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Posts tagged ‘birds’

May 7th, 2011

I Scream, You Scream For Hoot Hoot Ice Cream

by Deanna aka Pop Tart

Naturally, the Hoot Hoot I Scream sold ice cream. According to Future Studio, the Hoot Hoot was a real recycling project:

The head rotated; the eyes, made from Buick headlamps, blinked; the sign: Hoot hoot, I scream, used elements of a theater marquee. For over 50 years, Tillie Hattrup ran this L.A.-area refreshment spot designed and built by her husband, Roy in 1926-27. It was demolished in 1979.

More info on the building, with additional digital recreation images, can be found here.

I found this photo via Old Chum when I found these other classic roadside attraction food stand photos. Old Chum (aka Walter Manning of the Old Faithful Shop) says they are from California Crazy: Roadside Vervancular Architecture, compiled by Jim Heimann and Rip Georges; more pics here at his other blog.

March 10th, 2011

Chicks Dig Hats

by Deanna aka Pop Tart

As Ann Miller clearly explains.

March 7th, 2011

Did Your Sister Make These?

by Deanna aka Pop Tart

Kitschy seed bead owl earrings you might only give a hoot about it your sister made them. Via Shop It To Me.

February 22nd, 2011

Puffin Her Shirt Out

by Deanna aka Pop Tart

The seller says it’s a penguin on this retro sweatshirt, but I was so certain it was a puffin that I called hubby over for his bird’s eye view and opinion.

“Puffin or penguin?” I asked.

“Puffin,” he replied with nary a pause.

“That’s what I said!” I squealed.

“Although…” he began,  pontificating on the origin of the word puffin (or was it penguin?) so before my eyes began to glaze over (I have been up all night, you know) I told him to go post his own blog.

It hardly seems fitting for Latin origins of animal species to be beside jokes about female bust lines.

Then again, there’s probably nothing right about joking about female bust lines.

But that shirt asked for it.

December 29th, 2010

Birds Of A Feather Flock On Your Hat Together

by Deanna aka Pop Tart

Normally for “And Some Sort Of A Hat” posts I prefer actual photos, but this series by Vera Brosgol is too charming to exclude. (You might also want to see my post about vintage bird hats at my other blog.)

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October 26th, 2010

Coo Coo, A Pigeon That Won’t Poo-Poo

by Deanna aka Pop Tart

Stuffed hand-knit pigeon, for those times you need to give, say, a co-worker, the bird?

October 1st, 2010

Bob Gave Up Being A Pirate

by Deanna aka Pop Tart

He traded the sea for the sofa, the parrot for a budgie; it was like downsizing.

May 2nd, 2010

Drink ‘Til You See Red Flamingos

by Deanna aka Pop Tart

A set of four cocktail glasses with red flamingos wading in pools of gold.

April 21st, 2010

Breaker Breaker, Got Your Twitter Ears On?

by Deanna aka Pop Tart

Prove it by wearing little blue bird earrings — and by following me on Twitter: @DPopTart.