Me and My Friends Doing Mad Shots at the Bar

Deviled Eggs

The great thing about this photo is I found it when I was searching Flickr for the phrase "deviled eggs".

Humiliating Head Gear

I was completely delighted by this old photo and the funny hats they're wearing at a New Year's Eve party.

I starting thinking about the downfall of the noble Party Hat happened with those stupid 200X glasses. Although in this photo, the real humiliation is how poorly it was color-corrected and "denoised".

Lending a Helping Hand

A Classier Time

The aftermath of a party at my pal Julia's parents' place in the 70s (these are not her parents pictured).  God, I wish it was the '70s.  Everytime I go over to a nice dinner party and suggest a little swinging, everyone acts all huffy and stuckup.  Like a little wife-swapping ever hurt anyone?

Jeez, it's 2012 people. If you're not a diaper-lover or wife-swapper, get over yourself.  A little '70s partying might do you good.

Gross Food

Last night I made "grasshopper pie", my favorite Christmas treat since childhood that my mother makes.   As I was making it, I realized how totally 70s this recipe is - it calls for margarine, liquor, packaged cookies, and Fluff*

Old timey food is gross and weird.  It's all like weird meat gellatins and stuff. 

*Grasshopper pie is a delightful mint/oreo flavored no-bake pie. The green color is festive for Christmas, and it's great to tell little kids it's made with real grasshoppers (I believed that).


Photo from SavingDessert.com  I make it with way more oreo crumbs on top because that's the best part.


Here's my mom's recipe:

Crust:
35 crushed Oreos
1/4 cup melted margarine
Melt the margarine in a pan (or microwave).  Add the crushed Oreos and press into the bottom of the pan and up the sides, saving some to put on the top.

Filling:
1-7 ounce jar of Marshmallow Fluff
2 cups of heavy cream
1/4 cup green Creme de Menthe (if you get the clear version of the liquor, add green food coloring to the filling)
1/8 cup of Creme de Cacao

Whip cream.  Fold into Fluff.  Gradually add creme de menthe and creme de cacao.

Add remaining crumbs to the top.

Cover tightly and freeze.  Can be kept frozen for 1 month.  You can double the recipe and make it in a springform pan for a giant deep slice.

Doing the Mashed Potato in Tehran

Back in the 1960s, Tehran was a cool place and people dressed and looked awesome and were hip young cool people.  Then the Revolution happened and women had to wear burqas and stuff, blah blah blah, go read Wikipedia.

Point is, check out this amazing dance party from 1965 in Tehran;

80s Punks Crash a Frat Party

My favorite kind of photos to find are the handful of scanned in prints a grown up person who is now married with kids uploads of their wild youth.  These are from a woman who now has teenage kids of her own, and has a few pics of her punk days growing up in Pittsburgh.  The photos are from a time she and her punk friends went to a local frat party and felt out of place.

This reminds me of my favorite 80s movie trope, where a bunch of rowdy punks crash a fancy party, i.e. the Beastie Boys "Fight for Your Right" video or the party scenes in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Trading Places

Happy Birthday

I got you this baby in a tub of fake blood.  Love you!

 

This reminds me of when punk rock Neil from Real World: London's girlfriend send him a pig heart with a knife in it for Valentine's Day. Also, this photostream has an amazing collection of Canadian punk rock kids from the early 80s, I highly recommend you check it out.

Cool Hair

Sharing a Beer with You

Schmoyal Schmedding

So today is the royal wedding, which I guess is a cool party I'm missing, but ask me if I care because I have my lonesome self and an internet full of strangers' photos to keep me happy.  Plus, all British people are good for is partying really hard and having great haircuts, so here's a bunch of photos from 80s British teenagers:

The Most Beautiful Hairs

Beer Pong Grandma

When the Love Isn't Mutual

Party Princess

Prom Queens

Wrong Outfit for the Toga Party

Bartles & Jaymes & Perms

Grinding

Seduction is all about trying to trick someone into thinking you're not freaking the fuck out at how awesome it is they're letting you touch them, so it's really refreshing to see someone's face betray their 100% exact emotions at that moment.