THEY WERE ALWAYS MY FAVORITE COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS....Those were the days of innocent youth, a yearning to grow up, a normal desire for any adolescent. Those were the innocent days of the 50s, and then came the 60s...
Friday, December 31, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Luxury launch at Thompson Bay
GRAHAM, YOU APPEAR TO BE HAVING FUN. THE ONE WITH THE BLACK AND WHITE COMBINATION IS MY FAVORITE. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, MY FRIEND. I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO GET BEHIND THE HELM AND PULL THE THROTTLE.
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Luxury launch at Thompson Bay
Uploaded by Tram Painter on 11 Nov 10, 2.37AM PST.
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Luxury launch at Thompson Bay
Uploaded by Tram Painter on 11 Nov 10, 2.37AM PST.
Monday, October 11, 2010
POST FOLLOWERS, HELLO
IT IS SO SELDOM THAT I GET A CHANCE TO TALK WITH YOU OR READ YOUR POSTS. I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RECOVER COMMENTS, ETC FROM MY BLOG.
LET ME ASK YOU A FAVOR. PLEASE GO TO MY FLICKR ACCOUNT AND LEAVE ME A MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE A FOLLOWER. IF YOU HAVE A BLOG, LET ME KNOW. OR IF YOU HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT, LET ME KNOW SO I CAN FOLLOW YOUR PHOTOSTREAM. THANKS, ROBERT
LET ME ASK YOU A FAVOR. PLEASE GO TO MY FLICKR ACCOUNT AND LEAVE ME A MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE A FOLLOWER. IF YOU HAVE A BLOG, LET ME KNOW. OR IF YOU HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT, LET ME KNOW SO I CAN FOLLOW YOUR PHOTOSTREAM. THANKS, ROBERT
Saturday, August 28, 2010
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SHE WILL LEARN MUCH ABOUT THE BEACH LIFESTYLES AND WHATEVER ELSE SHE IS STUDYING.
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Good study habits...
Uploaded by imagirlwatcha on 31 Aug 09, 1.48AM PDT.
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Good study habits...
Uploaded by imagirlwatcha on 31 Aug 09, 1.48AM PDT.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Bikini Suntan
IS SHE WAITING FOR ME TO CATCH UP WITH HER? OH', I MUST HAVE LOST MY WAY IN THE WATER SLIDE. A GREAT PHOTO BY BRAVE HEART. Check out his photographics on Flickr. Click on the photo and you'll go to his photostream.
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Bikini Suntan
Uploaded by Brave Heart on 25 Jan 08, 5.30PM PDT.
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Bikini Suntan
Uploaded by Brave Heart on 25 Jan 08, 5.30PM PDT.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
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MIKE BAIRD IS ONE OF THE WEST COAST'S MOST TALENTED BEACH PHOTOGRAPHERS. This is my opinion, but I am partial to the beaches. He shoots some other great scenes. Take a look at his photos by hooking on to the link below. The photo here is what I call an "art photo" of an impressionistic genre. It is a beauty....
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Sunset over Estero Bay, Morro Bay, CA 11-30-06, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com
Uploaded by mikebaird on 18 Dec 06, 10.12PM PDT.
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Sunset over Estero Bay, Morro Bay, CA 11-30-06, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com
Uploaded by mikebaird on 18 Dec 06, 10.12PM PDT.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
SANTA MONICA on 28 March 1964
...Oh', I could mention that my reason for selecting this photograph for this blog was because I finally found out the name of the hotel on the beach I so well remember when I arrived in Santa Monica, but that would be less than truthful.
Yes, I am happy to have learned that the hotel one sees in this scene is the Hotel Monica, but what puzzles me still is the color. No matter how hard I try, I cannot come up with the color, but something tells me it was white.
Now, about the real reason I selected this photo. Notice how the young lady with the long, gorgeous hair is standing, as if she had just captured the head of BLMISC Club*.
Without a doubt, she has plans for her captive. Keep in mind, Muscle Beach is only a couple of stones throw from where she is so gallantly standing with her toes curled around the young and handsome man whose expression is one of imaginative anticipation and surpressed glee.
If this photograph does not create a lustful thought or two in my mind, I would be too old to remember what fun it was to be young and on the beach in sunny southern California.
* Best Looking Men In Southern California
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MY GRATITUDE TO LANCE AND CROMWELL for permission to exhibit this photo, and others too, in my several online blogs or photo journals. Thank you for your patience with my intense enthusiasm for your great work then, and now. Readers can link to Lance and Cromwells Flickr Photostream by clicking on the highlighted text below________________________________________________
SANTA MONICA on 28 March 1964
WOMAN ON YOUR MIND!!! In the park adjacent ot "Muscle Beach" and near the Santa Monica Pier. Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.48PM PDT.
Yes, I am happy to have learned that the hotel one sees in this scene is the Hotel Monica, but what puzzles me still is the color. No matter how hard I try, I cannot come up with the color, but something tells me it was white.
