I hope everyone is well and happy. This is just a little post to let everyone know that since we’re all starting to get back to work, I’m going to be posting every other week rather than weekly from now on. Much love!
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Top Ten Television Shows with 20’s to 50’s Tablescapes to Inspire
There are so many great period television shows, but not all of them also happen to have great tableware. Just in case you want to watch a good show and see some delectable table settings, here are my top ten for the 20’s to the 50’s. 10. Lord Peter Whimsey, 1970 Please excuse the terrible quality…
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Prologue to Top Ten Television Shows with 20’s to 50’s Tablescapes to Inspire
I sat down to list the top ten television shows with tabletops to admire, but as I gathered photographs to attach to each show, I realized that show #1, the series Miss Marple from 1985-1989, with Joan Hickson as Miss Marple has so much delectable china, it deserves a post of it’s own. So here…
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Parental Lessons
My parents were always a little out of touch. My father born in 1921 and my mother in 1932, they had married late in life and then had children even later. They did things their way and it was the way of a completely different era than we were living in. When I went to my first…
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The Seeds of Entertaining
When I was little, I loved shopping the library bookstore. While kids were forced to stay upstairs in the children’s area at the Santa Monica library, in the bookstore, every topic was available. My first purchases were cookbooks. I learned to make the kinds of gourmet foods my dad loved and he was happy to encourage me, but…
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British Vs. American Etiquette
This might a good time to discuss the difference between British and American etiquette. I hesitated to put the vs. in the title as this is not a better or worse discussion, just a comparison. British etiquette is obviously older and has its roots in European and Royal court etiquette while American etiquette has wider and more…
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Top Ten Victorian to Thirties period movies with Stunning Period Tablescapes to Inspire
I’m going to be ranking using a couple categories. The most important criteria is for the movie to contain images of lovely china and period food in situ. I’m going to leave out the Downton Abbey Movie because the china is mostly the same as in the television show and I’ll be covering that in…
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The Naming of Things: Collecting
I’m not generally inclined to the snobs point of view, but where I do become a little snobby is in the correct naming of things. I find this to be especially problematic on Etsy and Ebay. If you don’t know what something is…. Just say so. Incorrectly naming something can be funny, unless you’re charging an arm and…
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Why I Etiquette
I was always fascinated by one detail in my grandmother’s early life: for a time during the thirties, my grandmother had taught lessons in comportment to actors in Hollywood. My great aunt worked in the costume department of one of the old Hollywood studios and she had brought my grandmother in to work with her after…
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Hello, Friends!
Etiquette is not just for the old fashioned, but when I’ve gone online looking for people to want to nerd out on old manners and historical etiquette, I’ve either found “experts” who were trying to sell me a class or some rather uptight folks who really needed to get laid. I love Etiquette. I love the…
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