With the field now set for Saturday’s Race #2, horses and drinking are at the top of Maryland’s activity list. I’ll Have Another, Bodemeister and Creative Cause, the top three finishers in the Derby, are contenders again.
May the best horse win.
Getting over mid-week one way or another. Thanks to the JB Louvet bicycle, our cyclist is at an advantage. This bike ’grips everything’!
Greyhound encourages travelers to ‘Discover America’. I wonder if travelers took advantage of Greyhound’s services in the 1960s and filled busses with hats and heels heading to the Kentucky Derby. 
While the Americans choose to sprawl their pin up girls on the hood of car calendars, the Italians opt for a more demure route with fully covered ladies next to empty chianti bottles, under a starry sky, beneath the bathtub suds and, beside a bunch of flowers. There are six months available in all, but just photos of the four for now. With eager anticip… ation the other two will be revealed.
An iconic movie for the senior who’s graduating and looking for his future… in plastics.
I can’t remember the last time Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby fell on the same day. I hope people take advantage of the combination and sport plenty of sombreros at the Derby and ask for extra mint in their Cinco de Mayo mojito.
With the Titanic’s 100 Year anniversary this weekend, ships are the focus. From the Normandie to the Grace Line, travel by boat has always seemed romantic and luxurious. Some of the elegance remains with ships like the Queen Mary 2, but the majority of media attention on cruises has been focused on the disasters- the sicknesses on board, the break downs and, most recently, the dreadful capsize in Italy.
Yet with vintage posters, the nostalgia remains.
What a beautiful year 1948 was!
Nicolas wines put together propaganda to counteract the uncivilized American cocktail which was making inroads into their wine sales. These pieces were often very amusing and featured the wide-eyed Nicolas waiter who was often shocked by his guests` questions and desires. In this instance the guest is yelling that he can`t hear what he is drinking. See more Iribe posters on the website- there are 8 in all- perfect for a wine cellar!
Rene Vincent became a legendry illustrator for his poster designs depicting the first generations of automobiles and racecars. Whimsy and elegance combine together to make the viewer want to jump in the car and join the ride.