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CONTEST: Name This Newspaper – Win Carmel Valley’s Finest!

NAME THIS NEWSPAPER CONTEST

Alice – in Wonderland – holds in her lovely hands the February 22, 1964 issue of a newspaper published weekly for the Armed Forces in Vietnam. The headline reads:

Terrorist Bomb at Movie Kills Three;

Heroic Marine Capt. Saves Many More.

What was the name of this weekly newspaper?

The [...]

Bamboo Beacon 2/4/64

Mornin’ Everyone,

Sounds like Bob has mountains of info to scan so before I send off my precious Bamboo Beacons to him I thought I’d share an article or two with you all (I was the typist for the Beacon in 63). This is from Sherry Penney…Feb. 1964:

ALUMNI GREETINGS

A little belatedly, I want to with [...]

Blog Tips: The ‘Secret Code’ of Internet Slang Revealed

While communicating with other Saigon Kids some have asked me what different Internet slang terms and abbreviation mean (not that I tend to overly use them or anything like that! ). Hence, the thought occurred to me that we all have different levels of ‘computerese’ … some of us have been on the computer for [...]

1963-64 Memorabilia

Hi Everyone,

It is a beautiful day here in Carmel Valley and we are in full swing with harvest (I work for a winery now – seemed like a good idea). Grapes are arriving at the rate of 20 to 40 tons a day and we are crushing and pressing for long hours. Due [...]

Richard Turner: CONTEMPT MANDALA

I received this from Richard Turner a few days ago. So thought I’d share it with everyone.

CONTEMPT MANDALA

An Installation/Publication by Richard Turner

November 1 – December 21, 2008
Grand Central Art Center
Santa Ana, California

Complete information CLICK HERE

It ceases to amaze me what different Saigon Kids are involved with these days. What are you involved with? [...]