ephemeral lounge

I can’t wait to have more time with this blog than to just slap reblogs on it, but in the meantime, I think men are wonderful. 

life:

Caption from the April 23, 1965, issue of LIFE. “[Frank] watches Frank Jr., 21, emcee a TV show.” (John Dominis—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

See more rare photos of Sinatra here.

retrophilia:

Today in 1936 Bobby Darin was born. Here he is with his song “Dream Lover.”

Cool! Check it. Stan Cornyn, Liner Note Craftsman Extraordinaire and all-around Interesting Individual, in the CBS studio with Frank Sinatra. 

(he’s in the back on the left.)

hollyhocksandtulips:

Douglas Aircraft, DC-8, “The World’s Most Romantic Jetliner” (1960)

Illustration by Mike Ludlow

I have a sudden craving. 

hollyhocksandtulips:

“Summer Treat”

Illustration by Glen Orbik

From 1961, a fun year in music. 

retrophilia:

Today in 1943 Bobby Vee was born. Here is one of his biggest hits, “Run to Him.”

As Frank would’ve said, “Hot damn.”

This is the reason Dino went to bed while the others caroused through the night. He golfed while they slept it off…

(via thomasdestry)

No.

Maybe “I wish you wanted who I am.”

Or, “I wish you wanted what I wanted.”

Or better still, “Take me, take what I’m giving, give what I’ll take in return.” 

(via canyouspareadream)

hollyhocksandtulips:

Dick Clark, 1929-2012

He gave them their best years: RIP Ferdinand Porsche

Let’s dance at the Batcave!

When I was a little girl, the only soda I would drink (other people called it “pop,” but I couldn’t,) was 7-Up. I hated all the fruity things, root beer gave me a headache, and I thought Coke and Pepsi were cloying, though I probably wouldn’t have used that word. Dr Pepper is delicious to me as an adult, but I didn’t like it back then, either. Sprite was no good; it was a sticky 7-Up wannabe. 

So it delights me to collect the 7-Up ads from my babyhood. There are a few others in the blog, back a-ways.

Well, this one is from before I was born…

In the mid-late 60s, 7-Up ads were always sort of alive, to me. They matched the product very well, I think. But I’d drink only the original version now, as I find the HFCS to be metallic on the tongue and phlegmy in the throat.

This stuff here was as crisp and sharp as the photo indicates, and clean on the throat.

It might not surprise you that I could never drink the soda out of a can or bottle (they were all glass then, children!) and insisted on a glass. There was a soda around briefly in the late 80s called Rondo that I could drink from the can, but it didn’t last long. When I was a teenager, I discovered Pellegrino, and then that was the only sparkling drink I enjoyed until I rediscovered Dr Pepper about 25 years ago. (Yes, I am that old.)

Anyway. Always a bit fussy, but only about certain things. :-)