Now, about the real reason I selected this photo. Notice how the young lady with the long, gorgeous hair is standing, as if she had just captured the head of BLMISC Club*.
Without a doubt, she has plans for her captive. Keep in mind, Muscle Beach is only a couple of stones throw from where she is so gallantly standing with her toes curled around the young and handsome man whose expression is one of imaginative anticipation and surpressed glee.
If this photograph does not create a lustful thought or two in my mind, I would be too old to remember what fun it was to be young and on the beach in sunny southern California.
* Best Looking Men In Southern California
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MY GRATITUDE TO LANCE AND CROMWELL for permission to exhibit this photo, and others too, in my several online blogs or photo journals. Thank you for your patience with my intense enthusiasm for your great work then, and now. Readers can link to Lance and Cromwells Flickr Photostream by clicking on the highlighted text below________________________________________________
SANTA MONICA on 28 March 1964
WOMAN ON YOUR MIND!!! In the park adjacent ot "Muscle Beach" and near the Santa Monica Pier. Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.48PM PDT.
SANTA MONICA 28 March 1964
A BRIEF ESSAY ABOUT YOUTHFUL MEMORIES AND REALITY By Robert L. Huffstutter
There is a nostaligic charm of a bittersweet nature that beckons me back to these photos posted by Lance and Cromwell.
Time and again, I return to view this marvelous set of photos. It is not only the lust and the wishful thinking that lures my aged mind to return to the promenade, it is the overall mistique of the set that takes me back in time if I simply close my eyes for a few moments after viewing.
It is as though I hear the voices of the youth drifting up from the surf to tantalize my senses; it is as though I catch a breeze that is carrying a Kosher submarine sandwich combined with the scent of 60s tanning lotion. My olfactatory elements are almost ready to blow a fuse from the intensity of this illusionary scene.
I close my eyes and relax; I doze off brief only to awake to find a dove looking at me with more curiosity than I care to describe. Several moments pass. The dove's mate lights beside the other.
It is good to have such fond memories. It is good to be alive and able to remember those youthful, joyful days when my eyes met the eyes of many of my peers and generated a lustful wish.
Perhaps, perhaps there is more to lust than one might want to admit, at least publicly, but it is a writer's duty to record the reality of the past and the present.
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MY GRATITUDE TO LANCE AND CROMWELL FOR PERMISSION TO USE THIS MOST OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPH IN MY BLOG.
SANTA MONICA 28 March 1964
Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.36PM PDT.
There is a nostaligic charm of a bittersweet nature that beckons me back to these photos posted by Lance and Cromwell.
Time and again, I return to view this marvelous set of photos. It is not only the lust and the wishful thinking that lures my aged mind to return to the promenade, it is the overall mistique of the set that takes me back in time if I simply close my eyes for a few moments after viewing.
It is as though I hear the voices of the youth drifting up from the surf to tantalize my senses; it is as though I catch a breeze that is carrying a Kosher submarine sandwich combined with the scent of 60s tanning lotion. My olfactatory elements are almost ready to blow a fuse from the intensity of this illusionary scene.
I close my eyes and relax; I doze off brief only to awake to find a dove looking at me with more curiosity than I care to describe. Several moments pass. The dove's mate lights beside the other.
It is good to have such fond memories. It is good to be alive and able to remember those youthful, joyful days when my eyes met the eyes of many of my peers and generated a lustful wish.
Perhaps, perhaps there is more to lust than one might want to admit, at least publicly, but it is a writer's duty to record the reality of the past and the present.
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MY GRATITUDE TO LANCE AND CROMWELL FOR PERMISSION TO USE THIS MOST OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPH IN MY BLOG.
SANTA MONICA 28 March 1964
Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.36PM PDT.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
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ONE OF THE BEST PHOTOS OF THE STRAND or PROMENADE that I have seen. Please note the old Merry-Go-Round on the Santa Monica Pier in the background. And there is the classic window of the bar of the Monica Hotel's cocktail lounge.
THE MONICA HOTEL'S COCKTAIL LOUNGE...was the best seat on the beach in the 60s for those who enjoyed a cocktail while admiring the bodies of the young women and men who paraded by the bar window in scantily-fashioned swimwear. While I was able to maintain my posture while enjoying a double vodka martini on the rocks watching my nearly naked peer groups parading by, some of the older customers tumbled off their stools as groups of pink-bikin-clad hotties paraded by the big bar window of the Monica Hotel bar. The Monica Hotel has been gone for many years now, possibly razed for more parking, possibly because of city regulations putting drinking individuals in such close proximity to half-nude women and men. Who knows for sure?
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THANKS TO LANCE AND COMWELL FOR APPROVAL FOR USE OF THESE CLASSIC PHOTOS IN BEACHFRONT LIFESTYLES___________________________________________
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Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.36PM PDT.
