Category Archives: Suburbia
Beach Club Paradise on Patrol
Life Guards During the 1950’s and 60’s my grandmother was in possession of prime beach club real estate on a narrow spit of land on suburban Long Island. A much coveted corner cabana, we were treated to unobstructed vistas of
Beach Club Paradise on Patrol
Life Guards During the 1950’s and 60’s my grandmother was in possession of prime beach club real estate on a narrow spit of land on suburban Long Island. A much coveted corner cabana, we were treated to unobstructed vistas of
Suburban Lawn Doctor
Images of a green, velvety carpet of grass remain symbolic of home, family and the American Dream. In mid-century America a deep green lawn was evidence of nothing short of good citizenship. So what was a patriotic suburban home
Suburban Lawn Doctor
Images of a green, velvety carpet of grass remain symbolic of home, family and the American Dream. In mid-century America a deep green lawn was evidence of nothing short of good citizenship. So what was a patriotic suburban home
Kitchen Garden All Year Round
Thanks to war-time research and American know how, growing up in suburban mid-century America I would be the happy recipient of a veritable bushel basket of sun-kissed vitamin rich fruits and vegetables. No other country we were told has the
Kitchen Garden All Year Round
Thanks to war-time research and American know how, growing up in suburban mid-century America I would be the happy recipient of a veritable bushel basket of sun-kissed vitamin rich fruits and vegetables. No other country we were told has the
Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me
The scents and sounds of my 1960s childhood summers at my grandmothers beach club would sizzle together creating the perfect summer cocktail. Along with the rhythmic sounds of the ocean waves breaking on the beach, and the staccato click,
Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me
The scents and sounds of my 1960s childhood summers at my grandmothers beach club would sizzle together creating the perfect summer cocktail. Along with the rhythmic sounds of the ocean waves breaking on the beach, and the staccato click,
The Cabana Set Boys of Summer
Beach Club Paradise Pt. II My grandmothers mid-century beach club was an oddly female universe at least during the week when women far outnumbered the men . Up and down the rows of attached cabanas, the daily routines were
The Cabana Set Boys of Summer
Beach Club Paradise Pt. II My grandmothers mid-century beach club was an oddly female universe at least during the week when women far outnumbered the men . Up and down the rows of attached cabanas, the daily routines were
Attack of the Suburban Housefly
Listen…..Do you hear it? Bzzzzzzz……It’s coming back……a buzzing creeping crawling nightmare of terror…..the return of the fly” That may have been the opening trailer in the 1959 Vincent Price movie Return of the Fly but it was a real life
Attack of the Suburban Housefly
Listen…..Do you hear it? Bzzzzzzz……It’s coming back……a buzzing creeping crawling nightmare of terror…..the return of the fly” That may have been the opening trailer in the 1959 Vincent Price movie Return of the Fly but it was a real life
How to Keep Your Cool in The Cold War
Hot Summer…Cold War Pt V The first cracks in my mid-century American dream appeared some 50 years ago this summer. Raising the heat of the Cold War a tense President Kennedy appeared on National television 51 years ago this week
How to Keep Your Cool in The Cold War
Hot Summer…Cold War Pt V The first cracks in my mid-century American dream appeared some 50 years ago this summer. Raising the heat of the Cold War a tense President Kennedy appeared on National television 51 years ago this week
Licensed to Grill
Hot Summer… Cold War Pt. IV With the pungent whiff of sizzling meat in the sixties summer air these cowboy cold warriors got into a heated discussion about the threat of Thermonuclear War and President Kennedy’s cry of a Missile
Licensed to Grill
Hot Summer… Cold War Pt. IV With the pungent whiff of sizzling meat in the sixties summer air these cowboy cold warriors got into a heated discussion about the threat of Thermonuclear War and President Kennedy’s cry of a Missile
Wag The Dog
Hot Summer…. Cold War Pt III As the world poised for a showdown between those 2 cold warriors the USA and the Soviet Union, the risk of military conflict between the 2 heated up the summer of 1961 over the
Wag The Dog
Hot Summer…. Cold War Pt III As the world poised for a showdown between those 2 cold warriors the USA and the Soviet Union, the risk of military conflict between the 2 heated up the summer of 1961 over the
A Sea of Summertime Synthetics
Despite the growing tension concerning Berlin, and the possible threat of thermonuclear war, folks demeanor at my big family barbecue that summer of 1961 were as trouble-free as their Dacron separates. It was always fun to see my usually serious
A Sea of Summertime Synthetics
Despite the growing tension concerning Berlin, and the possible threat of thermonuclear war, folks demeanor at my big family barbecue that summer of 1961 were as trouble-free as their Dacron separates. It was always fun to see my usually serious
Envisioning The American Dream 