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  1. Lena_Horne

    Is "Boys/Men Only" too Taboo?

    I remember this being discussed a few years back but not from the particular angle I am wondering about. I've become, shall we say obsessed, with the St. Grottlesex/Ivy League atmosphere of years gone by. I have bought some forty-odd yearbooks over the past year and a half, mostly focusing on...
  2. Lena_Horne

    Golden Era Photographs

    I collect photographs and now have more than my fair share and no one to share them with. What's a girl to do? Why, post them on FL of course! Here's a smattering to start with, unfortunately not in chronical order on account of their varying sizes: *click* Drinking fountain on the...
  3. Lena_Horne

    The Decline of Marriage in the United States

    For first time, unmarried households reign in US by Maxim Kniazkov Sun Oct 15, 1:02 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - It is by no means dead, but for the first time, a new survey has shown that traditional marriage has ceased to be the preferred living arrangement in the majority of US...
  4. Lena_Horne

    A Return to American Craftmanship

    A Return to American Craftmanship: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/10/8/191610/322 It's been the opinion of a vocal, but small, minority that as a population we should return to skilled manufacturing instead of continuing to support the mass-production, and admittedly...
  5. Lena_Horne

    JCrew

    I wondered what you all might think upon viewing the new arrivals in the Women's Department of JCrew this season. My particular favorite was this Silk Pintuck Blouse: http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod79001481&catId=cat108094 And this cape...
  7. Lena_Horne

    If only he'd clean up a little...

    While looking at pictures of Stavros Niarchos III, I remembered his grandfather for whom he was named, the Greek shipping magnate that was also a rival to Aristotle Onassis: So splendid, so attractive, so dapper: Then, we have his grandson, who would really look much more handsome than...
  8. Lena_Horne

    What are they putting in the water...?

    6-foot-8 13 year old towers over foes By GENARO C. ARMAS, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 20, 6:21 PM ET SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Aaron Durley towers over the competition at the Little League World Series. The 13-year-old first baseman for Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, stands an imposing...
  9. Lena_Horne

    Diamonds aren't (always) a girl's best friend...

    I couldn't imagine what everyone is thinking reading that title, but it struck me a few months ago and floated back in my head while I surmised going down to Simmon's & Clark Jewelers in downtown Detroit tomorrow. Still in the same location and gorgeous Art Deco building since 1925: *click*...
  10. Lena_Horne

    What the heck is this???

    I've been trying to figure it out for the past twenty-four hours when it occurred to me, who else to ask by my fellow Loungers? I recently picked up an April, 1958 issue of LIFE featuring John, Jackie and Caroline Kennedy on the cover. Inside was a splendid--and I mean absolutely...
  11. Lena_Horne

    Flip-Flops again...?

    Though we've explored this topic before, I thought others might like to see this article without my having to dig through the archives: Are flip-flops damaging your career? By Belinda Goldsmith Thu Jun 29, 1:38 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - With more women wearing flip-flops to the...
  13. Lena_Horne

    Vintage Interior Photographs

    I was perusing Yahoo! Image Search for pictures of FDR when I stumbled upon these at Webshots. All I know about them is that they're interior shots of homes in West Virginia that have been preserved. As far as I'm concerned, it just makes the past that much more alive...
  14. Lena_Horne

    The Wifely Duties

    Well this evening on Colbert Report they had a very interesting guest on, Caitlin Flanagan, who supports a return to a time when men and women's roles were well-defined. The man was the bread-winner and the woman was the homemaker. I agreed with ninety-five percent of what she said (the part...
  15. Lena_Horne

    The Next World War

    People have been constantly guessing at the onset of what will become World War III since the closing of the Second World War. According to Wikipedia (I'll admit though that it isn't the best source) some even thought that the Korean War would turn into another World War when it first broke...
  16. Lena_Horne

    Sanitary Belts

    Now I've been holding off on asking this question for some time as it seemed that it would only suffice during an already "delicate" discussion. But since we're already there what better time than now. What about (if anyone is quite that gung-ho about going vintage) the use of belted sanitary...
  17. Lena_Horne

    Sex in media boosts teen promiscuity-study

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sexually charged music, magazines, TV and movies push youngsters into intercourse at an earlier age, perhaps by acting as kind of virtual peer that tells them everyone else is doing it, a study said Monday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060403/ts_nm/sex_dc_5 --- While...
  19. Lena_Horne

    The Age of Profanity

    I saw this article on Yahoo! and just knew I had to post it. I know that profanity certainly isn't anything new but the prevalence of it these days can be disconcerting especially to someone such as myself who very, very rarely swears aloud: --- "This is a story about words we can't print...
  20. Lena_Horne

    Gordon Parks R.I.P.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_en_mo/obit_parks I just purchased the new American Legacy (an African American history magazine) featuring him and discussing his life along with the new autobiography (his fourth I believe) last week and am a bit shocked. This life served him well...
  21. Lena_Horne

    Another Great Depression

    I've been doing some reading lately about the current state of the economy as well as the affects of our issues with oil. Now I'm not here to start an argument about whether or not we are doing the right thing where that is concerned. But one very grim outcome that was posited by a professor...
  22. Lena_Horne

    Unknown Family Photos

    I was doing a casual search on Google while working on a wallpaper when I came across a collection of anonymous old family photographs on RootsWeb. I just thought that they would be interesting to share. It's also a little sad to note that these photographs--once so treasured--have simply...
  23. Lena_Horne

    Historic Homes in Toledo

    I was searching for New Year's Cards when I stumbled upon this collection. A lot of these pictures are from the twenties or so and they are absolutely stunning. It's also nice to see an apartment house without a giant parking lot running up to it. And actual grass as well. I suppose my...

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