Games of Chance...

Board game manufacturer Pleasantime not only sold unique games like Space Tilt and Space Checkers, but also saw an opportunity in the niche market of games of chance. Now it was possible for anyone to be a highstakes player, although there were no comped drinks.  Who needs Vegas?

Wild Fun...

Hilarious Maurice Sendak interview by Stephen Colbert .

Shhhhh...

I have always liked 'Do Not Disturb' signs and have accumulated a few, but it's rare to find good ones anymore. Most signs around today lack any creativity or memorable art. This site has put together a great collection. Managing to find both beautiful vintage tags, along with some cool newer ones, it's worth taking a look at. Click here.

Lights, Camera...

I came across a video for the movie Black Rain on a blog recently. It's a movie starring Michael Douglas that I've never seen, but remembered some of it was filmed at 27th and Lexington, near the studio I had in NYC. So I did a little searching and found this (motorcycle scene @ 7:00 on the video to be exact). Like most movies you see being filmed, there's a lot of waiting/ setting up before any action takes place, so every once in awhile I'd take a break and lean out the window to see what was going on.

Later that evening I wrapped up the job I was working on and headed home down 28th street. I stopped at the corner at Madison where the light was about to change. In front of me was this guy on a motorcycle waiting for the light to turn. Realizing they had just been filming around the corner I took a closer look through the helmet's tinted visor (for obvious reasons, different headgear than in the film) and saw that it was Michael Douglas. The light soon changed and he roared off towards uptown and I continued walking home thinking what a special town this was.

A Byte Out of History...

Check out more great vintage computer brochure graphics at the Computer History Museum 

Showdown...

I have entered the Saatchi Online collage 'Showdown' competition. Please help me get to the 2nd round and vote for my work .  Link below will take you to the voting page for my collage. Thanks!

http://www.saatchionline.com/art/Assemblage-Collage-Paper-found-future/315969/155318/view

Bar Hounds...

Dog breeds are matched with mixed drinks on these quirky cocktail napkins from the 1950's illustrated by Constance Depler.
Thanks Liz!