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Monthly Archives: November 2019
Getting Away with it After All
Hi there, guys and dolls! If you are in the U S of A, I’m sure your plans all now revolve around turkey, football games and avoiding awkward family questions. In other words, Thanksgiving. Well, yours truly, too. So much … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, Alter Ego, Americana, blogaday, city life, cocktail culture, cocktails, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Dating, day job, diary, Drinks, entertainment, Family, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, flirting, Gossip, Happy Hour, Historical, historical fiction, Holidays, Humor, journal, long read, neighbors, Nostalgia, Office life, Office work, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, short story, suburbia, telephones, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized, Vacation, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s business, 1950s humor, 50's fun, 50s workplace, cocktail culture, Funny, Gossip, Holidays, Humor, neighbors, Nostalgia, office humor, Office life, Office work, Retro, sick day, skipping work, suburbia, Thanksgiving, Vintage, work life, workday wednesday
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Slightly Flawed and Almost Friendly Advice
Hi there, guys and dolls! Fancy that, it’s Friday, and not a day too soon. I’ve received some great letters from some great women with great problems. Let’s get to their challenges, shall we? Dear Barbara Jean, I feel like … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, 50's Slang, Adult Contemporary, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Americana, Beauty, blogaday, creative writing, Creativity, Domestic life, entertainment, Etiquette, family life, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, Gossip, historical fiction, home life, Humor, letters, Marriage, neighbors, Nostalgia, nosy neighbors, opinion, Perspective, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Romance, Scandal, Self Esteem, Social Mores, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 50's dating, 50's fun, 50's housewife, 50s marriage, advice, advice column, beauty advice, blogaday, daily blog, Funny, Gossip, Humor, husbands, letters, neighbors, romance, rumors, suburbia
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The Joneses Need to Keep up with Me…
Hi there, guys and dolls! You know the saying, “keeping up with the Joneses?” Well, the only Joneses I know personally (that would be Jay, Jill and their children Johnny and Janey yeah, that’s right…) quite frankly bore me to … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 50's housewife, 50's Movies, blogaday, Characters, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, diary, Domestic life, entertainment, family life, Fiction, Fictional Characters, home movies, house party, Humor, journal, long read, neighbors, Nostalgia, nosy neighbors, opinion, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vacation, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s humor, 50's fun, 50's Movies, blogaday, Characters, dear diary, diary, Domestic life, family life, Fiction, Fictional Chararacters, fifties fun, flash fiction, Funny, home movies, Humor, journal, Nostalgia, nosy neighbors, Retro, suburbia, Vintage
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Half-Wit Wisdom
Hi there, guys and dolls! Looky, another weekend is almost upon us and you all know what that means – time for me to share a little half-wit wisdom that isn’t always wise to follow. Let’s read who needs some … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Americana, blogaday, Characters, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Dating, diary, Domestic life, entertainment, family life, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, flirting, historical fiction, home life, Humor, letters, long read, Marriage, Nostalgia, opinion, Perspective, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Social Mores, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s humor, 50's dating, 50's fun, 50's housewife, 50s marriage, advice, advice column, blogaday, daily blog, dating, dating advice, door to door, Funny, geeks, Humor, Nostalgia, old computers, Retro, romance, social, Social Life, suburbia, vacuum cleaner salesman, Vintage
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Don’t You Just Love Lucy?
Hi there, guys and dolls! Raves n Faves Thursday is here, the day for me to gab about some of my favorite things. I love to laugh and I love television. I walk up to the set, turn it on, … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950's California, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's Fashions, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, 50's television, Americana, blogaday, California, Characters, city life, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, diary, Domestic life, entertainment, family life, farm life, fashion, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, Food, Historical, Hollywood, Humor, long read, opinion, Pop Culture, postaday, Raves and Faves, Retro, Sitcoms, television series, Uncategorized, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's California, 1950's Culture, 1950's Fashion, 1950's Television, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 50s fun, 50s marriage, black and white television, Classic Television, entertainment, Fred and Ethel Mertz, Funny, Hollywood, Humor, I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball, Nostalgia, Retro, Ricky Ricardo, Sitcoms, tango, Television, Vintage
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