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Category / Nostalgia

Retro Recipe: Dr. Pepper served Hot?!

Here’s something different for a holiday party– Dr. Pepper, as in the cherry cola, served as a hot beverage! In the 1960s, the soft drink brand made a go of marketing it as some kind of non-alcoholic alternative to mulled wine. Easy to prepare–simply heat Dr Pepper in a saucepan until it steams and pour…

Mike Tyson’s Deserted 80s Mansion

Between 1985, when he made his professional debut at age 18, to his retirement two decades later, Mike Tyson made up to $400 million, demanding $30 million for a single fight at his peak. He led a high-flying lifestyle, buying mansions, cars and Bengal tigers at the drop of a hat. In 2004, Tyson filed for bankruptcy.…

The Paris Boutiques that transform into a Nocturnal Art Museum

If you try to go during the day, you’ll find the “museum” will be closed. In fact, during the day, the Rue Cavalotti in Montmartre is much like any other Parisian street in the quartier, going about it’s business with independent boutiques and small restaurants. It’s not until dusk that this narrow road hidden behind…

Paris’ Last Surviving Erotic Cinema

Still screening movies on 35 mm film, tucked away in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris is a 1960s cinematic time warp with a loyal appreciation for the forgotten vintage paragons of French erotica. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I’ll admit, and you might be thinking that I’m really scraping the barrel here but hear…

The Day After Tomorrow

Self-taught French photographer Franck Allais‘ mission is to put things in a new perspective– things like an impending apocalypse maybe? I promised myself I wouldn’t jump on the end-of-the-world Maya bandwagon but I couldn’t help myself with these whimsical photographs from a lost world… Happy Fin du Monde everybody!

America’s Last Drive-in Movie Theatres

Photograph by Thomas Wrede At their peak, in the late 1950s, there were almost 5000 drive-ins. Today, there are only 366 drive-ins operating in the United States. The outdoor theaters saw a dramatic decline in the 70s and 80s and many of their remains can still be found off highways, marked by rusting entrance marquees…

In 1990, Disneyland was Perfect

Chris Zabriskie is the narrator, editor and musical composer of this beautiful short film that revisits a childhood VHS tape which ‘miraculously never wore out’. Despite having never met Chris, he succeeds in making his memories completely meaningful for the rest of us. With his heartwarming narration interpreting those moments, he captures the poignant simplicity…

Ruins of a French Colonial Ghost Town

The luxury French resort of a different variety … Photo source: Flick User An Agent Like a giant tombstone at the top of a hill prevailing over the dense tropical Cambodian jungle, here lies the remains of French colonial history. Yet another testimony to Europe’s once sinister use of imperialist power, Bokor Hill Station…

Gas Mask Paradise Island

On an archipelago south of Tokyo, there is a lush paradise-like island where residents must carry gas masks on them at all times. Miyakejima, part of the Izu Islands, is part of an unrestful volcanic chain that has seen six eruptions in the last century, the last in the year 2000 when a mass evacuation…

Parisian Pin Ups

I stumbled upon a great little website dedicated to collecting old pin-ups and found they had a wonderful archive of La Vie Parisienne, a French erotic magazine that was founded in 1863. And of course with Parisian pin-ups, you know the fashion is going to be pretty fabulous… Also found these sketches by Jacques Le…

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