A TOAST…TO BAD POSTCARDS

BAD POSTCARDS is TWO YEARS OLD and aging like a fine wine!

Actually, it’s birthday was on April 6, but I’ve been busy and distracted.

Al Wiederkehr, grandson of the founder, and Sally Dangers, in Alpine dress, toast the end of the harvest of an excellent vintage before one of the fine old oak casks which were installed for the proper ripening of Wiederkehr’s Fine Wines.

Conducted tours 9-11 A.M. and 1-4 P.M. Monday thru Saturday

Widerkehr Wine Cellars, Inc.
R.R. 1, Box 9
Altus, Arkansas

I’M ON THE WAGON THIS TRIP!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
POLYNESIAN CONCOCTION, ANYONE?

KAHIKI Polynesian Supper Club
3583 E. Broad St., Columbus Ohio

A myriad of tastes and colors are blended into the many exclusive concoctions by Bar Manager Señor George Ono.

“I’VE GOT AN AWFUL HANGOVER”

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This postcard printed with greetings from Franzoni’s Cafe De La Pay At Chequit Inn, Shelter Island, New York

CREAMY HEAD?

This is an advertising postcard for the Lemon Corp. of America, 505 5th Avenue, New York City.

At far left, it’s INSTANT MIX — (verso) “Just try it—compare it to freshly squeezed lemon.”

At center is PEEL TWIST — (verso) “Is a blend of the finest natural oils extracted from selected lemons & limes. Use it on your cocktails (Martinis, Manhattans, Old Fashions, etc.) and food dishes. You’ll be pleased with the difference.”

And, my favorite, CREAMY CROWN — (verso) “Will glamorize your cocktail and give it a beautiful creamy head. It will not interfere with the taste, flavor or aroma in any way.”

99% of my lifetime alcoholic intake is non-cocktail. I never knew about creamy heads.

GIVE A VODKA PARTY

…with SMIRNOFF. “It leaves you breathless.”

If you drink enough of it, you will be breathless. I wonder how long Smirnoff used that slogan.

CAPTION CONTEST—Cocktail Lounge

2/8/11  10:05 PM:

I thank you all for playing!

Here’s the description on the postcard:
“Ballet routine in the famous Mermaid Room cocktail lounge of the Fresno Hacienda. Complete back bar is glass side of patio swim pool.” 

The Winner —  ipengui
The Caption — ”Dive Bar”

Congratulations, ipengui! To claim your postcard prize, email me at bad.postcards@gmail.com with your choice of postcard from the list below and your mailing address.

I’m making this more challenging—7 word limit.

I’ll reveal what this is when I announce the winner.

The RULES:
1) MAXIMUM of SEVEN (7) WORDS.
2) One caption per customer.
3) Please enter your caption in the comments of this post.
4) I will accept submissions until Tuesday, February 8, 4:00 PM, EST.

The author of my favorite caption will have their choice of one of these original vintage postcards (all previously published on BAD POSTCARDS):

1) LILY GIRL

2) PIERRE PANHANDLER

3) THE VIEW FROM THEIR WINDOW

HAVE FUN and GOOD LUCK!

STANLEY THE GREAT

Tahitian Bar, Castaways Motel
163rd Street and Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida

HANGOVER THIS MORNING? DRINK KONA COFFEE GROG.

Good morning! It’s a New Year!

Clear the cobwebs with this brew from the MAI-KAI Polynesian Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. You will want to after you’ve had a few MYSTERY BOWLS from the same joint.

Verso:
”KONA COFFEE GROG—a dramatic nightcap for a Mai-Kai adventure. This and 47 other tropical rum drinks can be an evening in themselves. But, traditionally they pave the way to and through the Mai-Kai’s Cantonese feasts. Open 5 p.m.–2 a.m.”

POLYNESIAN COCKTAILS

Does this help you prep your brain for New Year’s Eve?

Verso:
“A myriad of tastes and colors are blended into the many exclusive concoctions by Bar Manager Señor Sandro Conti.
Kahiki Polynesian Supper Club, 3583 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio”

ALCOHOLIC DOGS

Travel is so Broadening
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12/2/10  10:20PM—Caption Contest:

I thank all of you for your captions. I’m picking three winners, one of them a Grand Prize winner.

