Tag Archives: Birthday

Vintage Character Cake Pans

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Rob O'Hara

“Character” Cake Pans were all the rage in the 1970s and 80s. I recently found these three hanging out at a local antique mall. What kid wouldn’t want to find their birthday candles stuck into a cake in the shape … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday to Me!

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Rob O'Hara

Thirty-nine years old. Who would have ever thought. My Mom baked every one of my birthday cakes that I can remember. Thirty years ago today, she made this one for me: “Happy Birthday, Robbie.” (That’s me.) By the nine candles … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday, Herbie Hancock!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Rob O'Hara

Herbie Hancock, master musician and apparently owner of a lot of freaky robots, turns 72 years old today. Happy Birthday, Herbie! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JicmU_MtOjE Back when I was a kid the robots in this video really freaked me out. Now I think … Continue reading →

An E-vite, Circa 1981

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Care Morency

We had a kick-ass Hallmark shop in our neighborhood. It’s where we bugged our moms to buy us Peanuts stuff (always overpriced — did Charles M. Schulz know how much we kids were on the hook for Snoopy’s raincoat?) and … Continue reading →

Happy Star Wars Cake Day!

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Rob O'Hara

Today is my 38th birthday, so Happy Birthday to me! Every year for my birthday, my mom would bake me a cake and decorate it herself. One of her favorite things to do was to buy me a toy and … Continue reading →