Year of the Ox

Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous Year of the Ox!

Where Do You Want To Eat?

Here are some more postcards from our collection. The first one is for a chain of restaurants in Oregon although I'm not sure if any of them are still there. We never ate at any of them but I would have loved to see the wonderful Googie style one in the top left.

The second postcard is for the Marine Room Restaurant in La Jolla, CA. This might be a newer postcard as the back states:

High Tide - Spindrift Lounge 1949
Marine Room Restaurant

High tide indeed! If the waves were really that high I doubt the place would be open.

Update: I have been corrected about the waves on the Spindrift Lounge postcard. ChimayBleue saw my post on Flickr and gave me this information.

Old Post Cards

Oh no! It's been a month since I posted anything and the Christmas lights are still up.

I've been working on a design for a new blog header but haven't been happy with any of my attempts. It will be done one of these days.

Here are some old postcards from my collection. The first card was purchased last summer from a coin shop in Granada Hills (next to a good Persian restaurant!) It was mailed to a Mrs. Benjamin of Los Angeles back in August of 1929. The second card was purchased with a lot of other postcards back in the 1980s. I'm not sure how old it is but the printing looks similar to the other card so it's probably from around the same time.

Christmas Tree 2008

Here is our Christmas tree with the decorations. We also took a time exposure picture with the lights out to show the tree lights.

This Year's Tree Topper

This tree spire will be topping our tree this year. We found it at an antique store in Carpenteria just after Christmas last year. It is similar to the spire my family had when I was a kid. I will post pictures after we have decorated our tree.

Twelve Days of Christmas First Day Cover

Here is a FDC I got at a Stamp Show in Santa Barbara several years ago. This was an interesting stamp series from The United Kingdom issued in 1977. It has an insert with information on the 12 Days of Christmas, the artist who designed the stamps, and the artist who designed the FDC.

It's That Time of Year

Time to get out the Christmas items and start decorating. Ours are still up in the rafters in the garage but here is a decoration my parents just gave me (they got it at a church craft sale). I'll post some pictures when we have the decorations up.