A Puffy Skirt Weekend

The guys and me enjoying MarchFourth!

The calendar may say that autumn is just around the corner, but L.A. continues to be in the almost unbearable throes of summer. Still, we managed to dress-up, go out and have fun this past weekend. With no air conditioning, any place was bound to be cooler than home.

On Friday, our friends Candi and Alan introduced us to MarchFourth!, a wildly energetic 20-piece group that fills the stage with marching band drums, brass wind instruments, female gymnasts, and an occasional guitar solo. They were great fun, highly entertaining and I loved the music. They played at the Teragram Ballroom, a new club (opened in May) located on 7th St.,  just east of downtown L.A. It's a terrific little venue. But wear comfortable shoes, because there are no seats. It didn't matter, though—we would have been on our feet all night, anyway!

MarchFourth!

Al and Candi in marching band regalia and me in

my Pin-Up Girl "Alice in Wonderland" skirt and

yellow petticoat

Despite the unusually late (for us) bedtime, we got up early the next morning to drive out to Disneyland for Dapper Day, our favorite excuse to wear fancy clothes. Dapper Day was so popular this time that the park reached capacity, late Friday. I'm so glad we decided to go on Saturday instead—especially since parked, at the Dapper Day car show, was a cherry version of my very first car: a red 1960 Ford Falcon station wagon. I nearly burst into tears. Tim asked the owner if I could sit inside and he said yes, but only if I didn't cry! I was 17 all over again. 

Cherry 1960 Ford Falcon wagon

 

Inside (happy, no tears)

 

Friend Kelsey (wearing Mary Blair) and

me in Haute of Heart

 P.S. Me and my old "red bomb."

Christmas (early 1970s)

 

Keeping her clean

 

All Disney, All the Time

Dapper Day at the Disney Resort

We spent another exhausting but fun weekend living la vida Disney. Yesterday we attended an auction of Disney memorabilia in hopes of out-bidding collectors from around the world. After six hours, we gave up and headed for the Disneyland hotel, where we stayed the night in preparation for Dapper Day, one of our favorite fan events. We had tickets for the first-ever Dapper Day lawn party hosted by the one-and-only Charles Phoenix; but with rain on the horizon the event was brought inside. Good food, entertainment and fabulous mid-century outfits. I wish every day was Dapper Day!

Van Eaton galleries Disneyland auction: lots of

wonderful posters and park artwork

"it's a small world" dolls!

Character heads and other

collectibles

Disneyland costumes and banners

More stuff I'd love to own, but the bidding was absolutely

cut-throat—before I could even raise my hand, someone

had already bid way above my limit, so we just watched

and either laughed or cursed under our breath

Tim wielding our unlucky paddle number (113)—he

was the only who bid on a 1967 Grad Night (the year he

graduated from high school) booklet and tickets, so we didn't go 

home completely empty-handed!

Dressed in faux vintage for Dapper Day

Lawn party host Charles Phoenix with

special guest Mickey Mouse—matchy-matchy!

With Mickey

P.S. Excellent photos of a lot of the folks we saw dressed up for Dapper Day at L.A. Racked.