Fisher-Price breakfast set
It’s been a long time since I posted on this, but I’m a sucker for all things pop-culture and nostalgic (especially anything that reminds me of being a kid), so I flipped when I came across the Tumblr site I’m Remembering. It’s the motherload of all things 80′s and early 90′s – pages and pages filled with things I remember and things I wish I could remember.
Most of these were from when I was really young, but I’m sure I’ll be posting some other goodies on occasion. The site is a gold mine.
McDonald’s Halloween Pails
Totally remembering these McDonald’s Halloween pails! I had the pumpkin.
Fisher-Price Cookie Counter
This one seemed so familiar, but it took a second to recall. When I saw the screen with Cookie Monster juggling the cookies that’s when it all came back. So funny how that works! Speaking of recalling…have you ever been suddenly overcome by a scent that instantly takes you back to a place or time? It hasn’t happened to me in a long time, but it’s always a crazy sensation, so powerful and surprising. I have heard that scent is the sense that is most strongly tied to memory, so it makes sense to me.
Snoopy Bow Biters
I never rocked these but I remember them. There were other characters too, but I’m not recalling those ones. Maybe Sesame Street?
Cabbage Patch Kids Comforter
I definitely remember this, I actually had this comforter but looking at it now I’m totally creeped out. The funny thing is that I had a Cabbage Patch doll that I couldn’t stand. I disliked her so much that I named her Odetta or Odeada is probably more how I envisioned it at the time.
Any of these doing anything for you? If not hop over to I’m Remembering to see what you can find. Come back and tell me if you find anything good!
[images via I'm Remembering]
I’d forgotten about this…I took it a while ago while I was shopping downtown. I’m a sucker for a good DJ; hey, they’re hard to find.
Another fabulous Google home page today! A real working version of Pac-Man to celebrate his 30th anniversary! Just press the Insert Coin button and use your arrows to move. AWESOME!
This was too good not to share. Topos Graphics and Sarah Riegelmann got together to create this magnet as part of a personal anti-SUV guerilla campaign. Ha! Love it.
[via the always awesome swiss-miss]
Even with my weird schedule lately I still love a good Saturday. While I was out and about I came across these books and got completely giddy. The Where’s Waldo Complete Collection and the Best of Mad Libs do exist outside of my dreams, how cool is that? I can’t help it, I’m a sucker for anything that reminds me of when I was eight.
After some window shopping and some reading in the park, we were off to to watch the fight with some friends. Let me just say that I tried, but I’m not a fan of boxing. The best part was celebrity spotting in the audience, but the fight and the ref kept getting in the way. I did catch Mariah and Nick Cannon. Have to hand it to Mariah though, she posed through all 12 rounds, that must be hard work. The only other sighting I caught was Mark Wahlberg, and that was quite nice. Oh yeah, then there was the part where Chris Brown sang the National Anthem. Yeah, exactly.
It was great company and snacks…and Prosecco, a wonderful way to kick-off a Saturday night. From there we were off to hop around the city and ended up at Le Colonial to visit a friend DJing. After a drink or two and some dancing we were off to Ryoku for sushi and anything fried. We never had dinner, so we had to make up for it at 1:30 AM. These are not going to be pretty pics, but it was latenight dining captured with my phone. It is because of the champagne and this meal (and maybe a few other leading up to it), that I have started to detox today. So worth it though!
Green tea, white salmon, salmon belly, karaage, croquette, kurobota, yakitori…detox.
(I’m already looking forward to a real sushi dinner after the detox, still working up to a date at Urasawa on of these days.)
You MUST check out these Very Mary Kate comedy shorts created by Elaine Carroll; this chick is hilarious! After watching every episode to date, I looked her up and found an awesome character reel she made. I so hope we get to see more of her soon.
“Ooh, my favesies,” how did I not think of that?
[Thanks for the head's up mom]
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We had a gorgeous day yesterday, so I camped out at Golden Gate park for a bit to soak up some sun. What were you up to?
It all went by so fast…as usual, so here’s a funny video to kick-off your week.
Filed under: Silly
Click to see the full size, it’s really cool. I remember seeing the video version years ago…
[owner/artist unknown]
The first thing I do when I walk through the door after work is head straight to the bedroom to change into my jammies. I actually get more done when I’m nice and cozy, but if it entails leaving the house, then this poster by Timothy Buckwalter is all too accurate.
[via postcards from dreamland]
Have you seen this yet? So Funny! The list of cameos is crazy, too.
[Thanks for the head's up, Ed]
