The Full-Service Bohemian

Friday, September 19, 2025

Lucky Dip

For today's Lucky Dip, we have things that are blue
. Or mostly blue.

Wanna see?

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/1950s_seed_packet_white_squash_print_crossbody_bag-256399396108312661

See all (I hope all. Zazzle sometimes doesn't show all) my tote bags here: https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/shopping+bags?dp=252872504922109993&ps=72

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Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/beautiful_in_blue_tank_top-256862346097202113

See all (I hope) tank tops here: https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/womens+tank+tops?dp=252583164806205307&ps=72

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Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/1936_blue_packard_serving_tray-256941195107939821

See all (I hope) serving trays here: https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/serving+trays?dp=252020802773458803&ps=72

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Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/butterfly_girl_in_space_ceramic_tile-227403682671375569

See all my tiles here: https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=72&qs=tile&dp=252283360970275166

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Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/princesse_de_broglie_sherpa_blanket-256477205954659116

See all (I hope) throw blankets here: https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/throw+blankets?dp=252074541383525986&ps=72

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Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/renaissance_jewels_print_bath_towel_set-256621644893733662

BTW the above 3-piece towel set has a wash cloth, a hand towel, and a bath towel, which measures 30" x 60".

Here's what it looks like:

See all my towel sets and single bath towels here (I hope): https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/bath+towels?dp=252347911405471562&ps=72

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Thus ends today's Lucky Dip. Come back soon to see more !!!

RIP Robert Redford

Yet another star has died.

I say 'Yet another,' because every time one of the bigs dies, it seems, at least temporarily, that the world is coming to an end.

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I have two major memories of Robert Redford:

Memory the First...

The family, or what was left of it (by the time of this story, my two older brothers weren't home a lot of the time) so the family was my parents, me, and my little brother were going to see Jeremiah Johnson.

That day there was a foot of snow on the ground.

And we would be walking to the movie theater because our car was in the shop.

This would not be at all memorable if we'd gone to one of the nearby movie theaters, either the Merben or the Mayfair, which would have been a 20 minute walk. Or maybe a little longer due to the snow.

But we were going to shlep in a foot of snow almost three miles to the Benner.

I remember very little about the movie, except a scene where Jeremiah Johnson meets some crazy person, but instead of crazy, he refers to the person as ‘touched.’

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Memory the Second...

One of my older brothers had gone with his girlfriend to see The Great Gatsby, i.e. the one from 1974, which starred Redford as Jay Gatsby.

On older brother's return home, he announced 'If I was a woman, I'd mail myself to Robert Redford.'

He always looked extra pretty in 1920s/1930s attire.

BTW, Sam Waterston played Nick Carraway in the movie. If you watch the movie today, Sam looks like he's age 14.

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All the other movies of his that I saw in the theatre:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: This was re-released a couple years after it first came out, so that's when I saw it. I vividly remember the first scene, but hardly any of the rest of it.

The Sting: This was the first movie I went to see by myself.

The Great Waldo Pepper: All I remember about this movie is nothing about this movie, but a day or two, or maybe three days before, the family had taken a trip to the Delaware Water Gap. Where we'd had a meal at Howard Johnson's. And where Howard Johnson's Coke or Pepsi (I forget which) tasted like mostly water. That's something I'll never forget.

A Bridge Too Far: I remember I saw the movie, but I don't remember thing one about the movie.

The Natural: I recall that a) I really liked this movie, and b) he was at he very prettiest in this one.

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Of the movies he directed, the one I best remember was Quiz Show, mainly because I snuck into see it.

A friend and I had gone to this big multiplex to see Forrest Gump. After Forrest Gump was over, we wandered the hall to see what else was playing, and decided to sneak into see Quiz Show. I remember doing that another time. That time we snuck in to see Ed Wood, but I forget the movie we saw before that which we actually paid for.

Sunday, September 14, 2025

latest addition to my advertising ashtrays collection

Today we drink.

Ted's Package Store, Mount Holly, NJ

If you didn't live in New Jersey, what would you assume a 'package store' sold?

Business supply in the form of packaging?

In NJ, a package store is another name for liquor store.

Alas, Ted's is not googleable.

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Tombros Liquor Store

This may aNctually be 'Tom Bros. (i.e. 'Brothers")

Or not. Neither Tombros, nor Tom Brothers turn up on the 'net.

There is a Tom's Liquor in Camden. Maybe there's a connection there. Or not.

Friday, August 29, 2025

Tickets, please

Today's ticket comes from a Boz Scaggs concert I saw in September, 1994.

If I hadn't checked the date, I would have easily confused this concert with either a concert or a movie I saw in June that year, which the following story comes from.

(Both happened on a Friday, and I went with the same person to both events, hence my confusion.)

Anyway, I went home early-ish from both events, because I got up early on Saturday to go set up at the flea market, i.e. Golden Nugget Flea Market

I was a fixture there for several years. I remember one guy saying, "You can tell Spring has arrived, because the Full-Service Bohemian is back.' The Full-Service Bohemian didn't/don't do outdoor flea markets in the winter.

So, the story:

Friday night, after either a concert or a movie, I had gone to bed.

I was awoken by a phone call from the friend I'd gone to that concert/movie with. The message he left on my answering machine was "Get out of bed NOW. Then turn on the TV. You GOTTA see this."

That 'this' was the cops chasing the white Bronco that was being driven my A. J. Cowlings, with O. J. Simpson riding gunshot. Six days earlier, O.J. had murdered his wife, and her friend.

I guess we all remember that.

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is Adolphe Menjou for Blackstone cigars

Try as I might, I couldn't get the image larger than what you see.

Here's the ad copy:

I remember seeing Mr. Menjou in three movies:

The Sheik (1921) This was Rudolph Valentino's movie, but Menjou had a supporting role as 'Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert.' He looked pretty hot in his jodhpurs.

Father Takes a Wife (1941) A very silly movie about a middle-age widower romancing an early middle-age actress (Gloria Swanson).

Paths of Glory (1957) I'm not the girl for war movies, but this one is an exception. It's just plain brilliant. Menjou plays the bad guy in this movie. BTW, Paths of Glory would make a great double feature with Breaker Morant.