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Category Archives: weekend
May Day Help is on the Way
Hi there, guys and dolls! How’s your Friday going? Are you able to negotiate your way into the weekend without yours truly’s completely useless advice? Well, good for you. Let’s see how I can (mis)guide two souls today. Dear Barbara … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950's California, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 1950s toys, 50's Fashions, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, 50's Slang, 50's television, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Americana, Big Dreams, blogaday, California, Characters, city life, Commitment, Communication, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, dance, Dancer, Dating, Dearborn, Domestic life, Engagement, Etiquette, Family, family life, Fiction, Fictional Characters, Flamenco, flirting, Historical, historical fiction, home life, letters, Long Beach, Love, Marriage, Michigan, Nostalgia, opinion, parenting, Perspective, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Romance, slang, Small town, Social Mores, Socializing, Spanish, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage, weekend
Tagged 1950's, 1950's California, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 1950s Michigan, 50s dating, 50s family, 50s fun, 50s marriage, advice, advice column, communication, Dancer, dancing, dating, dating advice, Engagement, entertainment, family life, fiance, Flamenco, free advice, Free Advice Friday, Fridays, Funny, Howdy Doody, Humor, Language of Love, marriage, May Day, Retro, retro style, romance, Spanish, television series
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For your Reading Pleasure
Hi there, guys and dolls! How’s your week going? Looking for something to read? Yours truly has a great suggestion for you. One of my favorite 20th century novelists is Elizabeth Jane Howard. Now I’ve mentioned her Cazalet series as … Continue reading
Posted in 1940's, 1950's, 1950s glamour, 50's housewife, Authors, blogaday, book excerpts, books, cocktail culture, Commitment, Domestic life, ebooks, England, Etiquette, Family, family life, fashion, Fictional Characters, Great Britain, Historical, historical fiction, home life, kindle, Love, Marriage, Nostalgia, Perspective, Raves and Faves, Readers, Reading, reading, Relaxation, Romance, Scandal, Social Mores, Uncategorized, Vintage, weekend
Tagged 1940s, 1950's, After Julius, domestic, Elizabeth Jane Howard, family life, husbands, Love, marriage, novels, Readers, Reading, relationships, Retro, romance, Scandal, Something in Disguise, The Beautiful Visit, The Long View, The Sea Change, Vintage, vintage glamour, wives
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Advice to Make April Agreeable
Hi there, guys and dolls! Want some advice? Yeah, I didn’t think so. That’s okay, I’ll dole it out anyway. After all, there are two fine ladies who do and maybe you will benefit from my half-wit wisdom after all. … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's Fashions, 50's housewife, 50's Husband, advice, advice column, Alter Ego, Americana, Beauty, beauty disasters, Blogs, Communication, creative writing, Creativity, Domestic life, Easter, entertainment, Etiquette, Family, family life, fashion, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, flirting, Historical, historical fiction, Holidays, home life, letters, Marriage, neighbors, Nostalgia, nosy neighbors, opinion, Pop Culture, Relatives, Retro, Social Mores, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage, vintage fashion, weekend
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950's Fashion, 1950s, 1950s clothing, 1950s etiquitte, 1950s fashion, 1950s glamour, 1950s humor, 1950s husbands, 50s family, 50s fun, 50s marriage, advice, advice column, bad advice, Easter, Easter bonnet, Funny, hats, Humor, husbands, marriage, neighbors, Nostalgia, nosy neighbors, Retro, suburbia, Vintage
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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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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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Well, Bowl me Over
Hi there, guys and dolls! Well gee, isn’t wholesome fun just the ticket sometimes? Don’t you believe it. There’s always some saucy and scandalous behavior in the midst. So there I was, minding my own business with nothing much to … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 50's Slang, Alter Ego, Americana, blogaday, Blogs, Characters, cocktail culture, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Dating, diary, entertainment, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, flirting, Historical, historical fiction, Humor, journal, Nostalgia, Pop Culture, postaday, Retro, Romance, Scandal, Social Mores, Socializing, suburbia, Uncategorized, Vintage, weekend
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950s, 1950s humor, 50s fun, bowling, dating, dear diary, diary, Funny, Humor, Nostalgia, Retro, romance, Vintage, weekend
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Looks Like I Lost the Plot
Hi there, guys and dolls! Well, don’t that beat all. I’ve been bamboozled, hangdogged and hogtied. No, and it wasn’t very fun, at all flirty or fantabulous! Let me give you the skinny on the latest. It all started last … Continue reading
Posted in 1950's, 1950s fun, 1950s glamour, 50's Novels, 50's Slang, Alter Ego, Americana, Authors, autographed copy, Blogs, book signing, Book Signings, Book stores, books, Characters, city life, creative writing, Creativity, daily blog, Dating, diary, entertainment, Fiction, Fictional Characters, flash fiction, flirting, Historical, historical fiction, Humor, jealousy, journal, Mysteries, Nostalgia, novels, Pop Culture, postaday, Readers, reading, Retro, Romance, Uncategorized, Vintage, weekend, Writers, Writing, Writing Ideas
Tagged 1950's, 1950's Culture, 1950's Novels, 1950s humor, 50's dating, 50's fun, author event, authors, autographed copy, book signing, books, dating, Funny, Humor, Nostalgia, novels, Reading, Retro, romance, summer, Vintage, Writing
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