Two days to go!

I am feeling particularly festive this morning. I have a few telephone calls to make and then I am finishing some last minute shopping before Ally and I step out for some pre holiday cheer. I stumbled upon this photograph at Erosexual.com. I am glad that I did. This blogger has posted an extensive collection of high quality Holiday vintage photographs and pin up art. I look forward to exploring the rest of this site. If you have a minute, swing by and take a look for your self. I think that you will be glad that you did.

Compliments to Erosexual.com.

Merry Christmas!

As this most challenging and historic year comes to a close, I want to wish you all a safe, healthy and most joyous Merry Christmas!

Christmas Window Displays

Lord and Taylor 2007

Bloomies 2008

A time for thanks.........

A challenging year it has been for so many of us. Yet, as we reflect back upon these past twelve months, most of us are still standing, generally healthy and able to look ahead with optimism for better times. Regardless if one has suffered badly or just merely was inconvenienced by these uncertain times, all of us have been impacted if only but a direct strike upon our confidence.
As we gather around our tables tomorrow, with family, distant relatives, friends, acquaintances or strangers, let us try to remember the many blessings that we all do have to be thankful for this year.

I wish all of you a very safe, healthy and most Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope each and every one of you enjoy a little something romantic on this little mid winter day!

New Year's Eve....well almost!

I love these....I hope you do too!
And Happy New Year everyone! And Biscuit too! Especially you!
;)

New Years Eve Series One!

Tick tock tick tock ......It's getting close!

New Years Eve Series 2

It's that time of the year again!!!!!

I just love this picture. It is of Bob and Betty and was taken in Coronado, CA on New Year's Eve 1959. I found it at The Square America Snapshot Archive. I don't know where this person finds these pictures, but they are Grrrreat!

This one I found at many sites and it was noted at several as New Years Eve 1907. I'm doubtful of the year for a number of reasons. I plan to learn more about this picture, but I do really like it.

OK...time for at least one sexy Holiday pic......

I am so depressed...........

I apparently lost Billions and Billions of dollars of liquidity in the Bernie Madoff financial scheme. Damn. Fortunately, Governor Blagovevich told me he was only kidding and I don't owe him anything.

Holidays

We are not ready for Christmas. Most years, we find ourselves late preparing for the Holidays and after an initial burst of early Holiday shopping, then racing around at the last minute to take care of Uncle Louie and all those cousins and nephews and nieces. Maybe it is the "credit crisis" or maybe its just an off year for us. But where we often have two or three trees and lots of outside lights, we have nothing set up today. Nor have we purchased even one present.

Neither of us is turning into the Grinch or purposely being Scrooge like. But something isn't clicking this year. We both have been busy with work. Perhaps busy is an understatement. And while we aren't going under by any means, things are a little tighter than in past years. We will set up a tree this year, and I will probably hang a wreath later today on the front door. But I don't see a lot of mall or online purchases this year. I don't think either of us is feeling terribly festive with regard to giving gifts to family that really isn't all that nice the rest of the year. And perhaps that is the real root of this "funk" that we are in.

I know that come next week, we will be celebrating the Holidays. We will visit family. We will purchase and consume large amounts of champagne and other types of alcohol while listening to our incredibly and unjustifiably large collection of Christmas music. We will listen to Bing, Nat, Frank and Dino and to which we will listen to Bruce, Jimmy and all sorts of new, recently new and really esoteric Christmas music from the Cajun and Surf genres. I especially am fond of radio recordings of Christmas shows from the 1940s. And of course there is the Lounge genre of the late 1950s and early 1960s. On some level, I feel at one with passed Grandparents and other dead relatives. Yes, dead relatives. That is cold, but it is what it is. And I do feel connected with them at this time of year. From hanging one or two of their ornaments from many of the passed on one of the trees to thinking about and toasting their memories. And for me, Christmas is about memories, both reliving and enjoying them and making new ones.

Christmas Treat and Alessandra Ambrosio

I'm not exactly who she is or why she is famous. But then, I often don't follow such things. I may be Extra Extra challenged. I don't know half of the people they profile on that and similar shows are. I think she is a VS model and may have done some other modeling and had some theatrical roles. Nonetheless, she is very pretty and when I was looking for some new Christmas items I stumbled upon her. So here is Alessandra Ambrosio.

Christmas Boats

I love boats decorated for Christmas. These pictures are from numerous places and websites. Featured are "parades" in Naples, FL, Ocean City, NJ, Clear Lake (Houston), TX and elsewhere.

Feeling festive yet?

It's almost Turkey Day!

I love Thanksgiving! It really is my favorite holiday. It starts with the big "go out Wednesday Night" around town. Friends usually visit from out of town. In the morning we awake, drink some mimosas, listen to Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant, read the big paper, watch the parade, make dinner if we are hosting, bitch and moan about why we aren't hosting if we are not and then have a big meal and a lot of fun. And we can officially start listening to all that wonderful Christmas music.

Guess what? It's almost here!!!!!!!!

It's right around the corner.........

Are you ready for the big day?

Trick or Treat!