Fifty is Nifty

I am home in Idaho celebrating my favorite Mom's birthday (...and scanning the entire Pingree family photo archives, get ready for a whole lotta vintage).

Things that are also 50:

The Day the Music Died
Susanna Hoffs
Alaska
John McEnroe
The Japanese 10 yen coin
Barbie
The anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's death
Flavor Flav
The Prime Minister of Norway
Perry Farrell
Ben Hur
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in NYC
Disney's Sleeping Beauty
Robert Smith
The HIV virus
Ryan Stiles
The Twilight Zone tv series
Eliot Spitzer
Burl Ives' "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar