Mark Milligan

Gaelic (?) book with scary Gnome

1. Mark Milligan says:

   April 18, 2010 at 06:37pm

   Could he be a leprechaun? They're many times depicted as old men, and sometimes with red coats!

Paint by number cigar store wall hanging

1. Mark Milligan says:

   April 10, 2010 at 03:16pm

   I know there are still oil paintings, but I'll have to call her to ask about the pheasant piece. Some of that stuff has been such a fixture in the house since I was a kid that I don't notice it.

   She might think it's fun to take some pictures and mail them to me, but forget about anything digital with that one, she's not going there! Otherwise I'll be over there within 60 days or so to see her and will make it a point of being more conscious of her kitsch with the digital camera!

Ceramic Bird Watching Bird Statues $2.99

1. Mark Milligan says:

   April 10, 2010 at 10:41am

   I just can't help it Denny, everytime I look at the birds I think of Austrian (or maybe Dutch) tourists on holiday. I have two little robins that my Mom had as a young lady. I really don't know if they're kitsch or crap.

A Scarsdale lawn one spring morning

1. Mark Milligan says:

   April 10, 2010 at 10:38am

   Allee that is great. Reminds me of a joke when I was a kid that I can't quite remember, but in the 60's, people were always saying "death to..(whatever they didn't like)"

   Somewhere in the 60's a crowd gathers yelling:

   "Death to repro!"

   "Death to repro!"

   heard under someone's breath: "who's Repro?"

   I think "Death to Repro" would make a great title for a book.

2. Mark Milligan says:

   April 07, 2010 at 05:40pm

   In some communities they get passed from yard to yard among friends as a joke. I never put that many out that's something. It can be particularly good when planted outside during black tie events so the patrons can feast in their glory as they depart.

House with GIGANTIC religious statue in the front yard

1. Mark Milligan says:

   April 07, 2010 at 06:15pm

   Maybe it's not a dress at all, but a hat.

   Do you think New Bedford might have a splinter group from the red hat society that mocks them by wearing hats to lunch that look like red doll dresses?

   Just a thought.

2. Mark Milligan says:

   April 04, 2010 at 08:30am

   It sure does make a guy wonder why they would put his feet in cement though.

3. Mark Milligan says:

   April 03, 2010 at 08:56pm

   I think it's St. Francis of Assisi, the traditional patron saint of animals and the environment popular with Catholics.

INSIDE HAILEYS HEAD

1. Mark Milligan says:

   April 03, 2010 at 09:33pm

   one loves a good nap, they all seem right to me.

The Terrace Room – Hotel Laguna (in the heart of Laguna Beach)

1. Mark Milligan says:

   March 27, 2010 at 01:33pm

   http://www.hotellaguna.com/index.html gives you the pictures of the restaurant, but not the little lobby up front.

2. Mark Milligan says:

   March 27, 2010 at 01:09pm

   I might be the last person to ask about details of a non descript interior when it stands between me and a margarita on the beach. I do think the lobby up front may still have some of the furnishings from that look. I don't remember the inside seating of the restaurant having anything similar to that going back 15 years or so. Let me see if I can fit it into my travels in the next month or so.

3. Mark Milligan says:

   March 26, 2010 at 11:19pm

   I love this and wish it were decorated this way too. But for a cheap pizza and a marg I do love to sit out back on the water and watch the sunset there.

Music To Make Housework Easier LP

1. Mark Milligan says:

   March 25, 2010 at 10:56am

   Wow this is so much like our kitchen when I was growing up! Dye her hair raven black, put some stretch pants on her with the loops that go around your feet, and it is my Mom right down to being small enough to sit on the counter, and she would have if it struck her fancy. A quick viceroy and then on her way to a Michigan rummy game with the girls.

smoking will stump your growth

1. Mark Milligan says:

   March 22, 2010 at 10:15pm

   Monica this is one of my faves. The little greenie reminds me of how much everybody smoked in our house when I was a kid. Once in the car when I told Mom the smoke was bothering me she said "breathe shallow honey."

Nerdy Magnet Thing

1. Mark Milligan says:

   March 07, 2010 at 08:08pm

   Nessa there was a place where I grew up just like that, it was full of things that would make all of our eyes spin today. An old bachelor in the midwest inherited a department store and proceeded to buy things that interested him! The eye bolts holding the two pieces together hold a secret about the creator.