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Valentine's Day. What's your view?
I never hated Valentine's Day. If people wanna partake in it, go for it. As for me, I'm married and it's just another extra time for my hubby and I to get each other gifts, but we give each other presents all year round! I also have fun making him his card; we never buy them because there's...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #25
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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STOP STARING!!!
I'm with the gals who say the fabric is less than pleasing. The cheap plastic zipper was a NIGHTMARE. And the applique cherries that were on my dress came right off after a few wearings! I also had trouble with the size chart -- when I got the dress it was way too big for me! I should have...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #40
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Who Are Your Style Icons?
Currently, I'm sporting this hairdo and have been since 2001!! I also try my best to emulate the billowy look of the 20s and 30s as seen on this dress worn by Louise Brooks. But as I'm getting a bit older, the bob-and-bangs are beginning to bore me a bit. And I no longer think I look...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #133
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Early Technicolor Films
The Toll Of The Sea (1922) was the first full-length film to use the 2-strip process. It's not a bad movie. Buster Keaton's Seven Chances (1925) has a 2-strip sequence in the beginning. Excellent movie!!! The Hollywood Revue Of 1929 has colour sequences at the end. On With The Show...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #5
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Does anyone find that vintage clothing is more comfortable then modern clothing?
I agree that my vintage dresses from the 30s and 50s are very comfortable -- they hug me where they're supposed to and breathe where they're supposed to!! BUT!! I always feel so stiff and uncomfortable in them because I'm so scared I'm going to tear them or stain them! So I only wear them on...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #25
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Who is Your Beauty Muse?
My beauty muses are all those spectacular women of the 1930s! I adore Kay Francis, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, and Joan Blondell. These ladies have inspired my makeup and hairstyles. I wish I could dress more like them, but that would be impossible for me. When I was a kid I loved...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #58
- Forum: Beauty
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Love at first sight? What Balloney!!...or, does it really happen?
I saw a picture of my husband on THE INTERNET and said "That's the man I'm going to marry" even before we spoke to one another. He was in London, I'm in NJ. Anybody else I would have forgotten about it, but there was something about him I HAD to get to know. He moved to the USA and we...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #73
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The School Bully
I'd just let it go. Incidentally, my junior high bully was named Scott, also. I was very overweight when I was 12/13/14 and he used to call me "Pizza Girl" and "Beast." He tormented me so much I was afraid to go to school. This was in 1988/89/90. In 2005 I landed a job at a car...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #51
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Vintage Theaters
Nope, I'm just a lover of all thing 20s and 30s, especially if it involves movies. And super-especially if touches home. Those four theatres are my favourites from the area. With help from this book: I'm going to one day drive around and take photos of what remains of those once-lovely...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #80
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Femme Fatale look
Watch LOTS of 1940s movies. LOTS!! Watching hundreds of movies have helped me with my 20s/30s look. It instilled the feeling within me to carry it off.- Amy Jeanne
- Post #14
- Forum: The Powder Room
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How did you find the lounge?
I put in a google web search for one of my Live Journal friends and it led me to here.- Amy Jeanne
- Post #251
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Vintage Theaters
The Showboat Theatre, Ocean City, NJ. Later renamed The Surf Theatre because the "Showboat" sign blew down and it cost too much to replace such a long word! Built in 1929, if memory serves me correctly... THEN: NOW: Currently known as The Surf Mall. That's the same wall you see in...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #73
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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New Ladies and Gents Step Forward
I love Lucy The Elephant!! And thanks for the thread on theatres -- I searched for one the other day, but must have missed it.- Amy Jeanne
- Post #606
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Sartorial Objections
I honestly don't care much about what others wear because I hold the phrase "to each his own" in serious regards. I get judged and laughed at daily by these people who wear PJ bottoms with slippers and baggy jeans that are belted around the knees. I'm proud that I'm not on their levels! If my...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #66
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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They Just Don't Make Em' Like They Used To!
I'm going to go with clothes on this one! All my "new" clothes from the mall last 2 years, maybe 3, before I start seeing little pulls and snags. I've got dresses from the 30s, 50s, and 60s that are made so well they almost look new! And they are completely wearable (I got married in my dress...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #2
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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My Favorite Years.
The late 20s to the early 40s is my favourite time period, too. I'd have to say I have a weakness for the architecture, especially old movie houses. The round curves and the straight lines are just beautiful. And everything seemed to shine. I find the films from this era are also the most...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #17
- Forum: The Golden Era
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New Ladies and Gents Step Forward
The Strand in Ocean City was UNCHANGED from it's opening in 1938 until it's selling to a majour theatre chain in 1989 (scumbags!), who gutted the art-deco beauty of it to make room for 5 screens. The lobby is now home to ugly Rita's Water Ice!! Makes my heart sink just writing this response...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #603
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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New Ladies and Gents Step Forward
And then there's the theatres in Ocean City, NJ!! The Strand, the Moorlyn,and the Surf! The Strand and Moorlyn are still in operation, but they have been stripped of their art-deco wonderfullness in place of ugly multi-plexness. The "before and after" photos make me whince! Everytime I pass...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #601
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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New Ladies and Gents Step Forward
Me, too. There's a theatre 10 minutes from where I live in Pitman, NJ called the Broadway Theatre. It was built in 1926 and has remained virtually unchanged since then. It even has an ORIGINAL 1927 organ still inside; one of the last theatres on earth to still have it's original organ! And...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #599
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Childhood Memories?
One day I freaked out my dad. Out of the blue, I told him I remembered going to this old building on High Street in town and there was a very old man in there. I remember the ceiling was very badly water-damaged and it was falling down a bit. I also told him I remembered old college class...- Amy Jeanne
- Post #12
- Forum: The Observation Bar
