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Monthly Archives: March 2020
Me, Myself and I
Hi there, guys and dolls! What did you get up to on your weekend? That exciting, huh? Well, sometimes you just have to slow down a little, don’t you? Well, yours truly certainly does. I know, I know, hard to … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's television, Alter Ego, Americana, Beauty, Beauty Treatments, Blogs, books, Characters, Classic Television, cocktail culture, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, day off, De-stressing, diary, Domestic life, entertainment, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, Food, home life, household chores, Humor, indulgence, Italian, Nostalgia, Pop Culture, postaday, Relaxation, Retro, Self Esteem, Uncategorized, Vintage, weekend
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950's Television, 1950s, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 50's music, 50s food, 50s fun, Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Bubble Bath, cherries in the snow, Dagwood, Domestic life, Ed Sullivan, Funny, Humor, Lil Abner, Mario Lanza, Mary Worth, me time, Nostalgia, pampering, Peyton Place, Prince Valiant, Retro, Sunday, Vintage, weekend
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Today’s Advice may be a Help or Hindrance
Hi there, guys and dolls! Friday’s upon us again. Rumor has it that plenty of you are stuck at home with your, er, loved ones. And how would that be going? I’ve got a couple of letters from some rather … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s toys, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Americana, Characters, childrearing, Communication, Creativity, daily blog, De-stressing, Domestic life, Etiquette, Family, family life, Fiction, Fictional Characters, Games, home life, household chores, Humor, letters, Love, Marriage, neighbors, Nostalgia, opinion, parenting, Perspective, Pop Culture, Relatives, Retro, Social Mores, Socializing, suburbia, toys, Uncategorized, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s humor, 1950s husbands, 1950s toys, 50's housewife, 50s family, 50s fun, 50s marriage, advice, advice column, childrearing, fun and games, Funny, household, Humor, kids, marbles, neighbors, Nostalgia, opinion, Retro, Vintage
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Time for Some Delightfully Gentle Reading
Hi there, guys and dolls! Are you all hanging in there? Good, I know you can. Now yours truly is quite comfortable in my lovely nifty fifties world, but I understand that in your modern day life there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Contemporary, Africa, blogaday, book series, books, Botswana, Characters, Cozy Mysteries, Cozy Mystery Series, daily blog, detectives, Fiction, Fictional Characters, Humor, Mysteries, novels, postaday, Raves and Faves, Readers, Reading, reading, Romance, Social Mores, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexander McCall Smith, Book Depository, book series, books, delightful reads, detective novels, Fiction, Fictional Chararacters, gentle reads, Morality For Beautiful Girls, No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Readers, Reading, Tears of A Giraffe, The Full Cupboard of Life, The Kalahari Typing School for Men
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Barbara Jean, Take a Letter
Hi there, guys and dolls! Well, another Workday Wednesday is upon us, and let me tell you, I’ve had better. Or, let me tell you about it and I’ll feel better…. Anyhoo, I went in to work as per usual, … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s business, 1950s fun, Alter Ego, Americana, big business, Blogs, Careers, Characters, city life, collaboration, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Dating, day job, diary, Etiquette, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, Historical, historical fiction, Humor, journal, letters, long read, Nostalgia, Office life, Office work, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Uncategorized, Vintage, workday
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s, 1950s business, 1950s humor, 50s fun, 50s workplace, big business, day job, diary, dictation, Funny, Humor, letters, Nostalgia, office humor, Office life, Office work, Retro, secretaries, shorthand, stenographer, Vintage, work life, workday wednesday
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The Entangled Instructor
Hi there, guys and dolls! Are you all socially distancing yourself? I should hope so. Now yours truly comes from a slightly earlier time (ahem, I’m not telling my age, but if I was at my supreme freshness in the … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, Alter Ego, Americana, blogaday, board games, city life, cocktail culture, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, dance, dance instructor, diary, Fiction, flash fiction, flirting, Historical, historical fiction, Humor, journal, Love, Nostalgia, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Romance, Socializing, Uncategorized, Vintage, weekend
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 1960's, 50's dating, 50's fun, alter ego, board games, daily blog, dance instruction, dancing, dating, Fiction, fifties fun, Funny, Humor, Nostalgia, Retro, romance, tango, Twister, Vintage, weekend
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Oh, if Only All of Our Problems were so Small
Hi there, guys and dolls! How’s everyone doing? My wish for you is to have such trite problems as my two questioning ladies do today (of course, we won’t tell them their problems are just small potatoes, will we). Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s food, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's housewife, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Americana, Beauty Pageant, cookies, Creativity, daily blog, diary, dieting, Domestic life, Family, family life, Girl Guides, Humor, letters, Love, neighbors, Nostalgia, Pop Culture, Relatives, Retro, Romance, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 50s dating, 50s fun, advice, advice column, Americana, bad advice, Beauty Pageants, dating advice, family life, free advice, Funny, Girl Guide cookies, Girl Guides, Humor, letters, Nostalgia, Retro, romance, Vintage
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If You Knew Ozu Like I Know Ozu
Hi there, guys and dolls! How’s everybody doing? Planning on nestling down in front of your TV this weekend? Well, I have some terrific Raves n Faves for you. Five of my favorite movies by Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu. Now … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 1960s movies, 50's Fashions, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, 50's Movies, black and white movies, Blogs, Characters, city life, Classic Movies, cocktail culture, Coffee Shop, Creativity, daily blog, Dating, day job, Domestic life, entertainment, Etiquette, Family, family life, family saga, home life, Humor, Japan, Japanese Movies, movies, Nostalgia, Office life, Pop Culture, Retro, Romance, Social Mores, Socializing, suburbia, Vintage, vintage fashion, Yasujiro Ozu
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950's Fashion, 1950s, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 50's housewife, 50's Movies, 50s dating, 50s fun, 50s marriage, 50s workplace, black and white movies, Classic Movies, Criterion, entertaining, entertainment, Equinox Flower, family life, family saga, Faves, Funny, Good Morning, Humor, Japan, Japanese, Late Autumn, Raves, Retro, romance, The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice, Tokyo Story, Vintage, vintage glamour, Yasujiro Ozu
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The Efficient Mid-Century Solo Worker
Hi there, guys and dolls! Hoping you are all healthy and cocooning away. Stay safe and wash, wash, wash your hands (along with that man right out of your hair, but that may be another post…). So being that this … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950's Ads, 1950s business, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, Alter Ego, Americana, big business, Business Lunch, Characters, city life, cocktail culture, creative writing, Creativity, day job, diary, entertainment, Fiction, Historical, historical fiction, Humor, long read, Nostalgia, Office life, Office work, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Social Mores, Uncategorized, Vintage, workday, working from home, working solo
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s, 1950s ads, 1950s business, 1950s humor, 50s fun, 50s workplace, day job, Funny, Nostalgia, office humor, Office life, Office work, paperwork, Retro, satire, Vintage, work life, workday wednesday
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But Ours is Called Rosie OShady
Hi there, guys and dolls! Happy St. Paddy’s Day! May the luck of the Irish be with all of us. By the way, have I ever told you about good old Rosie O’Grady in our neighborhood. Or, as we all … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, Alter Ego, cocktail culture, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, diary, Drinks, entertainment, Holidays, Humor, Nostalgia, Parties, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 1950s parties, 50's fun, Blarney Stone, diary, four leaf clover, four leaf clover luck, Funny, green beer, Holidays, Humor, Irish, leprechaun, luck, neighbors, Nostalgia, Parties, Retro, Rosie O'Grady, St. Patrick, suburbia, Vintage
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