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There's A Real Person Behind This Blog
I hemmed and hawed a bit about whether I should write this post; it's personal, and I usually don't vent about personal things on Go Retro. People come here to be entertained by nostalgia, whether it's...
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Whatever Happened To Enjoying the Backyard?
We're half way through the summer now, and I swear I can count on only one hand the number of times this season I've seen a neighbor enjoying their yard. The guy in back of us is building a chicken...
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The Sexy Allure of Vintage RVs
There's a '70s or '80s Coachmen for sale that I drive past every weekday twice on my way to and from work. One of my recurring fantasies is that I win the lottery, buy it, and my single gal pals and I...
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Ten Reasons Why Christopher Walken Is Cooler (And Hotter) Than You
I got a fever...and the only prescription for it is Christopher Walken.Confession...when I was a kid (or maybe I was a pre-teen) I remember watching The Deer Hunter on TV with my parents and thinking...
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Pokemon No Go: Why the Pokemon Game Craze Is Stupid
You knew this blog post was coming, didn't ya? I'm sure I'll catch some heat for saying this, but Pokemon Go is a stupid game. Go ahead: call me old, outdated, antiquated, ignorant, whatever. The fact...
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New Day. New Ideas. A New You (Er, Me)
So here's the scoop, kids. On Friday I was informed that my position at work was being eliminated. Yep, this is the same job that I thought I had successfully manifested using the law of attraction and...
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It's Great To Be Alive! An Unintentionally Funny Safety Pamphlet From the 1950s
Going through the scanned images of It's Great To Be Alive!, two things quickly become obvious: a. kids from the 1950s were terrible bicycle riders and b. kids also did a lot of stupid, dangerous...
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Not How It Sounds...Five Songs Whose Singers Fooled Me
Have you ever listened to a song for a while or even years and because you've never seen the music video or a recorded performance of it, falsely assumed the singer was a particular gender or race...
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Meet My Nifty Mid-Century Modern Stacking Tables and Ceramic Cat Sculptures
If you're a long-time reader of this blog you may have wondered why I never seem to share anything vintage that I actually buy. The answer is I really haven't bought all that much, to tell you the...
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My Ten Least Favorite Songs From the Seventies
I could have called this post, "The Ten Worst Songs of the Seventies" but I can hear the comments starting already..."Hey Pam, how could you have missed (insert song title here)?"..."I don't agree that...
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How Do You Do? The Story of Mouth and MacNeal
Seals and Crofts. Hall and Oates. Captain and Tennille. The seventies gave us lots of musical duos that scored many chart toppers during the decade. One lesser known act -- mostly due to the fact that...
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Why I Don't Like Texting
A few months back I blogged about why I still feel men should pay for the meal on a first date, and how women shouldn't chew out men that hold doors open for them. Today I feel compelled to talk about...
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When a Seventies Child (Me) Becomes Middle Aged
"Welcome to middle age!" declares an advertising campaign for Philosophy starring Ellen Pompeo that I keep seeing online. "From here on it's a steady decline into old age and cultural...
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A Look At A 1970s Arno Appliances Catalog
Arno is a Brazilian home appliance manufacturer; I believe they're still in business today. I found the following catalog scans on Flickr (credited to a user named Gugue) and thought it would be fun to...
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Steak, Butter, and Eggs, Please: A Return To Retro Eating Habits!
If you grew up in the '70s like me, you probably remember the margarine craze of that era: we were told that butter was bad for us and would clog our arteries, and somehow substituting the natural...
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Stop, Look, and Listen With Willy Whistle
From straight out of the '90s comes this unintentionally funny and contrived PSA about road crossing safety (all of things) from the National Safety Council. It features an animated floating whistle...
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When Drying Your Hair Was Groovy
As much as I wouldn't give up my ionic hair dryer and flat iron for the small-barreled curling iron I owned in the '80s, I must admit I have some longing for nostalgia when looking at advertisements...
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Whatever Happened To The Kid That Played Danny In The Shining?
Halloween is right around the corner, and the other day while watching clips of my favorite horror movie, The Shining (because it's the feel-good movie of the season, as you know), I started to wonder...
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Quick Favor To Ask Of Go Retro's Facebook Followers
Facebook drives me crazy, and not just because this time of year my newsfeed is clogged with content pertaining to politics and the election. I've also noticed that in recent months, engagement has...
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GIVEAWAY: Win a Mid-Century Modern Style Ceramic Horse!
It's time for a long overdue giveaway, Go Retro readers! Several weeks ago I showed you the pair of mid-century modern style ceramic cats that I ordered from an Etsy shop called Making Clay Memories....
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