Knoxville Then & Now – Westwood Motel Kingston Pike
 I have been meaning to add this motel on Kingston Pike for a long time. We dropped in to try Archer’s BBQ and so I took some pictures and added Read More …
Tag: retro
Mai-Kai Calendar Girls – 1969
Now online is the fantastic 1969 Mai-Kai calendar. This one features sisters Leila and Andree and their cousin Liva. HERE
Etiquette for Young Moderns
Gay Head. Just sayin’.
Redmon Court – Knoxville Then and Now
Another addition to Knoxville Then and Now is the Redmon Court. Not exactly confident I found it. You decide. Redmon Court
Mai-Kai Calendar Girls
In an effort to turn blog posts to web pages, I have started with the Mai-Kai calendars. This also gives me a chance to share a bit of history along Read More …
Service Station – Asheville Hwy
This little station was in a movie filmed in Knoxville. Anyone recall what movie? October Sky or Box of Moonlight? In the movie, I recall there were like 20 Highway direction Read More …
A Little Swank Pad Christmas
A few images from our house:
Tiki Daze is Upon Us!
After a long year of working on this, we are nearly done! The fantastic graphic design artists have taken my thousands of photographs of vintage tiki bar ephemera and turned Read More …
Pleasure Guide
With a title like that, it could be anything, but… And if you have dirty thoughts, this could lead to many places… I’d love to cruise around Nassau in that Read More …
Vintage Hawaii Slide of the Week
Here we see Mr. and Mrs. James V. Barry on vacation in Hawaii in 1964. Fun was had. In about 150 slides from their trip, this may be the only Read More …
Retro Views
No, I am not talking about Dick Cheney’s philosophy, but a great website. Retro Views has many original photographs of motels used for postcards back in the day. You can Read More …
Eliston Place Soda Shop – Nashville
This soda shop is not a place made to look like an old soda shop. It is an old soda shop, vintage 1934. I have been here before, but never Read More …
Vintage Barware
My definition of “collecting” has changed over the years. I have been humbled by the vast and cumpulsive collections by people I have met or seen online. I do have Read More …
Henri Rene – The Swinging 59
I really love Henri Rene’s music. It rewards the listener. It’s slightly akilter. It’s doing little things that are just wonderful and fun. Not in your face. But for the afficianado, Read More …
Kay’s Ice Cream – Maryville, TN
I had seen on Les Jones’ blog that Kay’s in Maryville had closed. On our way to the mountain cabin on Thanksgiving, we drove by to take a look. Notice Read More …