Welcome to Flashback Friday, where we take a look at a fascinating bit of pop culture history, usually from 19th century America. A couple of weeks after doing a post on The Gibson Girl, I ran across this fabulous post on Evelyn Nesbit, one of the models for the Gibson Girl. It’s from Jan Whitaker’s blog,(…)
Tuesday Terrific: Getting Geeky
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Today, let’s get our geek on! 1. From Anna DeStefano, via Facebook: 2. From GeekOfTheDay.com: The Computer Programmer and the Frog A computer programmer was crossing a road one day(…)
Mystery Author Nancy Lauzon, the “Chick Dick,” is in the house!
Happy Friday! I am so excited to welcome Nancy Lauzon, writer of the Chick Dick Mysteries, as my guest blogger today. Nancy and I first “met” online after I posted a piece about Nancy Drew. She pointed me to several other cool resources for the Girl Detective, and we’ve been keeping up with each other(…)
Let’s get Vernal!
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Today, on the Vernal Equinox (the first day of spring, meteorologically speaking, when there are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night), let’s celebrate growing things. Specifically, growing plants – mustaches,(…)
Losing an hour – whose idea was that? ROW80 check-in
Hi, all, it’s time for the ROW80 check-in! I suspect I’m not the only one putting out a post a bit later today, given that we’re all pretending it’s an hour later than it actually is (except for the sane folks in Arizona and Hawaii, who aren’t daylight-starved the way the rest of us are).(…)
Isabella vs. Martha, part deux: Fine Dining
In the house… Last Tuesday, we left our dear domestic goddesses – Isabella Beeton, 19th century author of the wildly popular Book of Household Management, and Martha Stewart, creator of every other commercial household venture – intensely debating the fine points of fine dining. To read their last head-to-head, click here. Now I’ll continue with(…)
Tuesday Terrific: Dining, mashup style
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. During these long winter months, a lot of folks enjoy getting together for meals and entertainment. So, for this Tuesday Terrific, we will look at: Fine Dining And this isn’t just your ordinary(…)
“Coming in like a lion” for ROW80
I’m sure you’ve all heard the saying “March comes in like a lion, and out like a lamb.” Around here, our mild winter hasn’t been very lion-like in terms of making its presence felt. (Not that I’m complaining, mind you). Still, we’re all looking forward to spring, and seeing colors other than brown and gray(…)
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