What are tv lamps? In the 1950s and 1960s, people thought that watching the light from a television in a dark room could damage your eyes. In order to compensate for the light from the glowing television, families purchased special lamps just made for that purpose. You can't get any more specialized than a lamp designed specifically to sit on top of a television. When consumers want something in America, the manufacturers and also the designers will respond. And they responded with the usual. Thousands and thousands of different styles, colors, and designs were available for the consumer. Americans who gathered around the television in the 1950s and early 1960s have fond memories of these lamps sitting atop their televisions, bringing ambient light into the room, and reducing eye strain.
I've always had an affection for swanky vintage tv lamps. They're definitely passe today, what with our super thin lcd and plasma tvs. But I think they're so cool, people should consider building shelves. Should I do that? I don't' know.
Here are some cool ones I've recently found.
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By Jayson
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January 23, 2010 at 2:50 pm
The Good
- Awesome atmosphere
- great homemade food
- authentic diner experience
- great service
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The Bad
- Limited Seating
- Hours are a little wonky
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Full Review
You would not expect the Depot American Diner to be as awesome as it is. Located on Roosevelt Ave on the West Side of Chicago, its home, next to a rim shop, and surrounded by blight, does not seem to be the type of place where you would find a hip, traditional (and vintage mind you) diner experience. But you will.
This diner was opened with the idea that everything if possible, should be made from scratch, all techniques and recipes should be mid-century, and the food should be as good as possible. The owner is a really great guy. He's a classically trained chef who wanted to start something a little different. Its great to see him cook the food right there in front of you as you sit at the counter. If you don't want to sit at the counter and gawk at his fine culinary skills, they have booths, or if you're with an unruly and larger group, they have a larger table in the back. Whenever I go there with my family, we head straght for the back of the restaurant as, it provides the most crowd control for an unruly crowd of children.
Their food is plain awesome. All of it is made fresh, and I mean all of it. The helpings are huge, and the specials are actually made from what the "regulars" like. They serve coke in bottles (with real sugar) as well as a few other strange concoctions that were around in the 50's. If you're on the west side of Chicago I would highly reccomend that you check this place out.
Be sure to check out what the food hounds at the LTH Forums have to think. They're the place to go for Chicago foodies.
Rating (out of 4)
Prices
Not on the super cheap side, but definitely reasonable for what you're getting. This ain't no denney's
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4 |
service
I've never had a bad experience. Helpful, friendly, and they know the menu.
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4 |
food
Awesome. Huge home made helpings. To die for.
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4 |
Total
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4
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By Jayson
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January 18, 2010 at 9:37 am
You gotta love finding this underneath some forgettable piece of furniture at the thrift store.
I can count this as the only time that I've out-snatched Morgan. His eye for awesome things is pretty much unmatched. I got him this once!
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By Jayson
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January 14, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Yes, I'm setting a decorating goal for the new year. As emasculating as it might seem to our American sensibilities, I do think this goal is, at its core, at the heart of what it means to be a man; a family man that is. I want to decorate our house with pictures of our family. Large, gleaming, glossy, silly, fun pictures. This revelation came to me while I was thinking about what pictures to put up above our mantel. I suddenly I realized that as a happy and fairly young family, we don't really have that many pictures of our actual family up and around the house. I then saw this post at makingitlovely.com where she hangs this huge and neat looking photo of her daughter in her office. I guess we do have a shelf upstairs that holds memories, but even that is well below eye level and hidden in a strange cornerish part of the upstairs. I want them to be plentiful, larger, and throughout the house. Here are some of my favorite pics from our flickr account.
Sorry for picture overload.
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By Jayson
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January 6, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I want to buy all of these for above my mantle. Yes, yes, and yes.
I've got some etsy loot going on right now, so I'm really tempted, especially with the last one. Its only $10 and the detail and painting on it look great. I love the frame, too. Oh man oh man!
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By Jayson
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January 5, 2010 at 10:16 pm
