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    Cooking Golden Era recipes

    Does anyone else here cook from 1930s-1940s cookbooks or magazine recipes? This is a hobby of mine, mostly to get myself to eat more veg & whole grains, but also to fit in with my general golden era way of living. I'd love to hear about your successes and not-so-successes. I'm not saying I'm a...
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    Name one really wonderful thing you will for yourself in 2019

    Dear Lounge Ladies, I've never been one for New Year's Resolutions (at least none having to do with diet or exercise) but every year I add one new habit that makes me happy and, if possible, makes someone else's life slightly better. Decades ago I vowed to carry real handkerchiefs everywhere I...
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    Great Compliments

    Last night I received the most wonderful compliment from an 11-year old friend of mine. it made me so happy I thought I'd ask you all for your favorite compliments. I was talking with her parents about the fact that I don't have and don't want a smart phone. I told them that my life is just so...
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    Golden Era Halloween

    I'd like to celebrate Halloween in Golden Era style. We still get a lot of trick-or-treaters here in St. Louis, and most of them are very creative with their costumes. This year I want to do it up right, more or less in the age of my tiny bungalow (circa 1929.) I found a wonderful book dated...
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    Tailoring clothes for spies

    I'm not positive that this is the right folder for this thread (?) I found this article intensely interesting, since I make virtually all of my own clothes from 1930s and 1940s patterns. The specific information about how to deal with buttonholes, seams, and all the other tiny tailoring details...
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    Ladies out alone?

    Last night I ventured alone to the Casa Loma Ballroom, a wonderful 1927 ballroom that is mostly still in its original state. The ladies' rooms are straight out of a 30s movie, with vanity seating and slipper chairs. I went because I very much wanted to hear the band, a local swing ensemble...
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    Miniature Murder Scenes

    Have you seen this? Fascinating and macabre. Such a great glimpse into Golden Era interiors & daily life...
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    Small rewards?

    I'm nearing the finish line on a major project that had me tearing my hair out and secretly shedding tears in the wash room. Not only was it a terrible bear, but it had also been harshly criticized (rightly so, I'm afraid), which rendered the work all the more horrible. I'm closing in on it now...
  10. St. Louis

    Agony column?

    This may be a very silly idea. I've been thinking that it would be nice to have more traffic in the Powder Room. I know I should post more too (after all, if I don't do it, I can't expect anyone else to do it either) but sometimes I have trouble thinking of topics. So it occurred to me that I...
  11. St. Louis

    The House is a Museum ...

    ... when people come to see 'em (theme from the Addams Family.) Here's a question for those of you who are trying to recreate a Golden Era home. I like to collect weird / creepy little things, like horrifying medicines, which I keep out on display in the bathroom. Over the years I've stopped...
  13. St. Louis

    Sew-Along for 2016

    Hello everyone, Last year I posted a sew-along in this forum because one or two gentlemen seemed to be interested in joining in. I am happy to report that I did meet my personal goals, at least in terms of quotas. In fact I lost track of just how many things I made. The goal was ten sewn or...
  14. St. Louis

    Garden plans this year?

    I'm not sure whether this is the right forum for this question -- bartenders feel free to move if necessary. What are your plans for your garden this year? Have you already started looking at seed and plant catalogs? I'm particularly interested in heirloom / vintage gardening. My own garden is...
  15. St. Louis

    Smooth gentlemen

    Just out of curiosity, ladies, what do you consider smooth in a gentleman? I have no ulterior motives for asking; I just heard a lady call someone smooth today (in a strictly ironic tone) and that set me to wondering. I wouldn't appreciate smarmy or oily smoothness. But I work with a Polish...
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    Healthy, delicious Golden Era recipes

    Does anyone else here cook from period cookbooks or magazines? This is a side-hobby of mine. I've learned a great deal about what people liked then: the flavors, textures, consistency, preparation techniques, and so on. I thought it might be interesting to talk about our discoveries. Today...
  17. St. Louis

    Secret Army

    I don't know how many of you are familiar with a wonderful British TV series titled Secret Army, which aired in the late 1970s. I've been yearning to watch it for years. Until recently it hasn't been available to viewers in the US. Last fall, BFS Entertainment finally issued Series 1 in region...
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    Summer clothes from the Golden Era

    Hello ladies, I'm making progress on my sew-along (see the thread in the front parlor), though I haven't posted any photos yet. They're coming, I promise. Meanwhile, I'm trying to figure out what the average lady would have worn in the summer. By "average," I mean, someone like me --...
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    Sewing failures

    Have you ever had a sewing failure? I don't mean the kind where you make a goofy mistake you don't feel able to correct. I mean, specifically, where you make the garment correctly, but the fabric, pattern, or style look so awful and frumpy that you know you'll never wear it. I make plenty of...
  21. St. Louis

    Random strange

    When I'm out and about, I like to pick up little weird bottles and objects for my house. I call those things "random strange." They end up all over my house. For example, here's a bottle of Revivo (smelling salts), Buck Lure (I dunno, I guess for deer hunters), Shine-ola, and a tiny jar full of...
  22. St. Louis

    Lost art of proper relaxation

    I think this counts as a "skill" or a "smart." Didn't people in the golden era relax with more grace and propriety? Or maybe they just never photographed each other sacked out on the couch in tatty socks and worn-out bathrobes? Whenever I've seen any images of folks taking it easy, they always...
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    Time travel shopping trip

    This question was inspired by a visit to Retro 101, my favorite vintage clothing store in St. Louis. This is an impressive shop, and it's set up to look exactly like a neighborhood 1940s store. I'm thinking specifically of some department stores I used to visit in the Polish neighborhood when I...

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