tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post3838631100890111177..comments2024-02-26T10:52:14.585-08:00Comments on Glimpses of South Pasadena: The Things of YesterdayLaurie Alleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-56846655596856231912009-12-05T00:14:42.450-08:002009-12-05T00:14:42.450-08:00Thanks were a beverly hills real estate blog that ...Thanks were a beverly hills real estate blog that caters to blog readers in cheviot hills and beverly hills. So thanks and well pass on out our senior club too, to read your blog<a href="http://www.urlspider.com" rel="nofollow">Beverly Hills Real Estate</a>urlspiderhttp://www.urlspider.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-33109372542682650702009-01-14T12:18:00.000-08:002009-01-14T12:18:00.000-08:00I thought Wedgewood was only pottery. :~) Fun stu...I thought Wedgewood was only pottery. :~) Fun stuff.Judy Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081035351814381283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-36342559891290813632009-01-14T01:17:00.000-08:002009-01-14T01:17:00.000-08:00Hi everyone,Welcome B Squared!Yes, this is my own ...Hi everyone,<BR/><BR/>Welcome B Squared!<BR/><BR/>Yes, this is my own stove. I actually took this picture a few months ago when the Theme Day was "metal." I ended up using another shot of a car, but I found this image the other day and realized how it fit in with my thoughts about South Pas and vintage things. I consider this stove every bit as much of a work of art as any of the paintings hanging nearby its faithful perch in my kitchen. <BR/><BR/>This stove came with the house -- and it very well may have been refurbished at some point by Chuck's -- a business I have not yet posted about.(Note to self: POST ABOUT CHUCK'S!) <BR/><BR/>Most of my neighbors have beautiful old stoves, too ... and I'm a sucker for all of them. Some people ogle vintage cars. I ogle vintage appliances. <BR/><BR/>I actually like the way the pilots put out heat. My husband and I call it the built-in take out pizza box warmer. (No center griddle on ours, though.) <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments, everyone! Til tomorrow...Laurie Alleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-46389928065609753232009-01-13T23:16:00.000-08:002009-01-13T23:16:00.000-08:00Chuck's is on Fair Oaks south of Mission. I b...Chuck's is on Fair Oaks south of Mission. I bought a restored <BR/>'40's O'keefe and Merritt a few years ago to replace an '80's gas stove. The O&M had a griddle in the middle. The stove looked great but I forgot how much heat pilots light put out, and the oven wasn't consistent. Some new things do work better. Got lots of compliments on the stove, but we sold it back to Chuck when we remodeled. Still miss the looks of the old one.dbdubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462665006132459258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-8788808717541118162009-01-13T16:17:00.000-08:002009-01-13T16:17:00.000-08:00AH - The stove store is called Chuck's. They guy ...AH - The stove store is called Chuck's. They guy there told me that my Magic Chef four burner is worth restoring. I love it. I insisted it stay with the house when I bought it. So I'm cookin' with gas. Mine has a griddle, but I don't use it and it could use a resurfacing. Then ones at Chuck's are shiny and new.Mister Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18405041951237611622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-75743574155728982132009-01-13T15:23:00.000-08:002009-01-13T15:23:00.000-08:00I've got a Wedgewood, not as clean as the one pict...I've got a Wedgewood, not as clean as the one pictured but still in working order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-15595319817418920962009-01-13T14:56:00.000-08:002009-01-13T14:56:00.000-08:00I like things that remind me of the past ... How o...I like things that remind me of the past ... How old is this stove? It looks like it's still in good shape. Is it yours?Ekihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128624439430370669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-36522954200935621222009-01-13T11:26:00.000-08:002009-01-13T11:26:00.000-08:00Oh I completely forgot about the ones with the gri...Oh I completely forgot about the ones with the griddle in the middle. We lived in a house years back when we were first married that had an old stove with that griddle, loved it!Tanya Breesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949602989774270159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-83331250212479910242009-01-13T08:14:00.000-08:002009-01-13T08:14:00.000-08:00I quite like a store in South Pas that sells nothi...I quite like a store in South Pas that sells nothing but old, refurbished stoves. They're works of art, really. Does yours have the griddle in the middle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-48248271611745204472009-01-13T07:45:00.000-08:002009-01-13T07:45:00.000-08:00This is the kind of stove that would bake a mean p...This is the kind of stove that would bake a mean peach cobbler, or biscuits to go with the farm-style platter of eggs,<BR/><BR/>I've been house-hunting lately, and you're right about the trendy modern kitchen... it has become a status symbol, sought after by people who only use it to microwave TV dinners. Instead of a table in the center of the room, used for everything from folding the laundry to sit-down dinners, now we have a center "island," often rimmed with uncomfortable stools. <BR/><BR/>I still remember that one of my chores was to sweep the kitchen floor every night after dinner.Yakpatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788658793693064873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-54317733299878958522009-01-13T07:27:00.000-08:002009-01-13T07:27:00.000-08:00Looks just like my stove!Looks just like my stove!Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311186383950809907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-8686429635030188302009-01-13T06:52:00.000-08:002009-01-13T06:52:00.000-08:00This looks like my grandmother's kitchen, right do...This looks like my grandmother's kitchen, right down to the tiles on the wall. She made do or did without, Depression era and all - we could benefit from some of that philosophy. Relighting the pilot on the gas oven was always exciting. Entertainment to rival today's multiplex theatres.<BR/>I like the way you cropped this photo.Knoxville Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528055515741187585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-65810219933021936392009-01-13T05:58:00.000-08:002009-01-13T05:58:00.000-08:00There is a company in Georgia (I think), that take...There is a company in Georgia (I think), that takes old, old stoves and rebuilds them with all new "innards." They are very popular and sell for, literally, thousands of dollars. FYI<BR/><BR/>Bill<BR/><BR/>http://ftldp.blogspot.com/B SQUAREDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510619553483917078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-4007488555596648122009-01-13T03:58:00.000-08:002009-01-13T03:58:00.000-08:00I can see many of those here now. This has just sp...I can see many of those here now. This has just sparked one of my favourite topics. In real life we have homes furnished many styles and not always up to date by choice or income. So when a play/series//film is set say in 1971 low income household do they furnish the set with all mod cons from that year. Credit the audience with imagination. Your stove really did ignite a fire. Photography for you.Jane Hards Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162628972166464736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-11813047109664218552009-01-13T03:50:00.000-08:002009-01-13T03:50:00.000-08:00I want this stove! You know, you just can't do a d...I want this stove! You know, you just can't do a descent job of heating a tortilla on a flat top stove :)Tanya Breesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949602989774270159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-66011925410038355812009-01-13T02:07:00.000-08:002009-01-13T02:07:00.000-08:00Besides the material, some things of yesterday / l...Besides the material, some things of yesterday / last century- old fashioned ethics/morals/virtues & work ethics - might have prevented us from ever falling into a bad economy. <BR/><BR/>A big obstacle to us ever fully recovering from this fall is that we don't manufacture much of significance anymore. Yet, fellow Americans of the past made these wonderful creations which outlive them.<BR/><BR/>Just compare the construction of a Craftsman v. a "new" home of today.<BR/><BR/>The hip & trendy are here for a season, then gone. You know where those can be found.<BR/><BR/>We've became soft, fat, and out commitment to excellence has become a committment to other "values."Cafe Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115520512264907360noreply@blogger.com