kookykitsch

I'm Jessica Lindsey, Native San Franciscan, currently residing on the island of Alameda, CA, with my husband, Mel Waldorf, leader of Meshugga Beach Party, the world's premier Jewish Surf Music Band. Come visit my virtual store - kookykitsch.com and real life store -upstairs @ Park Street Antiques, 1519 Park St. Alameda, CA. Find me on Facebook ~ http://www.facebook.com/kookykitch ~ Link to me on Linkedin ~ Follow me on Foursquare/Twitter In 2002, our home was profiled on KPIX-TV in San Francisco as the tackiest home in the Bay Area! Here's the video: HOUSE OF KITSCH These are some of my many and varied interests: Kitsch (obviously), Tchotchkes, flea markets, The 80's, Pop Tarts, Tiki Bars, Zany antics, TV, Toot-a-loop radios, The beautiful island city of Alameda, Park Street Antiques and Collectibles, Grammar Girl, Americana, The Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature (SPELL), Lawn Gnomes, GREAT DEALS!!! Bat Boy, Super Elastic Bubble Plastic, shuffle board, shag carpeting, Schlock, Spray Butter, non sequiturs, TAB and Fresca Soda, swap meets, Punctuality, Punctuation! Cereal, Roadside attractions, vintage collectibles, Quirkiness, The Brady Bunch, caesuras, K-Tel and Ronco Records, Wink Martindale, Avocado Green, Vegelicious Vegetarian Food, bamboo, Hawaii, thrift stores, Pop Art, Pong, Proper Etiquette, Glockenspiels, onomatopoeia, After School Specials, Cats in costumes, Fluffernutters, Mr. Microphone, Monchichi, Men at Work, Men without Hats, mummenschanz, AMC Pacers, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and much much more!

Submissions


Dog Boots

Here are a set of new-in-the-box Dog Boots. They were manufactured by “Hollywood Dog Togs, Inc”, who, according to the side of t...

Various and sundry

Various and sundry items, mostly from estate sales. My personal favorites are the Shinola shoe polish (which I can differentiate from sh*t) ...

A lotta lunchboxes

Lunchboxes have been considered collectible for quite a while now, which makes them hard to come by at affordable prices. These are some of ...

Velvet paradise

This velvet painting of a beautiful tropical scene hangs on a chartreuse wall to highlight the golden hues of sunset in paradise. A lint bru...

Go go Gorby!

Back from the days when Glasnost was all the rage, we’ve got this piece of emerging capitalism, the Michael “Gorby” Gorbac...

Rain lamp

This is a rain lamp. In case you don’t know what a rain lamp is, mineral oil drips down the fishing line creating a beautiful “r...

Shalom!

Sometimes it’s hard to be a Jew is a world full of goyishe kitsch. The goyim have Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, velvet Jesus, bathtub...

Give a hoot!

From the day I learned how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop, I have known to seek the sage advice of o...

Vive la France

Ah, France. Just to say the word conjures images of romance and charm. And what better homage to the charms of France than the peeing boy an...

Send in the Clowns

Clowns. Not just any clowns, but a dentally challenged clown on velvet and a duo of clown-lets (kinder-clowns?) demonstrating the yin/yang o...