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THE MONICA HOTEL'S COCKTAIL LOUNGE...was the best seat on the beach in the 60s for those who enjoyed a cocktail while admiring the bodies of the young women and men who paraded by the bar window in scantily-fashioned swimwear. While I was able to maintain my posture while enjoying a double vodka martini on the rocks watching my nearly naked peer groups parading by, some of the older customers tumbled off their stools as groups of pink-bikin-clad hotties paraded by the big bar window of the Monica Hotel bar. The Monica Hotel has been gone for many years now, possibly razed for more parking, possibly because of city regulations putting drinking individuals in such close proximity to half-nude women and men. Who knows for sure?
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THANKS TO LANCE AND COMWELL FOR APPROVAL FOR USE OF THESE CLASSIC PHOTOS IN BEACHFRONT LIFESTYLES___________________________________________
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Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.36PM PDT.
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She is a darling, for sure. One other feature of this set that fascinates is the old beach-style architecture, mostly all gone now and replaced by concrete condos. Back then, almost every dwelling was unique with the front doors right on the beach-front. A walk along the strand or Promenade would delight one with the various aromas of what was cooking in the individual homes or wafting from the balconies. Yes, it was much different then.
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Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.36PM PDT.
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Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.36PM PDT.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Santa Monica Muscle Beach
Santa Monica Muscle Beach
working out in santa monica muscle beach , my dad is the bottom support. Cisco on top. Circa 1988
Uploaded by cisco123 on 29 Sep 07, 8.00PM PDT.
working out in santa monica muscle beach , my dad is the bottom support. Cisco on top. Circa 1988
Uploaded by cisco123 on 29 Sep 07, 8.00PM PDT.
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Damn, she blinked! Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.48PM PDT.
Damn, she blinked! Photo project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.48PM PDT.
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THIS IS A CLASSIC AND WARMS MY MEMORIES UP...I LOVE THIS.
I love the hot dog stand in background. Many of my retro paintings include these hot dog stands of the 60s, especially in this area. Some were in business one day and gone the next.
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Project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.36PM PDT.
I love the hot dog stand in background. Many of my retro paintings include these hot dog stands of the 60s, especially in this area. Some were in business one day and gone the next.
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Project for state college photo journalism class back in 1964.
Uploaded by Lance & Cromwell on 16 Mar 09, 6.36PM PDT.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Vintage postcard with Santa Fe Super Chief
This was the train that took me to that great land of California back in 1959. It was a great trip and the orange groves served to remind one that they were, indeed, almost to their destination where the blue Pacfic met the golden sands of the California Beach Scene...
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The below text by CKLX:
Vintage postcard with Santa Fe Super Chief
I bought this postcard in an antiques shop in Ludington, MI. It was only $3. They also had postcards of trains in Ludington and other Michigan towns, but these usually sold for $10-20 a piece...
The train of course is the famous Santa Fe Super Chief from 1936. I think I've seen this postcard before in a book on the Santa Fe streamliners.
The card was published by the Western Publishing and Novelty Co. in LA. It's numbered #506. Does anybody know if there were other postcards with train images?
According to the stamp, the card was mailed in San Diego in 1948. The sender wrote a short message in Oceanside - she bought tickets (for the train?) to travel home on May 28.
Is this a fantasy scene or do the mountains in the background indicate a specific location?
Uploaded by cklx on 29 Aug 07, 5.11AM PDT.
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The below text by CKLX:
Vintage postcard with Santa Fe Super Chief
I bought this postcard in an antiques shop in Ludington, MI. It was only $3. They also had postcards of trains in Ludington and other Michigan towns, but these usually sold for $10-20 a piece...
The train of course is the famous Santa Fe Super Chief from 1936. I think I've seen this postcard before in a book on the Santa Fe streamliners.
The card was published by the Western Publishing and Novelty Co. in LA. It's numbered #506. Does anybody know if there were other postcards with train images?
According to the stamp, the card was mailed in San Diego in 1948. The sender wrote a short message in Oceanside - she bought tickets (for the train?) to travel home on May 28.
Is this a fantasy scene or do the mountains in the background indicate a specific location?
Uploaded by cklx on 29 Aug 07, 5.11AM PDT.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Strand Walker II
Strand Walker II
Originally uploaded by Floyd's Noise/BlueChablis
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Strand Walker II
Another trip down Hermosa Beach's Strand this time with my HD Cam and Shotgun Microphone. And like a snowflake you never know what your lens will capture.
Uploaded by Floyd's Noise/BlueChablis on 22 Oct 08, 8.59AM PDT.
BEACHFRONT LIQUOR STORES
The impressions of sights seen years ago and sometimes only yesterday blend into the mind, making yet another impression and wait to be expressed in scenes like the one above. Just how many liquor stores are in Venice Beach anyway?
A Walk Down Venice Beach
A Walk Down Venice Beach
Originally uploaded by Floyd's Noise/BlueChablis
Venice Beach has been toned down thru the years but there is still some crazyness to observe and some interesting inhabitants.
Music: Margaritaville by Reggae MacHine
Uploaded by Floyd's Noise/BlueChablis on 10 Aug 08, 12.22PM PDT.
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