The facts of the case, though meticulously reconstructed, proved precisely nothing – except that the discovery made by two carters from Dizy made, frankly, no sense at all. It’s the 4th…| This Reading Life
Friday, 7 November. Concarneau is empty. The lighted clock in the Old Town glows above the ramparts; it is five minutes to eleven. The tide is in, and the south-westerly gale is slamming the boats …| This Reading Life
No one noticed what was happening. No one suspected that something serious was taking place in the small station’s waiting room, where only six passengers sat dejectedly among odours of coffee, bee…| This Reading Life
As I talked about in yesterday’s post, I created a menu from 1931 and both recipes given below hail from The Silent Hostess by General Electric. Today I will be talking about the appetizers for this menu which were shrimp cocktail, stuffed celery, and ripe olives. Ok, well it was actually supposed to be just … Continue reading 1931 Thanksgiving Menu: Appetizers| Quaint Cooking
So here is my annual Thanksgiving tradition of following a vintage menu. A little late but here nonetheless. Ok so in case you didn’t know, I have done menus from 1963, 1970s, 1939, and 1958. This year I wanted to do an easy menu because shopping for groceries this year has been WILD. Y’all saw … Continue reading 1931 Thanksgiving Menu| Quaint Cooking
Being out of office was not altogether debilitating. Churchill had more time to write and to earn money, which he always needed. He wrote extensively for four newspapers, and began research for what would be his greatest biography, “Marlborough: His Life and Times.” He published two other books and countless articles, while entertaining guests as varied as film star Charlie Chaplin and suffragette Christabel Pankhurst. The post The Churchill Day Book for 1931 appeared first on The Churchi...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
Cincinnati The bi-annual New York Pier Antique Show was an event that Chris and I always looked forward to. We attended our last on in November, 2015. But due to increasing rental fees, the shows were discontinued in New York City soon thereafter. November, 2015 – Chris heading to Pier 94 for our last Pier […] The post Driving For Deco 2024 – A Look Back on Where We’ve Been: Part One – Netherland Plaza appeared first on Driving for Deco.| Driving for Deco