I Am A Boomer
Blog URL http://boomerbabyboomer.blogspot.com
Tags baby boomer, generation, senior, hippie, psychedelic, rock and roll, counter culture, hitchhiking, protests
This blog is about the issues and concerns of the baby boomer generation. Included are personal opinions and life experiences to add a touch of humor and nostalgia.
Latest Blog Posts
- Crown Roast Of Frankfurters on Nov 8, 2009 in frankfurturs weight watchers vintage baby boomer generation cookbooks Thanksgiving crown roast
I collect cookbooks. I have many that are vintage that I buy just for the pictures. Last night, while looking through a case of old weight watchers recipe cards, I ran across this one. I was laughing so hard, I couldn't stop. I just had to share it w...
- Let's Go To The Shoe Store! I Want To Look At The Bones In My Feet! on Nov 7, 2009 in Red Ball Jets Xray machine radiation fluoroscope shoe store
Now that we are on the subject of shoes, in order to get the proper fit for your Red Ball Jets, it was necessary to stick your feet in the X-ray machine. How cool was that? It was better than an all day sucker and bubble gum! Sticking your feet in th...
- Run A Little Faster! Jump A Little Higher! Red Ball Jets! on Nov 2, 2009 in Red Ball Jets flubber uniroyal sneakers
Produced in 1951-1971, Red Ball Jets were the only sneakers to have. There really wasn't much choice back then.Open the box and the smell of pungent rubber would smack you right in the face. It was almost a crime to put them on your feet, but you jus...
- Red Rose Tea! Red Rose Tea! on Oct 20, 2009 in commercial Marquis Chimp Kraft Music Hall Hathaways Red Rose Tea Jack Benny
Remember the Red Rose Tea commercial with the wild jazz band chimps? These guys were The Marquis Chimps, Charlie, Enoch, and Candy. In 1960, they were in three TV commercials. One showed them as cowboys, another playing golf, and the most famous was...
- SPAM~The Miracle Meat! The Anytime Meat! on Oct 4, 2009 in Minnesota world war two Austin Hormel canned ham SPAM Nikita Kruschev Hormel Girls
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM Hormel's new miracle meat in a can. Tastes fine, saves time. If you want something good, ask for SPAM! Sung to the tune of the chorus of, "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean," this was probably the first singing commercial, launched in...
- Crash Pad on Sep 27, 2009 in cool Washington crash pad hippies 1949 buick
May 10, 1969Dear Daddy,I am having such a cool time. You wouldn't believe Keeper and Mary's place. It's a total crash pad. It's better than any place in BG. There are about 20 of us just hangin out. We camp in the yard and travel around to see the si...
- I Want To Be A Breck Girl! on Sep 26, 2009 in Ralph Williams Cybill shepard Breck girls Cheryl Tiegs Roma Whitney Brooke Shields Charles Sheldon liquid shampoo Jaclyn Smith Christy Brinkley Dr. John Breck Kim Basinger
Dr. John Breck developed one of the first liquid shampoos in 1908, in Massachusetts.During the first years of his business, distribution was only in the New England area. Then in 1946, the shampoo was only sold in beauty salons. Advertising began in...
