Archive for September, 2008
Monday, September 15th, 2008
Swiss Miss
Tracy Warner in Swiss nightclub, 1970 In 1970, on our big multi-family trip to Europe, we went to a Swiss nightclub that featured singing and dancing in traditional costume, and people blowing those huge alpine horns. Afterwards, dancing for all the audience, and my parents cajoled me into joining a conga line, or maybe it [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Personal news,Warner by Tracy
Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Go Go Rocketsled
Richard Warner, June 1960, at the Jersey Shore Richard Warner takes a ride on a roller coaster at the Jersey Shore. The cars are styled to look like cartoon outer space vehicles, not uncommon for that era. He is not shouting or screaming so I guess the ride was not as violent as the coasters [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Warner by Tracy
Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Mapca, the Red Planet
This is another of those Russian scientific booklets that originally belonged to the Dittrichs. It was published in 1957 (as they all were) and may have been souveniers from the Soviet Exhibition of Science, Technology and Culture in NYC — each one was stamped, in English, “Printed in Russia.” This one was about Mars. The printing quality is not so [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich,Vintage Publications by Tracy
Monday, September 8th, 2008
El Playboy
Testing to see if the new video WP embedding plugin works … … and it does! The video is by the Argentinian rock band Babasonicos and the song is “El Playboy” — retro 1960s funk; the group dresses up as meat vendors and bus drivers and gyrates and grooves their way down the street. It [...]
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Party Animals
George Dittrich, Joseph Dittrich, and an unidentified lady at a party in the basement of the Dittrich house. Everyone is wearing party hats, drinking (Milk? Whiskey?) and smoking, but appears slightly uncomfortable. Perhaps it’s to do with the basement’s unfinished state, even though crepe streamers have gamely been added to the beams. There is an interesting [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich by Tracy
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Email Addresses Offered
As part of the upgrade I am offering gmail accounts for KDW users. Your address would be: whatevernameyouwant @ littlewhitekitten.net If interested email me at admin@littlewhitekitten.net.
3 Comments » - Posted in Admin by Tracy
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Site Upgrade
I upgraded the weblog to WordPress 2.6.1. It’ll be a little hard to get used to so email me if you have any problems.
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
World War II Postcards
These postcards are three of seven belonged to my father, Howard Warner. He got them in Europe while serving as a machine gunner sergeant with the 44th Division. They were made in France and show scenes of the fighting inflicted on city of Caen during the Battle of Normandy. The city was heavily bombed during [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Vintage Publications,Warner by Tracy
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Backyard Birthday Party
That is me at the center, with my mod Euro cut, opening presents. It was my 6th birthday party. I am sitting in a vinyl-webbed aluminum chaise lounge listening to a little portable radio because that’s what I thought older, sophisticated people did, and I certainly considered myself older and more sophisticated on that day. I’ve already [...]
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Eighties Hair Victims
The bad 80s hair victims identified. That is me, Tracy, with a frumpy perm, not Aunt Nan. Kathrynmary Albert (Warner) Emily DeBolt (Danese)
