Man oh Man I’m seriously turning into the worst blogger ever, this work thing (which I’m grateful to have) is getting in the way of finishing these Viva posts. Sorry!!!

Okay here is my Friday at Viva.

What is VIVA? Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender is 4 days of 1950s culture. 1950s / Rockabilly Music, Dancing, Vintage Fashions, Car show and more! It’s an incredibly good time!

Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender 16-The Friday

POOL DAY!

Normally this is not when I would have gone to the pool, I would have usually been seen on the Sunday when everyone else goes but this year I had a serious conflict this year. A favorite Toronto band “Tennessee Voodoo Coupe” had their set at 1:00pm on the Sunday and it was mandatory that I go and support the band. So my husband and my friends trucked it to the pool on the Friday instead and I was super thankful that Tom Ingram created a pool party for every day (with the AquaSonics playing good surf music I might add) so that I was not missing all the fun that is Sunday at the Pool.

Me and my girls 🙂 Bathing suit is from My Baby Jo and was a wedding present. Psst..check out the very cool tattooed men behind us. Wow amazing!

(Photos Courtesy of Dean Villafuerte and Michelle Marie)

My friend Dean who is normally BEHIND the camera is in front of it, looking very dashing I might add.

VIVA las Vegas 16 Pool -Rockabilly Style for Men.

Another friend, Josh and I goofing around for the camera..well I’m goofing around he is mister cool 🙂

VIVA Las Vegas 16 Pool Party-Rockabilly Style

View of the pool (Sunday is the BIG pool party so this quiet for a Friday).

VIVA Las Vegas 16 Pool Party-Rockabilly Party

I can’t handle the beauty that is this picture….wow!!!! The ladies have amazing Vintage style and the guy is a pretty cool Rockabilly guy.

VIVA Las Vegas 16 Pool Party Vintage Fashions and Rockabilly Style. BEAUTIFUL vintage swimsuits

AquaSonics keeping the pool party hopping.

Aquasonics VIVA 16 Pool Party Music-Surf Music

We stayed at the pool for about 3 hours and by the time we had left, I was feeling no pain and I really don’t know how it happened…oh right buckets of beer and my husband going MIA. Hey someone had to drink them!

Off I went for a nap time till it became night time…opps hehehe 🙂

Friday Night-Rockabilly Party

After my nap, I changed into my outfit for the night (reproduction sailor pants, saddle shoes and a cute 1940’s like top from Target) and headed to the Ballroom for another night of amazing music. I saw the “Phat Cat Swingers” who I loved and the band was the kind of music that was perfect for me to get my Lindy Hop on as well. Woo hoo!

Lil’Mo & the Dynaflos was next and they were really really great.

THEN the act of the night was “The Blue Caps with Graham Fenton” a tribute to Gene Vincent. All I can say was….WOW! Such a treat to have seen this performance.

Now for pics from my evening…..never really happened as most of us were having too much fun dancing to take pics. Insert another “opps” lol! But there were a couple of pictures that did manage to get taken.

Stroll Time! Learn about the dance & other dances done at VIVA HERE

strolling on friday night VIVA Las Vegas 16

End of the night photo!

So there is Friday at VIVA 16. Stay tuned for Saturday..the Car Show and Little Richard!

NOTE…I never did finish those posts BUT I did a whole series on VIVA 18 which you can read about below.

FURTHER READING ABOUT VIVA:

Liz

So recently while watching “Mad Men” and “Smash” I have noticed a very distinguishable disposable coffee cup making an appearance in both shows. At first I thought that the prop people for the shows had messed up as one show is placed in the 1960’s New York and the other is Modern Day New York. I mean things change and evolve and you would think that a throw away coffee cup would have gone thru the same changes…right? NOPE!

The cup I speak of is the iconic “We Are Happy To Serve You” paper coffee cup called “Anthora” and it has been around since 1963. Create by Leslie Buck of the Sherri Cup Co to appeal to Greek Owned coffee shops in New York The genuine Anthora depicts an image of an Ancient Greek amphora, a meander design on the top and bottom rim, and the words “WE ARE HAPPY TO SERVE YOU” in a font that resembles ancient Greek writing. The blue and white colors were inspired by the flag of Greece (Anthora-Wikipedia).

Today, more than 180 million of the distinctive blue-and-white Grecian-style cups are used in New York City every year and apparently have been used in more than one or two TV shows over the years (who knew!).

So there you have it, the cup is Iconic to New York and not a Prop department mistake. With that said I will now leave you with a picture of last weeks Episode of Mad Men with one of the characters holding the cup.

One last little fact….

When Leslie Buck retired from Sherri Cup Co. in 1992, he was presented with 10,000 Anthoras printed with a testimonial inscription..amazing 🙂

Liz

Month: May 2013