by shezcrafti | Jul 6, 2025 | The Time Warp |
Picture it. Ocean City, Maryland. 1988. I am at the beach with my family—mom, dad and older sister—our cheap, aluminum beach chairs pitched somewhere between 99th and 102nd streets. I am seven years old and I am surrounded by throngs of beach goers and sunbathers on...
by shezcrafti | Sep 23, 2021 | The Time Warp |
Is it weird to feel nostalgic about something that you don’t really have any business feeling nostalgic about? Like if it’s something that was never really meant for you to begin with because you’re not its target audience, but you kinda just miss...
by shezcrafti | Jul 22, 2021 | The Time Warp, Toys & Collectibles |
It’s not every day you stop by your parents’ house to drop off the kids and they randomly hand you a rare artifact from your childhood because they just so happened to clean out the attic over the weekend, but that totally happened to me this past week....
by shezcrafti | Jul 21, 2021 | The Time Warp, What I'm Listening To |
Despite having an intense nostalgia for all things ‘80s and ‘90s and constantly feeding this addiction in the form of media hoarding, toy collecting and rare purchases, every now and then I discover forgotten slices of pop culture that somehow managed to completely...
by shezcrafti | Jun 7, 2014 | Stuff I Watch, The Time Warp |
As someone who’s lived my entire life in Baltimore and spent the many summers of my 1980’s youth in Ocean City, Maryland, I kind of feel like it’s my civic duty to spread the word about Ping Pong Summer, a new indie film out this weekend. Filmed...
by shezcrafti | Apr 24, 2013 | The Time Warp, Toys & Collectibles |
My older sister and I didn’t have much in common growing up, aside from having been pushed through the same vag and the few mortifying occasions our mom forced us to wear matching outfits. My sister, the prissy straight “A” student who was into...
