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  1. Matt Crunk

    Headed to CHICAGO for a couple days . . .

    . . . and looking for suggestions from my fellow Loungers on what to see and do while there besides the typical tourist fair. Places that would be of particular interest to the Fedora Lounge crowd.
  2. Matt Crunk

    Any Old West Reenactors on FL?

    I hope this question is appropriate for The Golden Era, but since someone recently suggested that the "Golden Age" might actually span the 100 years from the 1850s to the 1950s, I figure it possibly is. Having always loved Western films and history, I have recently taken an interest in Old...
  3. Matt Crunk

    Cuff advice/size for vintage look.

    I need a bit of help/advice in the suit department. I purchased a suit a few months back that is a fairly close modern interpretation of Bogart's three-piece Navy Pinstripe from Dark Passage. I'm just getting around to having it hemmed this week and I'm trying to figure out what size to make...
  4. Matt Crunk

    Anyone have a maid when growing up?

    We often see '40s and '50s households depicted as having maids in movies and TV shows. So how many working class families really had maids? Growing up in the late '60s and '70s, we had a maid that came in usually twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) to help my mother clean house, do laundry...
  5. Matt Crunk

    Anyone else ever "jones" for their Golden Era fix?

    I've been unusually busy lately preparing to open a new business next month, so I really haven't had much time for TV, movies, Internet surfing, or The Fedora Lounge in recent weeks. What little time I have managed to set aside for TV viewing has been mostly spent with my wife, watching the...
  7. Matt Crunk

    HULK HOGAN's New Restaurant Dress Code.

    I saw an article today about a new restaurant in Tampa, Florida owned by Pro-Wrestling personality Hulk Hogan, that is being called racist for trying to enforce a dress code. While it seems a little odd considering Hogan himself is a poster boy for some of the prohibited items (do-rags/bandanas...
  8. Matt Crunk

    Diamonds in the Golden Era

    I was just watching a documentary on the DeBeers Diamond company and caught mention of something I found very interesting: The host of the show said that before the late 1940s that diamonds weren't really all that popular. That the ruby was the more popular stone, considered both rarer and more...
  9. Matt Crunk

    What are your favorite Vintage Restaurants?

    Please share the name, location, year established, and brief description of your favorite vintage eateries that are still in operation. My top three would have to be: 1. Omni Hut, Smyrna, Tennessee. An original tiki bar/restaurant that's been under the same ownership since it opened it's...
  10. Matt Crunk

    Show us your Tiki/Polynesian Pop collections: rooms, bars, mugs, etc.

    From it's beginnings in the 1930s to it's popularity boom following WWII, to it's revival in the late 1990s, this fictionalized Island culture kitsch will not go away. I know there have been tiki related threads on the Lounge before, but lets use this as a place to share our collections of...
  11. Matt Crunk

    Restaurant variety in the Golden Era compared to today?

    The variety of restaurants available today even in small town America is one area of daily life where I believe I'd have to choose the present over the Golden Era. Especially ethnic restaurants: Japanese (sushi bars in particular), Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Greek, Indian, Polynesian, etc. I...
  13. Matt Crunk

    Questions about vintage 1955 Levi's Denim Sawtooth Shirt.

    I'm looking online at what an eBay seller is calling new with tags (NOS?) 1955 vintage Levis denim shirt with the sawtooth pocket flaps and pearl snap buttons. Price with shipping would be slightly more than double what a new modern version of the same shirt would cost me retail. Questions...
  14. Matt Crunk

    Coat/Jacket length?

    A lot has been said here about sleeve and pants length, but are there any general rules of coat length? I'm talking suit coat and sport coat. I've always heard that with your arms straight down at you side, you should be able to just curl your fingers underneath the hem of the coat. But I see...
  15. Matt Crunk

    How do you think a vintage diner would do in modern times?

    For awhile now (at least a few years) I've had the idea to either find and restore, or recreate from scratch, a vintage early 50's Valentine Diner and actually try to open it for business somewhere selling basic era-correct roadside comfort food. Am I nuts? I'd like to hear thoughts from...
  16. Matt Crunk

    Buying Vintage homes for cheap . . . what's the catch?

    I've recently been looking at vintage homes (1900s through 1940s construction) for sale online, on eBay, craigslist, and other sites, particularly in the Detroit area or within an hours drive. I find many decent looking houses going so cheap that I could afford to pay cash for one. I know...
  17. Matt Crunk

    Show us your vintage style home office . . .

    A little over three years ago, we moved from a 1903 two-story four-square in the city to a one story ranch style home in the country. The new house lends itself very well to mid-century modern decor, which my wife and I both love and set about collecting since the move. However I'm still...
  19. Matt Crunk

    Downloading movies from the Golden Age?

    I recently ran across a website which offers free downloads of over 150 classic Film Noir titles, plus many more general films from The Golden Era to present. Many of the films listed I have never found on DVD or anywhere else, while others are better restored versions of some of the PD films...
  20. Matt Crunk

    Hotel Noir?

    Just saw something about this today . . . http://youtu.be/seiC6OlIvUw Looks interesting. Anyone else heard anything about it or seen it yet?
  21. Matt Crunk

    The BEST Detective/Crime films of the Film Noir era?

    People (the general public at least) often think of film noir and detective/crime films of the noir era as one in the same. While we know that's not necessarily true, what would you say are the best DETECTIVE (as in private eye) films of the era, noir or not? The Maltese Falcon The Big Sleep...
  22. Matt Crunk

    HOW about Fly Fishing? Let's see your outfits . . .

    It's a sport that I've had an interest in for years, and am just now starting to get into. Been reading up on it a lot lately and just bought my first fly-rod over the weekend. This sport for me has a lot of vintage appeal. So let's see your vintage fly gear: Rods/Reels, Creels, Nets, Vests...
  23. Matt Crunk

    Vintage SCUBA Diving anyone?

    There seems to be a small but growing interest within the SCUBA diving community in collecting and using vintage SCUBA gear from the 1950s and 60s. There is at least one online Diving forum now with a section dedicated to it. Being naturally attracted to all things vintage, and having been a...

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