Oh my gosh, Brentanos! There was one not too far from me when I was growing up. It closed sometime in the late '80's, when the whole mall got reconfigured into an upscale, high fashion Rodeo Drive sort of place. I got to meet Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol there, Andy was featuring Debbie in his Interview magazine and I believe it might have been the first issue. There was nobody around. It was the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week. Both looked bored as hell. Debbie was incredibly beautiful. Andy was like you'd imagine him to be, with his white wig and dark sunglasses.
when i was in high school, my local book store was brentano's westwood. we'd spend hours, finally decide on one book, then go next door to sepi's for the best italian subs i've ever enjoyed. sometimes i think the only reason i had a job in high school was to buy books!
I walked into a Barnes in Noble when Frank Zappa was doing a book signing of his autobiography; not long before he died. I didn't know there was going to be a book signing that day. The crowd was insane. His publicist was pretty gruff "Frank is here to sign books ONLY!!!!" Needless to say people brought all sorts of things for him to sign, record albums, t-shirts, panties, and he was very cooperative, friendly, and kind about it all. "I missed my high school graduation to see you at the Fillmore in '72!" one guy said, and Frank replied "Good choice!"
I remember with sentimental pain, when I told an old neighbor that I was going to publish a book. She told me, "Be sure to sell it at the local book store, we need to support the local stores!" My husband insisted in paying the house as soon as possible. So, the money for publishing the book was used for other purpose. Time passed. The local book store closed forever...
One of my daughters still has a table M M watch... 2 short legs to hold it. The arms of the MM at the center of the watch, point the hour and the minutes. And rewinds it every night.
Presumably, you'd need to boil some water to sterilize anything, and for washing up, in preparation of a home birth - but mostly it was to give the nervous father-to-be something to do when his wife went into labor! LOL!
I remember hearing it too, lol! I believe it was like you said, for sterilization. But I also remember seeing a show where the midwife shouted "boil water!" When asked why, she said it was because she wanted to have some tea. :-D
I remember them. They're pretty much gone here too now. I also remember when they were a full booth with a door and a little seat in them. The few that are left are the half booths.
There is a pole-mounted pay phone a couple of blocks from me, but sadly it has been vandalized and has been inoperable for years.
At the Musso & Frank Grill restaurant in Hollywood (which just celebrated its 100th birthday a few weeks ago) there is a telephone booth in back with a dial telephone. It's been there since the '40's. Full booth, door, seat.
Mine too. It was a good motivation for my children to be early at the movies. The cartoon was always shown before the movie. So, it was like a double featured. Be early, get a good seat and enjoy the movie plus the cartoon! Oh yes, the soda and the pop corn too.
Nine children... how to keep ALL of them quiet? House rule: if only one child misbehave, does something wrong, does not do the house chores, the punishment was no movie theater, no permission to attend other child's birthday, no roller skate ring, no swimming pool for ALL of the children. No matter only one misbehaved. So, everybody had to behave or the whole clan would suffer too. Believe me, it was moooooore
You are a brave and admiral woman.....nine children! I think your rule of punishment is absolutely right. I am sure that the child who misbehaved felt worse for letting her siblings down. Standing ovation to you!
Goodness me. To be punished for someone else's bad behavior? Treating a child as if they have any control over another person's behavior is dishonest and cruel. What on Earth does that teach? Be afraid? Be very afraid when at any moment someone else does wrong and you get punished? Is a child supposed to control someone else.. even if they are bigger or older? Yikes! What a unreasonable responsibility. That would be like when the royals used to have "whipping boys". A prince misbehaves and so someone else (an innocent) gets the whip. I think I'd let the innocent go on with their lives and worry about their own behavior. Creating a possible/probable hostile environment between siblings …. wow. Creating anxiety for a child about every moment in the day sound like a good idea? Showing respect for an individual is reasonable. I sure don't want to go to jail because I failed to keep my neighbor honest plus the guilty may not even feel bad about it! I really don't care if they feel bad for me when I know I didn't deserve their punishment. Good gravy people. Think. Children are people too and need our guidance, not our unfair punishments. End of rant.
