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Monthly Archives: October 2019
Fright Night!
Happy Hallowe’en, guys and dolls! Hope you have more treats than tricks this year, or in my case, all my tricks become fun treats, if you know what I mean ;-). Of course, I’m that kind of gal. Did you … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's fun, 1950's, 1950s fun, 50's Movies, 50's Slang, 50s horror movies, Alter Ego, black and white movies, blogaday, Classic Movies, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, diary, Domestic life, entertainment, Fiction, Fictional Characters, Halloween, Historical, Holidays, Hollywood, horror movies, Humor, journal, Nostalgia, Pop Culture, postaday, Raves and Faves, Retro, supernatural thrillers, suspense, Uncategorized, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950's Movies, 1950s humor, 50's fun, 50's Movies, blogaday, Classic Movies, creature feature, entertainment, Faves, Funny, Halloween, horror movies, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, journal, Mad Scientists, Michael Landon, movie marathon, Nostalgia, postaday, Raves, Retro, Sci Fi movies, Science fiction, The Fly, Vincent Price, Vintage
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Fridays are Made for Bad Advice
Hi there, guys and dolls! Time for my favorite feature, giving advice I really shouldn’t be. Dear Barbara Jean, Recently our neighbor Pam dropped 250 pounds by divorcing her husband of ten years and then dieting and exercising to get … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's fun, 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Beauty, beauty disasters, blogaday, Blogs, Characters, cocktail culture, Creativity, daily blog, Domestic life, Drinks, entertainment, Etiquette, fashion, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, flirting, historical fiction, home life, Humor, jealousy, letters, Love, Marriage, neighbors, Nostalgia, nosy neighbors, opinion, Parties, Perspective, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Romance, Social Mores, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage, vintage fashion
Tagged 1950's Fashion, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 50's fun, 50's housewife, 50s marriage, advice, advice column, divorcee, Funny, girdle, Humor, jealous, letters, neighbors, Nostalgia, nosy neighbors, Retro, retro style, sack dress, Vintage, vintage fashion, vintage glamour
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Don’t We All Need a Little Living in Fifties Fashion?
Hi there, guys and dolls! Have I got a great Raves n Faves for you this week. It’s one of my favorite sites to visit. Well, in fact, settle in and stay for hours on end. Trust me, it’ll take … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's fun, 1950's, 1950's Ads, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, Alter Ego, Beauty, blogaday, Blogs, Classic Movies, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Designer, entertainment, Etiquette, fashion, Historical, Inspiration, journal, Nostalgia, Pop Culture, Raves and Faves, Retro, Social Mores, Socializing, Uncategorized, Vintage, vintage fashion, Website
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950's Fashion, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, Adrian, Blogs, Dior, Edith Head, fashion, fashion blog, fifties fashion, Givenchy, Glamour, living fifties fashions, living in fifties fashion, Norell, Nostalgia, Retro, Style, Vintage, vintage fashion, vintage glamour
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Beauticians Always Know Best
Hi there, guys and dolls! Don’t we all love a little primping and pampering? Let’s be honest, we all need a little help now and then. As the edges of our years get a little warped and wrinkled (I swear … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's fun, 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, Alter Ego, Beauty, beauty disasters, Beauty Salons, Beauty Treatments, blogaday, Characters, Conversation, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Dialogue, diary, entertainment, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, Gossip, Hairdressers, historical fiction, Hollywood, Humor, journal, long read, Nostalgia, nosy neighbors, Pop Culture, postaday, short story, Social Mores, Socializing, Uncategorized, Vintage, Writing
Tagged 1950's fun, 1950s, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, bad hair day, Beauticians, Beauty, beauty disasters, Beauty Salons, blogaday, blonde, daily blog, dear diary, Fiction, fictional character, flash fiction, Funny, Gossip, Hair coloring, Hollywood, Humor, Jayne Mansfield, journal, long read, Nostalgia, nosy neighbors, short story, Vintage
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Friendly Advice
Hi there, guys and dolls! Another week, more so-so advice 😉 Dear Barbara Jean, My children are at the age where they want to help out in the kitchen, but I am so concerned about it. You see, I like … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's fun, 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's Fashions, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Beauty, blogaday, Blogs, Characters, childrearing, children in the kitchen, cocktail culture, cocktails, Communication, Conversation, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Dating, Domestic life, Drinks, entertainment, Etiquette, family life, fashion, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, Happy Hour, Historical, historical fiction, Humor, letters, Nostalgia, Pop Culture, postaday, Romance, Social Mores, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage, Writing
Tagged 1950's Culture, 1950's Fashion, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, advice, advice column, alimony, blogaday, childrearing, dating, divorcee, Humor, Nostalgia, postaday, Retro, Vintage, vintage fashion
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