Category: Vintage Friday

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Vintage Friday: Epiphany Cross Dive

One of my favorite memories from teaching in Tarpon Springs years ago was the excitement of the boys’ annual dive for the cross as part of the celebration of the Epiphany. The school and community helped support the festivities. Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day, is a Christian holiday representing the time when Jesus… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Epiphany Cross Dive

Vintage Friday: Don’t Miss These Christmas Movies

CHRISTMAS MOVIES Oh yes, and the more heartwarming the better! My list of must sees does contain a couple of classics, but not the iconic It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street. I love those two movies, but everybody knows about them, right? Here I’m pointing out some less acclaimed but still entertaining… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Don’t Miss These Christmas Movies

Vintage Friday: Boston Cream Pie

With my birthday coming up (yikes, way too fast), I thought I’d splurge and focus on my favorite dessert, Boston Cream Pie. The purported history of Boston Cream Pie makes for fascinating reading and includes red herrings such as cream puffs made in Boston and a type of cakey jelly roll. The foreshadowing of Boston… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Boston Cream Pie

Vintage Friday: Autumn Leaves 1886

Autumn Leaves by A. Purinton    By happenstance I came across a female poet I was not familiar with, a New Englander named A. Purinton. Her compilation Autumn Leaves was published in 1886 in Massachusetts. Have you heard of her? She never sought to be published and wrote the lyrics for her own satisfaction. They… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Autumn Leaves 1886

Vintage Friday: Wordsmithing Hallow

 HALLOW  We all have favorite words, magical sounds we love to hear uttered. One of mine is hallow or hallows, also its form hallowed, especially drawn out and pronounced in three syllables. Hallow comes from the Old English noun halga, meaning holy person or saint. The verb form meant to make holy, to sanctify. And get… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Wordsmithing Hallow

Vintage Friday: 5 Spooky Halloween Treats

Candied apples, popcorn balls, and Jack O’Lantern cookies—who growing up in the 1950s and 60s doesn’t fondly recall those delicious Halloween treats from childhood? Back then, the goodies cheerfully given to us by friends and neighbors were usually homemade. While sadly that can no longer be the case, Halloween is still a perfect time to… Continue reading Vintage Friday: 5 Spooky Halloween Treats

Vintage Friday: We Love Ricky 1951

DESI ARNAZ We love Lucy, and we also love Ricky, a talented actor, singer, musician, and innovative television pioneer. Born March 2, 1917, of a wealthy Cuban family, Desi Arnaz and his clan fled to Miami, Florida after a revolution in Cuba that occurred in 1933. He went on to become the creative force and… Continue reading Vintage Friday: We Love Ricky 1951

Vintage Friday: Topaze

Topaze I hope you will come along with me on my continuing obsession with finding the few varieties of forgotten vintage perfumes with special meaning to me from the past. How did we live without eBay anyway? The first Avon scent I remember as a small child came in a tall, slender yellow bottle with… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Topaze

Vintage Friday: Moonwind 1971

Recently I have been on a mad tear regarding perfumes. It started with a passion to purchase violet fragrances—more on those in a future post–and learning the technicalities of scent–jammy, basenotes, oud, aldehydes and the like. What a fascinating field! I see a lovely career coming up soon for a favored heroine. My passion now… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Moonwind 1971