Greetings From Asheville, North Carolina!

Asheville and I go back a long ways. I've got family there who I used to visit almost every year growing up. I'd spend the summer eating my Great-Grandma's fried chicken with biscuits and greens from her garden, and then I'd sit on the front porch reading comic books and listen to the sounds of the racetrack just over the hills.

Even as a kid, it seemed like the mountains of North Carolina were the most beautiful place on Earth....





I haven't been down there in quite awhile but I hear about it every so often. Apparently the hippies and hipsters have learned what I know about Asheville, and are moving there in droves. The music scene is hopping, festivals are flourishing, and people are calling the town the new Austin.

I wonder if the old southern charm from my youth remains there? I'll have to get back down soon, I bet it's just as beautiful as I remember...

Greetings From Bellingrath Gardens In Beautiful Mobile, Alabama!

Another scan from my postcard collection. Here we see lovely Bellingrath Gardens in Mobile, Alabama. I love that old technicolor look!



I especially enjoy the southern flavored art on the card's border...


There's more postcards from Mobile, Alabama right here, some of which were also published by Deep South Specialties, Incorporated. I dig their snappy logo!

Night Lights On The Fabulous Strip In Las Vegas, Nevada

Another one from my postcard collection, a nice night-shot of Las Vegas featuring the famous Flamingo Hotel, the classic Caesars Palace, and off in the background, the absolutely legendary Sands Hotel.

I've got an even cooler Sands postcard right here...

Come Relax at Laurel Lake Inn!

Get away from it all at Laurel Lake Inn located in lovely Henderson, North Carolina! A relaxing moment scanned from my postcard collection.

I found this card in a box from my parents old house. Most likely they got it while visiting our extended family down there...




A quick web search brought up several other places to stay in Henderson, but no Laurel Lake Inn. Perhaps it just changed names, or perhaps it's just simply faded away...

The Sands Hotel: A Place In The Sun...

Ah, the legendary Sands Hotel, in that city of fortune and hedonism we call Las Vegas! This is the old Vegas of course, before the water parks and shopping malls. I bought this postcard at a flea market as a memento of a time we'll never see again..

It's the A & W Drive-In!

Another scan from my boxes of postcards. Mmmmm, I could totally dig a root-beer float right now...

Stop By Rhoades Soft Ice Cream & Amish Gift Shop!

Rocket Science

Another scan from the collection...

Cutie Postcards!

A couple of eye-opening goodies scanned from my postcard collection....