Since I only have one duplicate of the Alcoholic Dogs, I have selected two other postcards as prizes—both DOGGIE postcards—both previously published on BAD POSTCARDS! The Grand Prize winner will have first choice of the three cards offered. The other two winners may choose from the remaining two cards. First to email me has first choice.

Here are the other two prize cards:
WHY DON’T YOU WRITE
KEYBOARD PUPPIES 

THE WINNERS:

Grand Prize: Mariser: “Bartender! the lady’s absinthe is not at ALL hallucinogenic!”

Winner: Paolo: “Whatcha lookin’ at?! They don’t make XXS collar kegs.”

Winner: smericle: “I need more booze, she’s still a dog.”

Congratulations, Mariser, Paolo and smericle! To claim your prize, email me at bad.postcards@gmail.com with your choice of postcard and mailing address.

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ADDENDUM: 11/29/10 8:02 PM:
I was looking through my postcard collection for a CAPTION CONTEST card for this evening, but nothing was buzzing me. So……I’m making the ALCOHOLIC DOGS the contest.

And the prize? THIS POSTCARD!

Here are the rules. Please heed #1.

1) MAXIMUM of NINE (9) WORDS. (The TENTH word disqualifies the caption.)
2) One caption per customer.
3) Please enter your caption in the comments of this post.
4) I will accept submissions until Thursday, December 2, 4:00 PM, EST.

The author of my favorite caption will win this lovely, genuine, vintage, bad postcard.

GOOD LUCK!

CAPTION CONTEST

9/17/10 5:35 PM:
Thank you for your captions, everyone!

My pick for the winner was submitted by raiselm:
“Otherwise beautiful, she tried in vain to hide her hideous hare-lip.”

Congratulations, raiselm! All you need to do is email me at bad.postcards@gmail.com with your choice of postcard from the list below, and your mailing address.

THE RULES:
1) MAXIMUM of TWELVE (12) WORDS.
2) One caption per customer.
3) Please enter your caption in the comments of this post.
4) I will accept submissions until Friday, September 17, 12 Noon, EDT.

The author of my favorite caption will have their choice of one of these original vintage postcards (all previously published on BAD POSTCARDS):

1) ALL DRESSED UP and Ready To Go (posted this afternoon!)

2) PORTABLE BAPTISTRY

3) MEET MISS AMPTO

GOOD LUCK!

MADER’S INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS RESTAURANT
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Happy NYC Restaurant Week (#8) 

All the dead food I’ve been listing for the past week is starting to give me a headache. NYC Restaurant week is actually two weeks. I will celebrate with food postcards until Friday, but I’ll also give you a non-food postcard for variety. Look for another this afternoon.

Verso: “From the sundrenched bluffs high above the Rhine in Germany comes “MEIN LIEBCHEN” a Wine for Lovers. A Liebfraumilch Wine that is exclusive at Mader’s. An exciting new member of the Mader family of fine table wines. There’s nothing like it anywhere!”

Don’t these two look like they could be brother and sister?

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY

What product is this postcard advertising? Extra points for brand name.

Sunday 6/20 9:28 PM — Thanks for playing!
I guessed “whiskey” when I first saw this. There’s no brand name visible on the bottle, but the highballs are prominent. Next, look at the PJs. Son’s and dad’s bottoms, and robe trim have the same scotch pattern.

The correct answer is: pajamas; PJs; jimjams. (For the person who answered “jimjams,” I first heard that word from Dame Edna and it instantly became my favorite name for sleepwear.) 

Two people answered Cutty Sark Whiskey. Look at the Cutty Sarkish print on the wall below big dead fish. Cutty Sark? Scotch pattern? I think Cutty paid to subliminally tout the tipple.

My other favorite answers: “Wood polish.” “big dead fish.”

Here’s what’s printed on the back: “SCOTCH-ON-ROCKS Cool Summer Sleepwear by PLEETWAY. Here’s to Dad’s comfort in cool, summer knee-length style pajamas, with matching robe…or V-neck, short sleeves, full length trousers, as illustrated in June Esquire ad.” 

Bottling Walker’s DeLuxe 8-Year-Ol Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 86.8 Proof.

From the looks on their faces, I’d say more than bottling.

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