The records
We had lots of Saturday left so we visited Monica's dad which we do most Saturdays. He gets interested in getting rid of stuff relatively often and insisted that we go through some stuff and take some things home. We did. Here is what came home with us:
An astronaut toy from the early 1970's
A Grandslam Mixed nuts can with a baseball theme
A McDonald's wastebasket bank from the 1970's
A 1970's Fisher Price figure
The front of a giveaway calendar from a service station. It is a picture to hang up.
The back had this season's greetings message from the service station...
...and a 1956 calendar!
Christmas items! An inflatable reindeer, two bottle brush wreaths, a pair of Christmas tree salt and pepper shakers (marked Japan) and a creepy Santa (marked Japan). We think Monica's dad likes giving these things to us even more than we like accepting them!
On Tuesday, we had a trip planned for Brooklyn for a concert. We took off on both Tuesday and Wednesday (the second day to sleep a little later as we knew we would get home late). We typically don't consider concerts in Brooklyn because trains are tough since changes of train are necessary. The headliner is one of Rob's favorite bands who last saw in the early 1980's and when the tickets went on sale, he took the philosophy of buying now and figuring it all out later. We decided to drive in (after getting advice from a friend who was at the same venue two weeks earlier). Road trip!
Of course, we wanted to get some dinner before the show and we went to a place we have been before...the Jackson Hole Diner. It has been around since 1952 and was known as the Airline Diner whose original sign you can see in this picture as they left it there. When the diner was bought in 1972, the name was changed to Jackson Hole Diner.
Another picture of that great neon sign
This vintage Coke machine sits in the lobby and has probably been here since 1952.
Each booth has a jukebox.
The tables have a boomerang pattern!
One view of the inside of the diner
Another view of the inside of the diner
The bathroom is pink!
After we ate, we took the twenty minute drive from Queens to Brooklyn and arrived at The Warsaw, our concert venue for the night.
The concert had a dining room that offered Polish food like pierogies and kielbasa. The next time that we go to The Warsaw, Monica wants to give these a try.
We were here plenty early (by design) and knew we would be right up front for the show!
This was a going to be a great double bill because the opening band was Avengers, a San Francisco based band that has been around since 1977. They have a legitimate pedigree. They were the opening band in January, 1978, when Sex Pistols played their last show with Johnny Rotten as their frontman. He walked off stage that night vowing never to return (he did in 1996 for a reunion tour). This is an early picture of the band with, left to right, Penelope Houston, Danny Furious (later in Joan Jett and The Blackhearts), Greg Ingraham and Jimmy Wilsey (later in Chris Isaak's band. He was the one who played slide guitar on Isaak's famous "Wicked Game").
The Avengers! Original members Greg and Penelope to the left. Hector Penalosa fon bass (original member of The Zeros, a great punk band from Chula Vista, California that formed in 1976). We were right up front along the rail set up five feet from the stage. They were incredibly loud (our ears were ringing) but incredibly great! This was our first time seeing them.
The headliner was Northern Ireland's greatest punk band, Stiff Little Fingers, who have been around since 1977. The original lineup is pictured here. Left to right, Henry Cluney, Jake Burns, Brian Faloon and Ali McMordie. Rob saw them in the early 80's but not since then and they remain one of his favorite bands of all time. If you've never heard of the, think Irish version of The Clash. Only Jake and Ali remain in the band.
Stiff Little Fingers today with Jake on lead vocals and guitar and Ali McMordie on bass. They were amazing (and just as loud as Avengers)! It was a great show and driving to the show turned out to be a great idea. We parked just tow blocks from the venue and there were no parking meters. It took us just over an hour to get home by car.
On the last weekend of October, We had three sales on our list and we were hoping for a great saling day. It looked promising.
Our first sale was with one of our very favorite tag sale companies. Their ad described the sale as an "entire house of a 98 year old man". The pictures showed lots of old stuff. We left early enough to have a reasonably good shot of getting in early.
Our numbers told us we might get in as early as we had hoped.
If this picture looks really blurry, it's because it is. This picture was taken through a screen and showed us that there could be Christmas stuff inside.
The upstairs rooms were completely empty except for on closet with just one Christmas thing.
Those shoppers looking for vintage office items were in luck!
There was a mounted pencil sharpener and that is always good luck!
The basement had a great, though worn, floor and an old television.
A vintage bar. We always love seeing them!
The kitchen had some great vintage wooden cabinets.
Rob has an interest in vintage stamp albums but these were a little damaged so we passed on them.
The sale grew a good crowd and the tag sale company's owner, Ron, waved hello for the picture. We found a variety of interesting things here including some books, a vintage chip and dip bowl and several other things. It was a good start to our saling day.
Our second sale was listed as "an amazing vintage and holiday item garage sale". There were no pictures to support the sale and we chose to take a chance based on its proximity to the first sale. There wasn't much to see but we did bring home one vintage Santa mug marked Japan.
Our next sale was unexpected. It was not on our list but we passed a church sale and we had to stop. There was nothing of interest except the cookies that Rob bought. They were eaten before pictures could be taken.
Our last sale of the day was described as an "estate picker sale" but had no pictures. It was in the same general area as the other sales so it made our list.
Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Nice Fat Policeman? This would never be released today. We did not get this but we did find three records and a cast iron lamb cake mold which is extremely heavy and predates the classic lamb cake mold by at least ten years. We may not ever use it but we may. We just may!
When we got home, we had a chance to look at what we found and this is what we saw:
Some records
A Swinging Singles book and a bar book
Two vintage poodle wall hangings and two cocktail stirrers
A vintage chip and dip bowl
A cast iron lamb cake mold from the 1940's
A vintage ash tray, a ceramic Earl Bernard car bank (marked Japan), vintage salt and pepper shakers (marked Japan), a Pogo figure and a finger puppet from the 1970's which was a detergent giveaway.
A Santa sleigh display and a Santa mug (both marked Japan)
Halloween wound up being a disappointment. We look forward to going with Monica's sister and the kids for some trick or treating but the weather was miserable. A Nor'easter struck with torrential rain and big wind gusts. The people in their neighborhood who set up elaborate Halloween displays did not do so this year. We stayed inside. We did, of course, carve our own Jack O' Lantern which was huge this year!
Our giant pumpkin
Our giant Jack O'Lantern
Spooky!
Roasted pumpkin seeds!
Despite the Halloween weather disappointment, it was a great two weeks together. Stay tuned for November when we post our adventures later this week.
Love that Santa sleigh!
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We were really happy to find it, Mary! (Rob)
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