It's the Return of the 1970's

Are you guys ready?  It’s the return of the 1970’s. I know, who ever thought they would come back? Other than the hip hugger/ bell bottom fad a few years ago – I thought we were safe.

But it’s been 40 years and apparently some designers are missing their old orange and olive shag homesteads they grew up in or from visits to Grandmas house.  (Can I make a request famous design people?  Please, please, please - no colonial interior designs, please....)

I can’t say for sure if the flocked wallpaper is coming back – but I can say there will be a return of the dark kitchen with funky tiles – emphasis on the funky!

Oh, I stand corrected – folks the flocked is back and it is EXPENSIVE!!!!  $195 a roll????

Gosh this brings back memories, I can remember being a kid and having these very large burlap covered wallpaper sample books in the house, just looking at the shiny foil sheets with the soft velvet patterns was a thrill and the colors – oh, the colors… I’m not sure how we ever survived this fuzzy tin foil invasion.

Where am I getting my information you ask?  Well the Home Depot and Lowes – of course.  I was wandering around wishing on pretty blue glass tiles, as I do so often and found none.   

What I found were a whole bunch of neutral beige and brown glass tiles and then the surprise selection of tiles pictured in this blog. 

Look, is there anyone who was alive then that doesn’t remember those tear drop scrunchy looking ones (pictured at the top) in brown, orange and olive – anyone?  I do believe the bathrooms at Cobo Hall may still be covered in the orange ones.

And look, look at these – they have mirrored tiles too!  Ooohh myyyy.  

Disco fever anyone?  The strobe lights should shine nicely off these in you new brown shag den – with just the right pop of a mirrored wall, not full panels like the old days – but little shiny tiles, with the same horrible coffee spill patterns in them.

Oh Mid-Century modern design return, I guess your forty year nostalgia is just about up – I will miss you – Turquoise is one of my favorite colors…. Oh and chrome, shiny, pretty chrome.  

Guess we’ll have to make way for copper, I didn’t check the faucet section or the light fixtures, but it can’t be far behind…

Oops, there it is!

No post today 4/9/14, see you Friday

Sorry guys, the day is getting away from me and I still have a ton of things to do, clock is ticking - see you Friday!

Stomach Churning Stuff No Plate Can Cure

Duped, I was duped….

When we buy bacon at our house, we cut it in half and then separate it into zip lock baggies, six half pieces each – then we freeze it for easy use at a later date.

At the store I saw this package of “bacon” was marked down and was a great price, so I snagged it and felt good about the whole thing….until I got home….

When I took it out of the bag and set it on the counter, I noticed it was “beef bacon” – what?  What the hell is beef bacon??  People, people, people – bacon is from a little piggy, not a big brown eyed cow.

Still I cut the package in half, sorted it out and put it in zip lock baggies.  Then I took them down to the basement freezer.

And that night I couldn’t sleep.

Honestly, the “beef bacon” kept me up all night.  Just thinking about “beef bacon” makes my stomach churn – thinking about the thick white beef fat and stuff, sounds simply sickening.  

So the next day, when I got up – I went downstairs, pulled the baggies out of the freezer and promptly took them outside and tossed them in the trash bin.  Couldn’t have the fake bacon in the house anymore – there is something horribly wrong with the creation and subsequent sale of “beef bacon” to unsuspecting customers (some of which might not even know what animal bacon actually comes from).

What exactly is a cured beef plate?  Is it something I can serve my real bacon and eggs on?

Just writing this is making me queasy all over again.  Gross, gross, gross!

So this is a public service announcement:  Beware, there is imposter bacon out there – if you are going to ruin your healthful diet with tasty bacon, it should be the real thing.   

And if you don’t know where your food comes from – by all means, please learn.  Bacon comes from pigs – period, end of story.

Oh and yeah - read the label while you are in the store, not after the fact (that ones for me...)

Note: What we Americans call bacon is what Europeans and Canadians call “Streaky bacon”, just to help your visuals out - since your bacon is actually a tasty little ham slice to us Americans.