Day 10} Cold~Ice cold tea as soon as I get home. Yes please!
Day 11} Where I ate breakfast~It’s hard getting out of bed in the morning. So I always have breakfast in bed.
Day 12} Stairs~Dangerous to newcomers, the top one is shorter than all the rest.
Day 13} Something you found~Found one of my books at work today, got stashed with some others accidentally. Also got my coupons for Scott Antique Market! Super excited to hit it up.
Day 14} How you feel today~Cute and feminine. Also a bit doppelgängerish{Katharine McPhee is my celeb twin}. Curled my hair and got dressed up for a baby shower.
Day 15} Sunset~I’ve been forgetting to do this one, plus it’s been overcast lately. Sun setting through the trees.
Day 16} Flower~There are lots of flowers in bloom here right now. These roses are so sweet.
Day 17} Something you hate~It’s that time of the month. Bill paying time.
Day 18} Hair~Cookie Dough has appeared for a bit of a snoozle.
Day 19} Orange~Pumpkin is also interested in snoozling.
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Scott Antique Market April 2012
I haven’t been to Scott’s in several months. I can’t always buy things and definitely can’t spend big bucks when I go but it’s fun to look and get inspiration..and get some great Greek food! Jane came this time, hopefully she’ll be out and about again soon:)
We found these beautiful antique Spode sandwich plates and talked with the dealer about traveling through the English countryside. I think it’s time to start planning another trip soon! These plates have lovely colors, they will look beautiful on the wall of a room, not sure what room yet but they are very inspirational. Sometimes it just takes one small thing to bring on the ideas.
Jane found some kindred spirits. Vintage dolls and doll busts. How fun!
Jane is doing some antique shopping as well. Getting ready for a home makeover?
I found this awesome vintage French match lighter for cheap. Love the colors and advertising. It reminded me of this one {below} at Blue Talon in Williamsburg, Virginia that I loved when we went in August.
Lunch time! The Greek food here is awesome and we always get our lunch on here!
Desserts galore! Jane doesn’t know what to choose!
So many choices!
We settled on Spanakopita, tabouleh, and Carolina Caviar. Plus Baklava.
Look good? It was!
Okay this last item really takes the cake. I’m starting to collect charms for my charm bracelet again and as we were going through aisles of knick knacks and boxes and boxes of costume jewelry I remembered to look at charms. As I was looking through tiny boxes the sales lady grabbed Ziploc baggies full of more charms and dumped them out for me to look through. I filtered through them as my mom was looking at vintage cuff links and I had to do a double take when I found this one.
The Nut Tree was a big part of my childhood and of many other children and families in the bay area of California for the later half of the 20th century. The history of The Nut Tree is actually very interesting and nostalgic. Fun fact: They catered to Queen Elizabeth in the 1980’s. I was shocked to find this charm in a Ziploc bag at a stand with hundreds of other ‘do da's, 3000 miles away, and several decades past it’s height of popularity. I imagine this charm is from the 1960’s. Memories!
Sadly The Nut Tree is no longer. It was sold, demolished, and remade into a mega shopping center. The train and some of the kiddy park have been repurposed at the old location but the glamour of the park at it’s height, like the restaurant pictured above, are long gone.
We can relive the memories through pictures and pop culture like old movies and, of course, Mad Men.
Does anyone else have memories of The Nut Tree?
Who else is participating in April photo a day challenge? #photoadayapril
Have a bright day!
Bright Girl
I remember we had dinner at the Nut Tree for my grandparents 50th anniversary - that place was such a big deal! And it always had the best candy.
ReplyDeleteSo crazy that I found this! Brought back some fun memories and I got to pull out some really cute pictures. It's too bad that it's gone now but it's fun to look back:)
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