Scent of the 80s
By Lori Ferraro Like everything else in the 80s, perfume was also little overboard – at least on this teenage girl it was. Subtlety was not my middle name and a little of anything never seemed to be enough…my signature scent was no exception. Walk down the halls of any high school around 1987 and along with the overpowering manly stink of Polo and Drakkar on the guys you would find a sweet, musky mixture of these legendary...
Garbage Pail Kids: Garbage Worth Keeping
When I was little I collected baseball cards – not because I liked or cared about the sport but because I liked “flipping” cards with the boys and winning their cards during recess on the playground. I also liked the flat, powdery bubble gum stick that came with the cards. My love affair with baseball cards was short lived. A few years later another type of card came along that I could really get into. Garbage Pail Kids. Garbage Pail...
Gleaming the Rubik’s Cube
By Lori Ferraro Imagine my surprise and absolute delight when I saw that THIS was on my eight-year-olds Christmas list: Yes. Oh yes…my old friend/nemesis, the Rubik’s Cube. Everybody had one back in the 80s! You did too, right?!? I begged my parents for one for my birthday – they ended up getting me a knockoff pyramid shaped puzzle that I pretended to enjoy for a while. The pyramid was cool and all but it wasn’t the real deal. I...
Christmas, 1987
By Lori Ferraro Below is a page from my diary, dated December 25, the year was 1987. Ladies – how many of you woke up to find one of these blasts from the past under your tree? 1. A few Forenza sweaters. Yes, those hot, chunky cable knit roll neck sweaters from The Limited. I even had my senior picture taken in my favorite, a Peptol Bismol pink number. 2. An Outback Red turtleneck. Again, from The Limited. Outback Red was a hot brand...
The Best Christmas Song Ever
By Lori Ferraro I love Christmastime. I love buying and giving gifts, I love a big old tree in my living room, I love boozy egg nog. And I love Christmas music. Mostly I love traditional Christmas music or carols sung by the Rat Pack, like Dean Martin singing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” or that “Mistletoe and Holly” one by Frank Sinatra. I tend to shy away from anything new – Celine Dion or some random 90s boy bands singing...
