tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post2713268727792889562..comments2024-03-25T09:59:02.715-07:00Comments on Eat The Blog: That There's a Shiny BrightGoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-32460030809713268192014-12-06T15:23:10.611-08:002014-12-06T15:23:10.611-08:00If I give Elvis the belt back, he'll want the ...If I give Elvis the belt back, he'll want the polyester jumpsuit as well. <br /><br />I still haven't done that one on the blog. I need to get on that. Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-20288661658535623192014-12-05T11:15:57.117-08:002014-12-05T11:15:57.117-08:00Shiny Bright; that's a very appropriate name f...Shiny Bright; that's a very appropriate name for a company producing glitzy Christmas decorations you can actually wear! I think corsages (for any event, not just Christmas) are a very American thing, it's not really a part of dressing up in the UK. Not in my experience, anyway.<br />Big Christmas Pants? Big Love for them over here, the velvet beauties. But Elvis wants his belt back, please. xxx Curtisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362184504889147455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-51936689811536202542014-12-05T08:13:00.332-08:002014-12-05T08:13:00.332-08:00Not that the number of dead at the Somme isn't...Not that the number of dead at the Somme isn't noteworthy, or important, just that it didn't occur in a vacuum. <br /><br />(Don't need outraged hate mail about making light of casualties). Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-30908717817992023192014-12-05T08:10:46.454-08:002014-12-05T08:10:46.454-08:00You sound so sane for a mother of four teenaged bo...You sound so sane for a mother of four teenaged boys ;)<br /><br />It is good to take the WWI story out of the trenches of Europe once in a while (That's all I learned at school). <br /><br />There's so much going on at that time (labour movements, women's suffrage, Influenza, advances in technology, the Russian Revolution, etc. ) that I thought it would be interesting to get beyond how many people died at the Somme. I still teach the battles, of course but I'm also trying for a wider view. I'll take a look at the documentary, that may be helpful-thanks for the link. <br /><br />We're reading, The Great Influenza currently, and wouldn't you know it-one of the flu strains this year has mutated and isn't covered by the flu jab. Timely reading, though I didn't plan it that way. Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-49702364190360787842014-12-05T07:02:53.595-08:002014-12-05T07:02:53.595-08:00Love those palazzos!
But where are the huge 80...Love those palazzos! <br />But where are the huge 80's shoulder pads & giant badly permed hair?<br />Gents' hair 'saloons' really do exist here in Nepal & India. Not much alcohol served that I can tell but the gents' saloon pretty much panders to any other vice you'd care to indulge. Probably the last vestige of the 'Victorian barbershop', & a relic of the British Raj, not unlike the testy librarian at the "Kaiser Library" in Kathmandu.<br /><br />I'm teaching WWI at my son's school (a Swiss run Montessori High for kids of really rich Tibetan refugees) next week. Thought I'd get out of boring them with a lecture by using your idea to show "Lawrence of Arabia' & I taped this on Al Jazeera for 'background' http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/specialseries/2014/11/world-war-one-through-arab-eyes-20141114133936678600.html <br /><br />The Al Jazeera documentary is a little 'dry' but it does describe France, Germany & Britain's involvement in the Levant & North Africa quite well.<br />(Please excuse any double posts I make, we have an extremely slow server, random power cuts, & I have 4 teenaged boys, 1 husband, 2 cats, & 1 middle aged brother in law making various & sundry requests so I'm never sure if what I wrote got posted or not. ARGGGHH!!)Bibihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01558898404184063417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-62762011542091330572014-12-04T12:10:40.885-08:002014-12-04T12:10:40.885-08:00I love the corsage! I always love to find vintage ...I love the corsage! I always love to find vintage pieces that someone has really loved and taken such good care of! I love your way of lightening the mood at the post office! Those pants are so fun! Love to see fun fashion! Good luck with the gingerbread house, I would love to see the finished product!<br /><br />Rebecca<br />www.winnipegstyle.caAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544504103836417381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-88090497968152409912014-12-03T06:58:20.080-08:002014-12-03T06:58:20.080-08:00@Joanna
I know it was an auto-correct typo, but i...@Joanna<br /><br />I know it was an auto-correct typo, but if a hair saloon really did exist, I might give in and go get a proper haircut. I'm getting business ideas!Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-14545943326551983392014-12-03T06:57:04.149-08:002014-12-03T06:57:04.149-08:00@Mim and Joanna
Christmas corsages were a 40'...@Mim and Joanna<br /><br />Christmas corsages were a 40's and 50's thing more than a distinctly American one. If you look closely at old holiday photos (office parties, that sort of thing) you'll see them, though at first they appear real. Shiny Bright was an American company founded by German immigrants that couldn't get raw materials from Europe during WWI and started working with Corning glass to make ornaments. That was a handy working relationship by the time the second WW rolled around-they could label them,"Made in the USA". The company was gone by the 60's, so the pieces are rather sought after by collectors now. <br /><br />I'm pretty sure by the packaging this one is from the mid-50's. Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-23214307411789377472014-12-03T06:08:25.648-08:002014-12-03T06:08:25.648-08:00I have never heard of Christmas Corsages before. W...I have never heard of Christmas Corsages before. Was/is that a popular thing in the US?Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-60799415392554698622014-12-03T05:45:41.814-08:002014-12-03T05:45:41.814-08:00I have not worn pants in nearly twenty-five years,...I have not worn pants in nearly twenty-five years, but if I did, I would go for the velvet. Nice.Propagatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07450679576020462553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-78273526147830254262014-12-03T05:31:06.671-08:002014-12-03T05:31:06.671-08:00This is great so festive. I wonder how old your C...This is great so festive. I wonder how old your Christmas corsages are? It certainly is very lovely. We were just at the hair saloon yesterday (my daughter and I). She has been out of school for the last few days with an eye infection and the shop owner handed her a Christmas bulb. Boy, did she light up. It totally made her day she wanted to carry it everywhere she went. We all need to carry around some Christmas cheer. Maybe thinking I need to walk around with a Christmas ornament too lol.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439393534029787165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-69200804761015803282014-12-02T23:58:21.199-08:002014-12-02T23:58:21.199-08:00You must have the best storage to be able to hang ...You must have the best storage to be able to hang onto clothes for 25 years!!! I love the Big Christmas Pants, they are spectacular buggers. And a Christmas Corsage!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09315638690434873691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-84706225653495309902014-12-02T23:42:01.815-08:002014-12-02T23:42:01.815-08:00I love that vintage corsage and how lovely that it...I love that vintage corsage and how lovely that it's been so well loved and looked after and continues to be so. Looking forward to seeing the other one adorning more velvet outfits. Danny's comment while you were queuing made me laugh, hope the queue appreciated the entertainment xxJayne Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01531659668595845416noreply@blogger.com