Today we turn the clock back to June 1952.
When traveling overseas, remember to take your finest suit for maximum comfort and ease as you read the precious books by people from colorful lands.
If $675 sounds a little steep, Americans can simply stay stateside and enjoy lobster at Hugo’s on Cohasset Harbor in Massachusetts. Just remember which fork serves what purpose or Martha Stewart will go all nun on you with a knuckle-rap.
While you’re in the neighborhood, stop by the Scituate Harbor Yacht Club and chat about your summer homes on the Vineyard.
Pysch! It’s members only. You may be upper middle class, but you don’t have a yacht and you don’t belong here. One-fork people like you might enjoy a nice rental sailboat in Michigan. Yeah, that’s more your style.
What? Still can’t swing it? This is the Fabulous Fifties! Well, hold on to your hat; I’ve got just the ticket!
Take the Super-Doughnut ring (you people like doughnuts, right?) to your neighborhood pool and bask until you blister in the sun. Don’t forget to put crimson lipstick on and bring a spare patch in case you spring a leak.
Still not your speed? Take a cue from these kiddos and forget the travel! Who says you can’t have fun in your own back yard?
I Don't Get It 
That last one is right up my alley. Except I would need a hammock and a top shelf Margarita. I sure do like these Rockwell-esque travel posters. They are suitable for framing.
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Yes! I always prefer these to “art.” I have a room in my home with framed Life magazine ads (and of course, Coca-Cola memorabilia)…
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You certainly cover the economic spectrum. I think the Super-Doughnut ring is considered foreplay in some cultures.
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Is that Dad having a smoke and peeing in the bushes again?
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You know it.
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Oh my goodness! this was quite a trip down memory lane, reminds me of today’s Mad Men but your version is much more hilarious! Smiles!
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The backyard kiddie pool has solved many an economic crisis, Kerbey. It can be filled with ice and cool the beer and the feet of all the adults in the neighborhood when you tell the kids to go play over on the swing set for a little while. Ahh. Who needs any of the above poster swank!
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True dat.
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One fork’s enough for me. LOL. Brilliant blog post.
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Awesome, Kerbey. Turning into quite the series. Will you feature cool-weather travel destinations as we move into fall?
So much to make fun of, but I will try to stay positive. But that seems a lot to ask when faced with ad copy that uses “Nature’s Countless Benefits” to promote a vacation spot. Really? Not being an ad person, I couldn’t come up with anything better, but could we at least specify those benefits? Clean air? Blue waters? Golden sunshine? Teeming with deer and chipmunks and such?
Also, not a fan of the boy’s red suits in the bottom photo. Not flattering at all. The girlies look cute, though. See? Positive 😉
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I hadn’t thought about fall. I don’t have any fall Holiday magazines. I agree that those unnamed countless benefits are very vague. That’s like the countless benefits of vegetables. I would name them as well. You don’t like the red suits? I do like that flat green yard, though!
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