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  1. Alice Blue

    BBC documentary on American folk music

    The BBC made a nice three-part documentary on (Southern) American folk and early blues music in 2009. I'm posting it here because it covers the 1920s to the 1960s, so it includes our era. Perhaps the material will be old hat to Loungers, but I found the historical narrative and context to be...
  2. Alice Blue

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    I've found a ladies' Panama hat on Etsy that might be just the ticket: Peck and Peck, dated as late 1940s to 1950s, the shape I want and with a 23" inner circumference! (I have a fat head.) Since I know next to nothing about vintage hats, I'm wondering if it is acceptable to remove the...
  3. Alice Blue

    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    I updated my avatar after reading that the US government destroyed a series of "Let's Move" stamps because they showed kids engaging in dangerous activities such as doing a headstand without a helmet. How did people in the twentieth century ever survive...
  4. Alice Blue

    On yer bike!

    A looooong video montage of photos of the Hebburn Victoria Cycling Club in the 1930s. Lots of inspiration for ladies and gents alike. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO98k9T8LuI About halfway through the video some wool jerseys appear with the club initials, and they are clearly handknit. Here...
  5. Alice Blue

    The man with the pipe and overcoat: Ch Ins Maigret

    Thanks for the tip! Actually these will be entirely new translations rather than a reissue.
  7. Alice Blue

    Free Golden Age comics at the Digital Comic Museum

    Got an interesting tip today: an archive of free public-domain Golden Age comics. Read all about it here: http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/download-15000-free-golden-age-comics-from-the-digital-comic-museum.html
  8. Alice Blue

    Henna hair dying

    Right now I´m looking into body art quality henna. It turns out you can buy little 3 gram sample packs of the various hennas from Mehandi.com to test out on a sample of hair. They suggest harvesting hair from your hair brush but I didn´t have much luck with that. However I just brought home some...
  9. Alice Blue

    If you went back to the Golden Era, what would you notice first?

    If I were transported back to 1940, I'd want to see the new Quabbin Reservoir and hear what people thought about it. In the course of the 1930s the Swift River valley was dammed up to provide drinking water for Boston, and four Western Massachusetts towns were submerged. The townspeople were...
  10. Alice Blue

    Personal Libraries

    I plan to (try to) sell my house later this year and I'm trying to make some space by selling books. However even though I successfully cleared out ten boxes of books, the tide seems to be coming back in and the shelves are overflowing again. I try to find e-versions of books just to save...
  11. Alice Blue

    Oh, the Stigma of an Astigmatism. . .

    Thanks for the warnings on polycarbonate lenses, Lizzie and Sheeplady. The last time I tried to save money by using polycarbonate at a less expensive optical chain I couldn't see properly, so I had to go back to the expensive high and mid-index plastic (which is a different material from the...
  13. Alice Blue

    Oh, the Stigma of an Astigmatism. . .

    Thanks for the info, Lizzie. I am also looking at two-screw models and wondering how robust they might be. You can see a wide array of them at this shop. I have a lot of astigmatism and even with modern thin lenses my glasses get thicker at the edges, so I'm thinking that the four-screw might...
  14. Alice Blue

    Oh, the Stigma of an Astigmatism. . .

    I'm still dithering about my first pair of true vintage glasses, but I'm leaning toward early wire-framed cateyes from the 1940s. This is an example of the kind of thing I'm looking at right now. Although I've seen suggestions here on the Lounge that the two-screw style replaced the four-screw...
  15. Alice Blue

    What Does The FL Think of So-called Black Friday?

    It's time for the Santaland Diaries!
  16. Alice Blue

    Russian Imax movie on Stalingrad

    Russian actor and director Fyodr Bondarchuk has made an American-style 3-D IMAX epic about the battle of Stalingrad. It will be Russia's 2014 Academy Award entry for the foreign language category. New York Times, "Russia’s ‘Stalingrad’ Is a Hit on Screen."...
  17. Alice Blue

    What's for Dinner?

    Took a second whack at Woolton Pie. It actually had some flavor this time, since I substituted Gilfeather turnips for the rutabagas/Swedes and added leeks and lots of dried herbs. It's still better with a bit of cheddar and some chutney, but they are no longer necessary to prevent desperation...
  19. Alice Blue

    Show us your vintage hats!

    So, I got two vintage hats in the mail yesterday - my first purchases! One is a velvet tilt hat that is too small, as I suspected. However it was very cheap, and I bought it anyway so I could experiment with fasteners without worrying about ruining a valuable hat. The other is a 22 1/2, and it...
  20. Alice Blue

    Maniac`s

    Yes, the saying in New Hampshire is it takes five generations in the ground to be local. The Vermonters call us Massachusetts folk "Flatlanders." My family moved to Massachusetts in '64 so I'm not technically local, but I still bristle when enlightened folk move to the hilltowns and then call...
  21. Alice Blue

    Show us your vintage home!

    There was a story earlier this year about a house from 1942 that went up for sale in Portland OR. The house must have been a showplace. It's been updated quite a bit, but quite a lot of the woodwork is intact and the house has *five* tile bathrooms. (The owner of the Retro Renovation blog seems...
  22. Alice Blue

    Women's Hats

    Thank you! I'll look forward to your hat site. Alice
  23. Alice Blue

    Show us your vintage hats!

    I´d be interested in hearing any tips as well. I also have a big head, but at least that saves me money since I can´t buy most of the hats out there. I´m still looking for information, but I did find a guide to using hat pins and an earlier FL thread on fastening hats.

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