My grandmother was a classy dame. So classy, in fact, that she’d probably disapprove of my calling her a dame. She was a lady. (When she died, and family gathered together to talk to the rabbi about her life, I remember my mom and aunt saying something like, “She never wore pants. Because ladies didn’t [...]
Entries Tagged as '1940s'
My Grandmother’s Hats
May 11th, 2010 · View Comments · flashbacks, photo essays, writing
Tags:1940s·1950s·1960s·fashion·grandmother·hats·history·mad men era·Minnesota·st. paul·vintage
How Attractive are You to Men?
April 6th, 2010 · View Comments · books, seriously?
The Esquire Handbook for Hosts has a list of questions you can ask yourself for self-diagnosis, followed by tips on how to modify your behavior, if necessary. Let us enter the world of delightfully antediluvian heteronormativity! (click to embiggen) Ha ha! Look at the illustration of the unattractive woman! Her hair is stringy! Her teeth [...]
My new go-to party handbook
April 5th, 2010 · View Comments · books
You guys. On the right, one of my new plants, as yet unnamed. (I name my plants. What?) On the left, the greatest book ever. It’s Esquire’s Handbook for Hosts, published in 1949. Dan found it while cleaning his apartment. He says it belonged to his grandfather, and Dan took it a long time ago, [...]
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