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The Doubletake
http://lidianblog.blogspot.com
Pop culture is more fun in reruns! Retro and vintage pop, mostly (and a little modern pop too) - retro fads and products, books, movies, slang, old postcards and a good dash of Whatever. A mental-cocktail lounge, open all day, serving up delicious retrotinis!
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Recent Posts
Another Friday, Another Fill-In!
This looks like it's going to be a wonderful issue of Secret Hearts! The cover story - look - it's called "Another Face, Another Love." How many other faces? How many loves? Nobody really knows. What on earth is going on here? Julia says: Jed...
The Candlelight Dinner
Ah, dinner by candlelight. And dinner of candlelight, too. This is the ultimate incarnation of the Candle Salad of the 1940s on, which, as you may recall, involved a banana, a pimiento wick and dollops of mayo. And other things, too, sometimes, like...
Scatter Perm! Scatter Perm!
When you think about having a Good Hair Day, does the word "scatter" spring to mind? I didn't think so. The Scatter Perm people beg to differ, though. Here's the exciting new concept (new in the 60s, anyway): Scatter perm rods through your hair so t...
Cool and Calmanac
Well, look at this - beauty advice from your wittily-named 1956 Vicks Calmanac? They are experts in cough medicine and cough drops and, of course, in Vapo Rub. But beauty hints?This is surprising. Of course what they really needed to show us w...
Dubious Fun With A Duoped
Here we have the Duoped, a 1950s Fun Item which looks like pretty dubious fun at best. Hence the title. Yes, it's a slow day here but I wanted to check in at the Doubletake and I've been saving this one for awhile. I updated my other two blogs (links...
Carefree Knits, Matching Socks Required
Happiness is knowing that you have knit yourself a perfectly coordinated outfit - from the dopey kerchief right down to those pernicious pink tights. Well, at least she's happy and that's what counts, right? The gal on the left is not quite so happy....
