When I was in college, I received an assignment that required digging through the school archives. I found photos of past students wearing plaid skirts, fitted chenille shirts, saddle shoes, and oversized varsity cardigans — how much more collegiate cute …
Read more »Pray tell me, what would Jane Austen do? The answer is in The Jane Austen Handbook by Margaret C. Sullivan, featured in our very first Book of the Month video. This book offers tongue-in-cheek advice that may have worked for …
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I opened my fridge to find it nearly empty — one egg, condiments, and an abundance of plain yogurt. How did it come to this? Regardless, I needed to concoct a muffin of the month, and I pulled the yogurt …
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I’ll admit it, sometimes helmets look kind of dorky and not that cute. But, what’s definitely not cute is suffering a serious injury due to not wearing one. Chances are that you wear a seat belt every time you get …
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It’s high summer, which means it’s time for peaches!
As soon as peaches hit the markets, my mom and I always snatch ‘em up. Of course we love to snack on them in their purest form, but we can’t pass …
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Three of the Shangri-Las showing the world just now to wear pastel pants. Bottom: Conservative skirts and blouses vs. sleek jumpsuits and go-go boots on two of their record sleeves.
In the mid-1960s, radio was in “L-U-V” with girl groups. …
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“That’s when I heard it — the snap of a twig under soft footsteps, and the sound of a whisper. I sat up in bed and peeked out the window, my heart drumming against my chest.” – Kamala Nair, The
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With summer’s warm, gentle nights, who wants to stay indoors and watch movies on the TV? The drive-in theater is where it’s at! Find yourself a parking spot and set up that speaker, because we’re about to broadcast our first …
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Casserole dishes by Etsy seller GallivantingGirls, sunflower dish by Flickr user Luvinthemommyhood, vintage pink dish by Etsy seller MakingItHomeNY, and butterfly gold dish by Etsy seller Mituvintage
Upon seeing these colorful dishes, you might be saying, “Oh! …
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Any chance I get to bake, I take. When I found out about the SF Vegan Bakesale via Vegansaurus, I jumped on the opportunity! The bake sale, which took place this past Saturday in the Mission neighborhood of San …
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Woot for summer! But wait, it’s pouring rain outside today. Boo! What to do? Seek out Cathy Callahan’s Vintage Craft Workshop, our June Book of the Month.
Like many of us, Cathy Callahan’s role models are women who paved …
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We’ve had so much fun living vicariously through the flora of “Everyday Exotic” that we wanted to keep a piece of it on our desktops and shelves. Here, Julie and I show you how to make a little green world …
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A backyard cookout that anyone can escape to, featuring the recipes below, haute hats, sweet shades, and Nina the Cat.
I was under a shady umbrella of tropical palms, just one step away from a painted desert of …
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“The trouble started when the woman with the shaking hands came to the apartment…She said she was a friend of Darcy’s mother, but Darcy’s mother didn’t have friends.” – America Pacifica
America Pacifica, by Jezebel.com writer Anna North, …
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