It's Postcard Day!

I wanted to share a couple of postcards with you before my day gets swamped!

I love this postcard from Shanghai of the old mailboxes on Yuyuan Lane.

My good friend is in China studying on a Fulbright and she sends me a postcard every now and then.

The photograph is by Yin Ying.

 

The stamps are lovely.

 

One more postcard to celebrate Halloween.

This is a reproduction of a vintage Halloween postcard

from the Halloween Postcard Book published by Darling & Company, Seattle.

There is no artist or publisher listed on the back of the postcard, 

but on the bottom of the card it reads

Painting Copyright by -- and then I can't make out the rest --

1908.

Thank you to the lovely Beth for hosting Postcard Friendship Friday each week.

Wishing you well and a fun filled weekend!

Good Morning!

"There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch."

                                            ~Robert Brault

NoteCard Party: Halloween

It's time for Vee's Note Card Party.

Since it is October and Halloween is just around the corner,

I've selected recently posted Halloween items starting with

Henry Higgins and Eliza Boolittle! 

Seen in the neighborhood: A Smiling Ghost and

a smiling Pumpkin Man!

Last, my pumpkin crochet lapghan.

Wishing you well and much joy!

My World: Trader Joe's

Finally.

Trader Joe's opened stores in Houston.

So, what's so important about this Trader Joe's?
It may be the only Trader Joe's  located in an old movie theater!

The old Alabama Theater building was originally
constructed in the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles as a suburban theater.
The 739 seat theater opened on November 2, 1939 screening Man About Town starring Jack Benny.

The theater was closed in 1983 and was renovated as a retail bookstore.

After the bookstore closed, the building remained empty for several years.

Trader Joe's maintained some of the art deco features.
Take offs of movie posters are painted on the walls.

Singing in the Grain

The Wizard of O's

All Roads Lead to Trader Joe's 

Houston, Problem Resolved

Trader Joe's Opening Celebration

The Best Little Storehouse in Texas

I spent more time looking at the posters on the walls than I did the food in the store.

I did come home with a small orchid.

When the crowds have thinned out, I'll go back and take more shots of the posters I missed

and do some shopping! 

I think Trader Joe's did a fun job of maintaining some of the movie history of the building. 

Thank you to Mary for hosting Mosaic Monday

and to the wonderful hosts of Our World.

Wishing you well and much joy!

Good Morning!