I ‘effin’ LOVE this marvelous old movie.

By Michelle Balaun | July 27, 2020
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Auntie Mame is my Branding Genius 1958 was a long long time ago. But that is when my mom’s favorite movie came out. Auntie Mame. I’ve watched it many times as it cycled through the Saturday morning movies on network TV when I was a kid and only recently watched it as a full-grown adult.…

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Dad and Dad+

By Michelle Balaun | June 16, 2015
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For my Dad The Brass Rail, that was the name of the first bar my grandfather, Big Bad Bill (far left behind the bar) ever opened. My dad, Johnnie Jon (middle behind the bar) was the sign maker. We had a sign press in the basement of our house. I would help him inking the…

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