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Before you could drive you had to get a parent or older sibling to drop you off at the new mall. The indignity! Especially if you got picked up in an AMC Pacer.
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funny, kids, pacer, saturday, small town usa
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Bringing it in for the high note, Marvin Gaye rocks the houndstooth suit with a Soul Train style lighting treatment behind him. You can hear the note in your head....
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The theory is that the lightness of seersucker material will help keep you cool in the Summer but actually you just probably shouldn't wear a suit.
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classic, funny southern, mens clothing, mens fashion, retro
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Somewhere on East Broadway, downtown in SoHo in New York. I've loved this architectural thing since I first saw it in the 80s. So glad they haven't gotten rid of it.
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They never say this as though it's an actual question. It can drain your enthusiasm for life in 60 seconds. Ninety something percent of the time they don't even listen to your "answer."
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funny, hold, humor, old phone, phone etiquette
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I dug this out of a sketchbook from 1980. So, obviously, it's a much younger Pat Metheny. But at that point in time that's what we had. Jazz guitar and eyebrows.
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Dusk turns to night and the cast-iron skillet must be broken in. Croppie and butter. A dancing fire. Remnants of daylight softening over the lake.
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camp, campfire, camping, cast iron, cast iron skillet
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I love the old school subway tile mosaics. Atlantic Avenue is a nice, if straightforward example. Recent trek to a Liberty game gave me a chance to take this picture.
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atlantic avenue, brooklyn new york, brooklyn ny, i love new york, mosaic
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Spent some time in Minot. Enjoyed it. But it was after 10 o'clock before it started to get dark! I assume this is a buffalo. Could be a bison.
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Man our kids LOVED these! We knew where each one of these in the standard metropolitan statistical area was located. And then they were just physically too big.
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These old metal contraptions start out colorful and thanks to rust and weather get even more complex in their appearance. Our kids loved these. And then suddenly were too big for them.
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back to school, children, colorful, first day of school, horse
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I mean do we even still think of an actual newsPAPER anymore? Standing and knowing how to hold one just right to read out on the street in a fedora? Lost art.
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Been on 12th Street in Little Rock since the early early 80s. I used to feel bad for Mike, but it turns out the nickname was because he played "ugly" in high school football.
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arkansas, little rock, music, notions, novelties
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Hitting that cooler for a couple of Dr. Pepper's is just what July is all about. A couple of baseball team friends ready to make short work of that beverage.
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An impromptu community forms at a late afternoon fish fry out on somebody's grandfather's farm. Pickup trucks, Dr. Peppers out of an ice chest. Hunting Dogs. Catfish filets plopping into hot oil.
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Christian McBride cooks at the best jazz club in the world - the Village Vanguard! A quartet of bass, drums, sax and trumpet throw out dense ideas in the basement.
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christian mcbride, folk art, greenwich village, jazz, jazz club
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Astronomical event, literally, and often confused with the Bonnie Tyler hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Only happens when it is good and ready to happen. 2024 will be an eventful enough year as it is....
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Small town lunch spot where a morning in town ends with a thick slice of pie. Overalls, John Deere, seersucker suit, calendar with a woman water-skiing in a one piece.
