Laissez les bon temps rouler!Let the good times roll!

It's Mardi Gras! Also known as Fat Tuesday. Its name represents the last night of eating rich and fattening foods before fasting begins of the Lenten season.

Since New Orleans is the city most associated with this celebration, we thought we'd share one of our vintage artworks.

New Orleans Roof Tops

Our giclée print comes from an original vintage postcard circa 1930's.

We can't end today's post without sharing a few very festive pics!

Photos from the official Mardi Gras New Orleans website

It's Spring Training Time!

Ian Kennedy | AZ Diamondbacks | ©Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

The newest stadium built for MLB spring training is the $100 million Salt River Fields at Talking Stick spring training complex on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale, Arizona. The complex is home to the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies, and contains a 11,000-seat stadium, separate clubhouses for each team, and 12 full-size practice fields (six for each team.) Both teams previously conducted spring training in Tucson, Arizona, bringing a total of 15 teams to the Cactus League in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

According to the Arizona Republic, the Cactus League generates more than $300 million a year in economic impact to the greater Phoenix metropolitan area economy. The new Salt River Fields at Talking Stick complex is the latest of eight new stadiums built in the Valley of the Sun over the past 20 years. The Arizona Republic newspaper reports that more than $500 million has been spent on “building eight new stadiums and renovating two others for the 15 teams in the Valley.”

The 15 teams that make up the Cactus League: Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers.

We pulled these gems from our collection of baseball collectibles and memorabilia.

Joe Morgan | Cincinnati Reds | 1979

Dusty Baker | Dodgers | 1980

Don Sutton | Dodgers | 1981

Ron Washington | Cleveland Indians | 1989

Don Mattingly | Yankees | 1992

Eric Karros | Dodgers | 1992

Joe Girardi | Cubs | 1992

Manny Ramirez | 1992

Mike Scioscia | Dodgers | 1992

Orel Hershiser | Dodgers | 1992

Ozzie Guillen | White Sox | 1992

With this amazing weather that we're having here in Arizona, and games running until March 29th, it just might be a good time to play some hooky!

Getting Ready for Oscar!

These are pictures we took this morning along Hollywood Blvd. in front of the Kodak Theater showing all the chaos and prep for the Oscar's. We wanted to share…

What can we say… can't get enough of the Oscar's!

These fabulous vintage prints are from a collection created by Nicholas Volpe, a distinguished artist who had a lifetime contract to do portraits each year of those awarded the Oscar for best actor and the best actress by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Released in 1962 as a collectors' set, this series includes portraits of winners for every year from 1928 through 1961.

Oscar, Oscar, Oscar…

Although this year is the Academy's 83rd year, we thought we'd share this 75th Anniversary Commemorative Poster from our movie poster archives.

Oscar Night is Almost Here.

We're just eleven days away from Oscar Night. This is its 83rd year! We decided to look back at some of the winners of the past. In our Attic we have dozens of programs that were printed for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The event these were printed for was the Academy's movie screening series titled, "Facets of the Diamond: 75 Years of Best Picture Winners", shown at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. This very cool series began showing in May 2002, starting with the very first Oscar winner, Wings from 1927-28. Then in chronological order, a different Oscar winning movie was screened each Monday night, following up to the 75th Academy Awards held on March 23, 2003. Here are a few of those programs from our archives.

The Apartment. 1960 Best Picture Winner.

Tome Jones. 1963 Best Picture Winner.

A Man For All Seasons. 1966 Best Picture Winner.

The Sting. 1973 Best Picture Winner.

Amadeus. 1984 Best Picture Winner.

The Last Emperor. 1987 Best Picture Winner.

The Silence of the Lambs. 1991 Best Picture Winner.

American Beauty. 1999 Best Picture Winner.

This is what the other side of each program looks like. Each is printed with some really interesting descriptions and details about that Oscar winning movie.

American Beauty. Back-side.

What is your favorite Oscar winning movie?

Happy Valentine's Day!

We found this charming, vintage Valentine's Day Card dated 1926. Brings back memories of handmade cards with doilies and construction paper. We love the inside, too! How sweet.

May your Valentine's Day be especially Happy!