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  1. Viola

    Autos of Never-were

    My sister today designed something called the Wraith Argent, a very loving tribute to the Rolls' Silver Ghost. It seemed to borrow slightly from a very luxe interpetation of an HHR in terms of body and cargo capacity, but with a lot of the Rolls aesthetic. Right down to silverplated...
  2. Viola

    Autos of Never-were

    In the time of PT Cruisers and HHRs, and fiberglass kits... ...If you were designing a car with a distinctly vintage flavour but NOT a replica of an authentic vehicle, just a Gotham City sort of interpretation of a bygone age, what would you do? You can salute multiple makes, pursue lost...
  3. Viola

    Can Anyone Recommend "Pearl Harbor"?

    My thought is, if I want to see an utterly silly WWII movie (and I do, I love them) I will watch the Rocketeer. At least then I won't have to see Ben Affleck making strange faces as he exerts himself acting.
  4. Viola

    WWII Theaters of Operation... Which Do You Prefer?

    I had uncles stationed in Europe and in Asia. I had a great-uncle at Normandy (who lived the rest of his life with a steel plate in his head) and an uncle who was a belly-gunner, shot down twice, and lived. And one grandfather annoyed to be stationed in Greenland. Which theatre is no question...
  5. Viola

    family members on the "wrong" side

    I know at least one in my family fought WWI for Germany. Sad.
  7. Viola

    family members on the "wrong" side

    A daughter of a WWII vet has gone back to Belarus. Aside from that, no. Pretty much everyone who lived, lived because they got out. Some are still in Cuba though I think. I know some are still in Argentina. Most who lived eventually made it to America. I know one was offered a chance to be...
  8. Viola

    family members on the "wrong" side

    Just on the wrong side of the border, here. Plenty of cousins trying to race out of Europe (we're Jews) who ended up in any country they could get a ticket to. A cousin of my mother's was born in China. Others ended up in Cuba, or Argentina.
  9. Viola

    WWII Cooking?

    What culture? Food was still more regionalized then compared to now. There was no one WWII diet. If there was, going by the evidence in this thread, nobody in my family ate it.
  10. Viola

    Energy self sufficiency - 1930's style

    Now I don't know how you do things but what kind of energy draw is YOUR ammo-storage because I always pictured a set-up for myself not unlike a pantry. Shelves, drawers, canisters. Nothing automated or running up my meter.
  11. Viola

    Energy self sufficiency - 1930's style

    I really think the key to energy self-sufficiency is deciding what you can do you yourself, and what you can do without. Solar panels are nice and all but if its to light a house twice as big as you need and its appliances that do more than you need done? Why do stoves need to be industrial...
  13. Viola

    Happy Easter everyone!

    No candy for me this weekend. I hope everyone's holiday is healthy and happy.
  14. Viola

    How do you finance your vintage or vintage style clothing and hats?

    I make up a budget for clothes, or housewares, or whatever. A hundred dollars a year in clothes goes a lot further used than new, anyway. I don't have to justify vintage as an extravagence, its pretty much always, the way I shop, an equivalency or a savings.
  15. Viola

    New L.L. Bean "Signature" Line

    I like this one. So far its the only one that really pops, to me. http://www.llbean.com/llbeansignature/llb/shop/65393?subrnd=1&parentCategory=505956&feat=505956-sigtn&cat4=505955
  16. Viola

    Vintage Lipsticks, etc.?

    I dared to dream EA still made Montezuma Red, the colour designed to match servicewomen's WWII uniforms. Seems I have no luck. I would kill for a tube of the authentic tone-matched stuff. :(
  17. Viola

    Cute Vintage-y Shoes

    I just bought a pair of mens' Red Wing boots... I think I'm in love. Comfortable, classic looking, no nylon bits or padded cuff like so many work boots have, and welted construction so I can get them resoled. I'm one of those who wear long skirts w/ boots, though. I wouldn't go...
  19. Viola

    Gardens vegetable, flower or other?

    What citrus are the easiest to grow? (grapefruit, apparently? lol) I'm going to have my very own warm-place garden soon but I have no idea how to garden places it doesn't snow.
  20. Viola

    In praise of the meatball sandwich!

    I don't eat them with cheese, but a good meatball grinder is really good.
  21. Viola

    Do You Dress For Dinner?

    I have "after six" things. Velvet dresses, etc. feel pretty silly worn just 'coz. Heels get higher, peep-toes may appear, and stuff like that, for even out to dinner at a pretty simple place because I think it is cute (and often in pieces more classic or vintage-inspired type cocktail dresses...
  22. Viola

    Gardens vegetable, flower or other?

    I'm rather fond of the Austin hybrids. My mom just got 'Carding Mill' and we'll see how it does. She has 'Graham Thomas' and he's a handsome fellow. If you like yellow, but yellow is my favourite colour.
  23. Viola

    What happened to admiration?

    Aw, Senator, you're so nice. I'll judge 'em for you. lol

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