Oh Happy Day !!

Michelle's dress...

and more on the First Family fashion and the 2 First Daughters who are not dressed like miniature prostitutes..

First ladies fashion....


The Mrs O blog...

A slideshow of Mrs O....

About spring color...

THE Poster...



From now on we'll have rainbows everyday, and a Unicorn in everyone's backyard...

People Picked Me !

One of the many reasons I love etsy is for its artistic vibe...cool, clean and modern and yet....the handcrafted item is the Star of the Show....But they have huge category of vintage...housewares, home decor, books...all manner of the old stuff.......
It is always eye candy...and one of the most eye candiest features is The Treasury.
It's a part of etsy where etsy-lovers make beautiful lists of their favorites on the site....
A wonderful feminine steampunk vintage wool and satin 30s/40s coat of mine was featured recently by a Treasury Maker.... PickleValentine...

The Treasury is titled Chocolate and Licorice...
here's the link....mmmmm....tasty!

The Treasury expires Monday January 19 at 5:47 pm....
I guarantee...You'll crave more Treasury on etsy....
click here for the vintage clothing section....

(and a 60s pink spring suit was picked for the etsy widget by Carol, our Vintage Bulletin blogQueen, this week!)

Best songs about Tacoma & Blogging & stuff

Love love this one about us....the lonely bloggers.....that Fewster is mad...and Heidi's songs touch me......and that child of his..Hannah.....what a big chip off the ol' block ........Artwalk night, Folksingers in Hell will be singing with us....

and I just wanted to mention that January's birthday is January 15th...she's 39. She's my first born. I love her more than I could ever tell you...no matter how many words I use....and aren't I a special mom, that I could arrange for a National Holiday just for her on her special special day??




here's a few vids....at the bottom.......
no intro needed for Neko...who used to dance with January for and with Girl Trouble...doesn't get much more Tacoma than that.......



not so much about Tacoma, but Fewster is Tacoma...


not about Tacoma, but named For Tacoma....and you never go wrong with a Leonard Cohen song....


So Just how BIG is Tacoma....well, I can hold it in my heart....


and because Jerry Miller lives here, and it's been toooo long since I got drunk and made him play this song, for me...Just For Me ! I mean, how many people met in SF in the late 60s/early 70s and then, independently moved to Tacoma??


And Chan Marshall doing a cover of my other fave Moby song.(moby GRAPE !)Naked If I Want To. I love this one soooo much because the lyrics really capture the times of my misspent youth, man....

It's A Heat Wave !!

56 and sunny....and that's not just my age and disposition.....that's the Weather Forecast...
I'll be in a bikini!
'member last Art Walk...the one that didn't happen? Snow snow snow...up to your bikini line?
so, let's do it again for reals this time.......

Artwalk 3rd Thursday.......
January 15
and Folksingers In Hell have agreed to come back and play their
Tacoma Crunchy Sugar Pops In A Blacktop Bowl genre of folk music.....
That is music for folks who are in danger of jadedness,
in danger of calcification and ennui.
Music from David and Heidi
from
7 pm to about 8:30 ish.
Food and something to drink.
funkoma vintage &
Amocat Antiques.
712 Broadway.
In the Rampart Bldg.
Tacoma Washington







Because Folksingers In Hell isn't enough frivolity for December's Artwalk evening....
We present...hanging on our wall...
..the art of..

Maureen Smith

****Maureen spent a year and half in commercial art school right after high school. This almost ruined her and sucked all the joy out of doing art for years. She was a hairdresser, theatre critic, insurance clerk, computer programmer, game, book and comic seller, would be novelist (not necessarily in that order) over the years. Now she tortures David Fewster at work and does art for herself at home. And loving it! P.S. It's David's fault.****

Murray Morgan Bridge..A little slow on the uptake...

I did read the headline and I am thrilled beyond belief!!! Yes, MM bridge will be saved! and it should be saved. History, and knowing your history, saves you from becoming like Dick Cheney or Leona Helmsley...and you don't want to be her/him do you? And to all the jerks that said to tear it down, I say, Kiss my Ass.
Allow me to quote from History:
T. H. Martin, Secretary of the Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce added, "Nothing has been done for years that means as much to the industrial development of Tacoma as the building of this highway to the tidelands" (quoted in Jonathan Clarke, "City Waterway Bridge").

This bridge is a monument to the working class. It is in the perfect place in downtown Tacoma rubbing elbow to asshole with the Russell Building...

the MM bridge is proof positive that the working class (who don't wear Dockers to work), can accomplish great things, and this bridge is great and unique in all the known universe, while you are not a unique snowflake.........

Now true, the Docker wearing pencil pushers helped to corral the money for the bridge back in the day....and the function of the tideflat businesses and the ships moving in cheap plastic trinkets for you to buy at WalMart, and then the big ships that are full of American money that sail back to China.....are for big big commerce. I'll let that go, for now.

