A Moment Of Candor

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Series Three:

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 4:44pm:

Truth be told, they're just corn chips. They're great and all, but they're corn chips. Just like every other damn corn chip in the universe.

The only reason I will only buy Santitas Corn Chips is of course because of the Gil Elvgren (1914-1980) Senorita Pin-Up on the label.

Ya can't deny it, the man may have had a tenuous hold on reality, but those long-legged, hyper-reality girls with flambouyant hair and gravity-defying busts can turn your head every time.

Monsieur Elgren created a confectionary harem of eye-candy with everlasting shelf-lifes.

Look, life isn't always giggles & snowcones. We all have to find a small thing.

Until you do, have some chips & salsa The Santitas Girl kind of reminds me of his 1969 piece, "Pleasant to Si

Pleasant to Si is from the artist's era known as the The Late Brown and Bigelow Years from 1960 to 1972.