lengthy detour to…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LXXXVII)

1. This Mini More micro cars found on Dark Roasted Blend 2. Tiny Vinyl Record Postage Stamps that were Playable, 1970s Known as the “first talking stamps” in 1972, these tiny vinyl postage stamps from Bhutan were totally playable and when the needle was put on the record stamp you heard Bhutan’s national…

The Babes of Sydney’s Criminal Past

Femme Fatales and Devious Divas were the ruling forces of Sydney’s underbelly during the 1920’s. These convicted ladies knew how to get into trouble in the most fashionable ways possible. Posing for their mug shots, they came dressed to the nines in furs, pearls, stylish hats and sassy drop-waist frocks. Even if they were being…

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