Without those of us who drive the big rigs, who swing the hammer, who sweat and strain...for your leisure....well, I just think you need to be a lot more appreciative of us.
Come on...it was just Christmas...didn't you watch It's A Wonderful Life?? What do you think that movie was about??
Zuzu's petals?
reprinted from the News Tribune...and I still hate your guts except for about 5 people that work there....



Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Murray Morgan Bridge could have new cables by July
Posted by Jason Hagey @ 04:43:28 pm

That's what Tacoma City Council members were told Tuesday.

Even though officials haven't secured all of the estimated $80 million it will take to rehabilitate the bridge and re-open it to traffic, they are ready to replace the cables. That will allow the bridge to remain open to pedestrians, rather than lock it in the upright position -- something that was contemplated.

Jim Parvey, an assistant public works director, and Kevin Dayton, state Department of Transportation regional administrator, updated council members on the effort to rehabilitate the iconic bridge that connects downtown to the Tideflats.

It's been closed to vehicles since October, 2007.

The men outlined a four-phase approach to rehabilitating the bridge that starts with replacing the cables.

Doing so will cost about the same amount -- $3 million -- as it would to lock the bridge in the upright position. The money might as well be spent on something that will contribute to the rehab effort, they said.

About $36 million is currently set aside for bridge work.

"At this point, we are ready to move forward with the design of the lift cable replacement," Parvey said. The work is scheduled to be finished by July.

The other phases include:

[More:]

* Rehabilitating the center truss. Estimated cost: $54.1 million.
* Fixing the approach on the downtown Tacoma end of the bridge. Estimated cost: $14.9 million.
* Fixing the approach on the Port of Tacoma side of the bridge. Estimated cost: $8.3 million.

Officials hope to complete all of the work by 2013.

Council members were generally pleased by the news, but they also expressed their continuing frustration with the state Department of Transportation for allowing the state-owned span to deteriorate to its current condition.

Councilman Mike Lonergan said he worried that despite the efforts of state Rep. Dennis Flannigan, D-Tacoma, to secure state funding, the bridge would not be a top priority compared to other big-ticket items such as the Highway 520 floating bridge and the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle.

Mayor Bill Baarsma said he believed that Flannigan, had he been able to attend the council's study session, would have expressed optimism about the chances of securing additional state funding. Baarsma also thinks there is an "excellent" chance of landing federal money.

"What we really need, it seems to me, to secure that state and federal funding is to start the process," he said.
Categories: Tacoma • 4 comments
COMMENTS:
Permalink Comment by footballscaa @ 12:44 - Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Email
Well that accomplishes nothing but unneeded expense. How about widening Portland Ave, so those of us who work in that area can get to work in a timely fashon. Waste of time and money.
Permalink Comment by smartalex241 @ 13:32 - Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Take this ugly industrial monster down. Use the money to fix the streets or build a decent looking bridge. How anyone can defend this as a historical treasure is beyond me.
Permalink Comment by mrbaileyboy @ 17:39 - Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Email
This bridge is being saved so the property on the east side of the waterway will remain valuable to a certain port commissioner. Drive east on 11th street sometime. It is a dead end. Tear down the bridge.
Permalink Comment by turp63 @ 05:05 - Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Email
Yup.. Instead of wasting the money on new cables have it demolished and removed.

Let's hear it for the boys....

Excellent men's vintage is harder to come by........stop snickering..


Men wear their clothes out...till there are holes and stuff. Not much left but for the Rag Bag. I give a little Whoop inside when I get the good stuff. Here are a few......

Ending soon.
ebay.
Gold Black Satin Sharkskin 60s Vintage Smoking Jacket

Wanna go to see it all on ebay? clicky




Very Vintage 40s 50s Red Wool Winsted Thermal Shirt

Vintage 40s 50s Pilgrim Long John Underwear Union Suit

60s Vintage CAFE Racer Leather Motorcycle Jacket M L

Skid Row * Skids Across America Tour Vintage T Shirt

Golden Glen Plaid Sharkskin 60s Vintage Jacket 42/44

50s Vintage Fleck Tweed Silky Wool Jacket 42/44

Superb Sharkskin Bronze Rust Plaid 60s Vintage Jacket L

so, see what happens when you google yourself...

in many other countries artists are treated as if they are valuable, as if what they do is as important as a plumber, for instance.

a certain plumber now has a job as a TV reporter, tho he has no good grasp of language, or politics. What a Country!!!!

Perhaps artists will get a bailout like FDR did in the 30s.......when Obama takes the crown and walks down the aisle.

so, here is a little film titled FUNKOMA.
not by me, but by some folks in Istanbul....
nice silliness. cute 80s dresses.
Hey, maybe they should enter this in the next Tacoma Film Festival, in the New Category titled:

Inadvertently Tacoma-Centric Titles, But Not Necessarily Jive Subject Matter.

weird.
clicky here.....