Back to the 50's at My Girl Drive-In

Hello, Dear Friends, I hope that you are 

enjoying these late August days. Here we have

had nearly two weeks of very hot and dry

weather, with no rain in sight. 

I have been busy watering my gardens, 

staying cool, and also celebrating my daughter Heather's

birthday over the weekend. 

 I am getting ahead of myself, though.

First, I want to share the wonderful 

50th anniversary and retirement party

for our friends, Bill and Judy at 

'My Girl's Drive -In and Museum'. 

Aren't they adorable? And they still look the same 

after all these years, with one daughter, one son, 

and two grandsons to show for it.

They met at a similar 'Drive-in' -
he cruising with his buddies, and she with
her girlfriends! 

Bill was a long-time co-worker of the Mr.
and is very missed since his retirement.

Their sweet daughter and grandson, 

doing server duties.......

Love the old candy machine :) 

This is the diner kitchen.

'My Girl' is 'our song' :)
It was the song we danced to at our
very first high school dance.
I was a freshman. He was a sophomore.
The rest is history......

The menu posted outside at the 'drive-in'. 

Don't you love those 50's prices?

You could pull up to the bays and intercom 

your order and a roller-skating server would deliver it :) 

Today it was 'just us', Bill and Judy, 

their family, and about 75 of their friends, 

so the drive-in service was replaced by 

a buffet. 

Refreshments kept cold in authentic 50's 

coolers and wash tub. 

The buffet utensils and plates.....

Of course, juke-box music! 

Everything is vintage :)

Remember these?

A few of the hundreds of 50's records around the
perimeter of the ceilings.

Love Roy Orbison!

There was even a gas-station on site, although
just for 'show'. Remember those blue phone booths?

Gas pumps used to be so stylish......

Ramblin' Man worked at an old gas-station
as a teenager that still had these old pumps.

He had to turn a crank
on the side to 'prime' the pump!

Here I am in my best 50's

housewife imitation! 

Pearls, cardigan and a scarf tied around my hair. 

My shirt dress has a full-sweep circle skirt. 

Everything is vintage:)

 xx
I can remember hanging out with him
 on Saturday nights at that gas-station.

The owner would let me stay as long as I tidied up
the 'office'. He would give me $5 for my efforts.
Good money back then for a teenager!

Sweet memories.

Remember glass bottles from the coke machine?

Somehow it tasted better from a bottle! It didn't
have that metallic after-taste.

At the back of the building, there was a car museum!

Several rooms of beautifully restored 50's gems.

Love those sherbet colors and chrome details!
Check out the white-walled tires, too!

All around the perimeter were 50's memorabilia.

Spiegel catalog.

Ramblin' man in front of a vintage 'Airstream'.

Khaki's and short sleeved plaid shirt.
Men's fashions don't change very much!

It was an honor to celebrate Bill and Judy's
very impressive milestones.

It was a day filled with tender memories
and wistful hopes as they begin
a new chapter in their lives.

xoxo


Next time I will share the lovely ride home.

xoxo

And the song,
from beginning to end, I found in
the heart of an old friend.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...
It has not survival value; rather it is one of those
things that gives value to survival.

C.S. Lewis