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Our Technicolor Life

Jeff and Carrie Ketterman

Welcome to Our Technicolor Life! We are a husband and wife team that lives a vintage lifestyle in full color. There's never a dull moment with our many adventures through our tea room, travel, entertainment, and art.

A modern day Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz,

Jeff and Carrie Ketterman's host TEA parties at

The Old Capitol Tea Room, TRAVEL in The Not So Long Trailer, ENTERTAIN with two bands Rosie & the Rockabillies and The Tin Pan Alley Cats, create ART and share our LIFESTYLE.

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Tea

The Old Capitol Tea Room

Step back into a simple & peaceful time at The Old Capitol Tea Room. Located in historic Corydon, Indiana, we host vintage afternoon tea parties.

Travel

The Not So Long Trailer

A fun-loving redhead & her musical husband discovering the USA in our traveling homage to Lucy & Desi, The Not So Long Trailer.

Entertainment

Two vintage themed bands - Rosie & The Rockabillies is a 1950s cover band while the Tin Pan Alley Cats features a 1920s-1940s vibe.

The Lucy and Desi Tribute Show

The Music That Helped Win the War Tribute Show

Art

Carrie Cooke Ketterman Art

because life is too short for boring art. Original oil paintings, children's books, coloring books, and mural services.

Lifestyle

Vintage lifestyle features our love for the past & all things vintage.

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SOLD OUT Let’s Do the Time Warp Again: A Rocky Horror Picture Show Sing-Along Tea Friday October 16th at 7pm

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SOLD OUT The Twisted Tales of Poe Tea Party Sunday October 18th at 7pm

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SOLD OUT Hocus Pocus Tea Party - Tuesday October 20th at 7pm

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🎶Mr. Pancho’s Patio with the Tin Pan Alley Cats! 🎶

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SOLD OUT Dracula Radio Show Tea Party Friday October 23rd at 7pm

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SOLD OUT Hocus Pocus Tea Party - Tuesday October 27th at 7pm

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A Redhead in Jamestown

Carrie & Jeff

Aug 3, 2022

1 min read

Last Saturday, on our way back home from a week in the Finger Lakes of New York, we made a quick stopover in “Lucy Town” - Jamestown, Lucy’s hometown.

We are sad that we don’t get to attend the Lucy festival this week in Jamestown, but plan to do some Lucy celebrating as her birthday on August 6 draws near. And, we get to host an I Love Lucy tea the day after her birthday, on Sunday!

On this visit we drove by her childhood home (sat on the very same porch where Lucy once sat), visited Lucille Ball Memorial Park and grabbed a few photos downtown before we had to quickly get back on the road. It’s always nice to visit Jamestown and feel a little closer to Lucy. 🥰❤️🥰

While visiting Lucy Park, we ran into another fan who asked to take a photo with me! And, we grabbed photos with the two very different statues of Lucy. I can’t help but feel sorry for the sculptor, David Poulin, who’s statue that was dedicated in 2009 became known as “Scary Lucy”. You know that his intentions were good, he just missed the mark - SO badly. The second statue by Carolyn Palmer was dedicated in 2019. Her work is gorgeous, and represents Lucy so well!

The Birthday Boy!

Carrie & Jeff

Aug 2, 2022

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(Jeff here) Our Friday last week was pretty special in that it was my birthday. We headed out from Watkins Glen with a stop at Tobey’s Donut Shop where Carrie treated me to birthday donuts! We journeyed west to Lake Chautauqua where we have visited on three other occasions. The Chautauqua Institute is located on the west side of the lake and it is always a favorite place of our’s to spend an afternoon. It reminds us a bit of Mackinac Island in Michigan. The scenery is always beautiful and the pace is much slower and has a vintage vibe. I look forward to getting the chance to take some picturesque photos of Carrie while on the grounds. Carrie always looks great, ALWAYS - but she looks especially radiant in Chautauqua. So, for my birthday, I got to take photos of my gorgeous redhead and then have dinner with her at the Heirloom Restaurant in the grand Athenaeum Hotel.

We didn’t realize that Jay Leno was in town with his stand-up tour, performing at the amphitheater that evening. We were able to enjoy a bit of his comedy as we strolled by the amphitheater. (At 72, he’s still got it.) 😂

I had a few gifts waiting for me when we got back to our campsite that night, one of which was a snow cone machine!! I am a ice cruncher. It drives Carrie a little crazy sometimes, so I guess she thought if the ice was already crushed and ground down to something closer to snow, I would be less obnoxious with my crunching. Lol!!

Honestly, she puts so much thought into every gift she gives. Just one of the many traits that makes her so endearing. My best gift was and always will be just celebrating life with her. ❤️

Lake, lagoon, kites, & dinosaurs!

Carrie & Jeff

Aug 1, 2022

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While our Thursday last week in Watkins Glen was already pretty epic with our cruise on the Schooner True Love, we managed to get a lot more out of that day. 😁

The weather was great and we got in some more kayaking on Seneca Lake in the morning. After our cruise, we ran up to a winery (Castel Grisch) that we had sampled some of their sparkling wine while on the True Love. We discovered they had a hidden field of dinosaurs!! Naturally, we had to play a little Jurassic Park. 😜

Later in the afternoon, when things heated back up, we took to the lake again for a break from the heat. It got pretty windy so we brought out our big kite and had a great late afternoon of kite flying!

Afterwards, we had enough daylight to go explore another waterfall nearby at Eagles Cliff Park. On the way back to the campsite, we made one last walk through part of Watkins Glen State Park before the sun set. Speaking of sun sets, the one we had last Thursday night was spectacular!

We finished the day with Jeff grilling some burgers on his new Blackstone griddle.

It was a lovely, lovely day. 🥰