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summer books and movies
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10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer

Audio version of "10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer" is available here. This is a bit late in coming, perhaps, seeing how the summer is half over...but better late than never, right? Many of these stories are on…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam July 20, 2024Posted inBookishness, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments
Judith Durham
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Vintage Fashion with Judith Durham

What's one thing I love above all else? ...not vintage fashion, actually, if we want to get technical. But I am quite fond of vintage fashion. I'm also quite fond of Judith Durham, lead singer of the Australian '60s band…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam January 19, 2024Posted inOldies Music, Vintage-ness7 Comments
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Prince of Egypt, Jane Eyre, Pickpocket, Babette's Feast, Great Expectations, The Kid Brother, Arthur Christmas movie posters
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2023 Year in Review: Filmish Edition

Last week I put up the bookish edition of my 2023 year in review. That was so long that I thought it made more sense to talk about my films of 2023 in a separate post. So, here is that…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam January 5, 2024Posted inPeriod Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments
My Top 7 Christmas Movies
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My Top 7 Christmas Movies

First things first: I'm one of Those People who tries to do very little in the way of Christmas-y things until it is actually Christmas. Seeing how it is not actually Christmas yet, but plumb spang in the middle of…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam December 21, 2023Posted inMiscellaneous, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments
Man tipping his hat to a lady on the street
Posted inMiscellaneous Vintage-ness

10 Useful Pieces of Victorian Etiquette

I very much enjoy reading Victorian etiquette books. Although, naturally, I don't agree with everything, and although some of it is not applicable for most of us today (the majority of us really don't need to know how you should…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam July 18, 2023Posted inMiscellaneous, Vintage-ness2 Comments
Tuneful Tuesday Petula Clark
Posted inOldies Music Vintage-ness

Tuneful Tuesday: Don’t Sleep in the Subway by Petula Clark

I'd like to share a song with you by Petula Clark, called (as you'll never guess, since it's not as though it's explicitly mentioned in the post title or anything) Don't Sleep in the Subway. "You wander around On your…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam May 23, 2023Posted inOldies Music, Vintage-nessNo Comments
Tuneful Tuesday The Clusters
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Tuneful Tuesday: Darling Can’t You Tell by The Clusters

This Tuneful Tuesday, I'm skipping forward a few decades from last time, to 1958 and the era of doo-wop. "Darling Can't You Tell" is by The Clusters (who apparently, from my admittedly limited research, had only one picture taken of…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam March 14, 2023Posted inOldies Music, Vintage-nessNo Comments
Tuneful Tuesday You're the Cream in My Coffee
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Tuneful Tuesday: You’re the Cream in My Coffee

For Tuneful Tuesday today, I'm sharing a song from a genre I've only recently really started exploring: 20s-30s jazz. My fondness for the TV show of Jeeves and Wooster sparked the decision to start exploring the genre. It's a good…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam February 14, 2023Posted inOldies Music, Vintage-ness2 Comments
Movie Review/Discussion: All About Eve (1950)
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Movie Review/Discussion: All About Eve (1950)

(WARNING: there will be spoilers, so if you haven't seen this movie and don't want it spoiled, don't read any further.) I just watched All About Eve last week or so - I had seen it before, but it was…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam January 31, 2023Posted inVintage-nessNo Comments
Tuneful Tuesday: When Snowflakes Fall in Summer by The Everly Brothers
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Tuneful Tuesday: When Snowflakes Fall in Summer by The Everly Brothers

Welcome back to Tuneful Tuesday! Sadly, I missed the boat on sharing a Christmas song, as my blog took an unexpected hiatus...ah well. Such is life. In any case, I'm sharing a song today from another of my favorite bands,…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam January 17, 2023Posted inOldies Music, Vintage-nessNo Comments

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