Dire au revoir à 2012 avec un baiser...because it's the only proper way to say goodbye, and hello....2013. Read more →
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My daughter has been asking for a vintage typewriter for years now. That's one vintage passion she shares with me. She's an avid writer, her notebooks are scattered around our world--I find them in the car, all over our house, and occasionally in the trash when she gets writer's block. Read more →
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"In language we distinguish between someone who speaks a sentence well--clearly, and with confidence and dignity--and someone who speaks it badly. In dress too, manner is as important as matter, and in judging the meaning of any garment..." Read more →
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There seems to be no shortage of fascinating new book releases as of late. Most titles were featured in the October issue of Vanity Fair/Fanfair/Flipping Out with a few of... Read more →
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I venture to say I'm probably the last middle aged woman in the USA who can say she's seen "Julie and Julia" starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci.... Read more →
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Men in white suits and Panama hats, women with perfectly set bobs, billboards for Hennessy cognac, palm trees and camels: Egypt in the first half of the 20th century had an allure that felt European but was distinctly exotic Read more →
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Whenever I watch an old movie, or a new movie set in a by~gone era, I always hope for a "Telegram Scene". Take, for example, in The Age of Innocence.... Read more →
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"Be it a jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize." ~ Owen Meredith (Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton) While true in many instances of life, this may be one exception to Sir Bulwer-Lytton's poetic quote. A few weeks ago I learned of a Give~Away via Lily Lemontree. The host was Sarah of My Little Boudoir, and she was generous enough to host a give~away to win a signed copy of this fabulous book: Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart. Having a rare spare minute or two, I entered the give~away and spent a few hours day dreaming (while ironing, that is) about how great it would be if I actually won . . . just the cover photograph had sent me reeling into old~world New York . . . Half awake, waiting for the coffee to finish perking just after 6:00 o'clock this morning, I opened my "mail" and found this: Read more →
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Seems some very wintry weather is headed straight for us here on the NE coast, so I spent the day making the usual preparations: a visit to the market, a... Read more →
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