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Driskill Hotel Photoshoot
Photographer John Leach took our portrait for the front of The Chronicle this fall for the “Best Of Austin” edition. The out takes from the photoshoot at the historic Driskill Hotel downtown were just too good not to share! Here’s our cover, and our award, “Best Reason to Learn the Charleston” took us by surprise! [...]
Ukulele mania!
Ukulele Lady, 1925 ukulele sweeties in 1926! Buster Keaton with uke & wooden statue The Boswell Sisters Johnny Marvin sings “Crazy Words, Crazy Tunes,” a song about how he hates his neighbor’s ukulele playing. This is one of my most favorite songs, and favorite performances ever! Watch for the musical saw! Shirley Temple and ukulele [...]
Hawaiian Holiday!
Vintage Vivant presents: Hawaiian Holiday! Join us for a warm tropical night of grass skirts swaying, couples pitching woo to the tune of a ukulele, and grilled pineapple & rum cocktails! Make sure to tell your `ohana and we’ll have a Mele Kalikimaka! We’ll make sure the makahiki goes on and on… Combo Mahalo playing [...]
Forbidden Vices Photobooth
Colin demonstrates that the bear skin rug is ready for heavy petting. Photographer Devaki of Fun Loving Photos & her sweetheart, Justin! Curious creatures of all variety graced the curtained panels of the opium den. Allyson of Coco Coquette (our favorite wig shop!) & Devaki Coco Coquette was instrumental in dressing our Tableau Vivant of [...]
Forbidden Vices: Inside the Opium Den
Let us be scintillatingly clear from the get go: we do not condone the use of opiates for amusement and recreation, and are sadly plenty aware of how devastating addiction to the poppy derivatives can be. We do not seek to glorify the drug, but merely paint a picture of how it was romanticized back [...]
Forbidden Vices: Reefer Madness!
Have you ever met that funny reefer man? As we all know, in the old days, marijuana only affected one sector of the population favorably: Hot Jazz Musicians. They wrote love songs to it while swaddled in its smokey embrace. Those vipers! Let’s listen: Cab Calloway – Reefer Man Fats Waller – Viper’s Drag Harlem [...]
