I seem to suffer from chronic wanderlust. My poor passport hasn’t been stamped since I arrived home from France four years ago, but there is so much to explore in the U.S. that I try to appease myself with frequent road trips. My cash flow has slowed to a trickle since I quit my office [...]
Today I thought I’d reach into my vault of old family photos and share a couple of my grandparents lounging in their cozy living room back in the 70′s. I love my grandmother Mimi’s silk blouse, sweater vest and plaid woven pants. She sure was snazzy, no?
While we’re on the subject of family vacations, I thought I’d share a couple of vintage vacation photos of Mimi and VeVe (my grandmother and great aunt). How snazzy are those cat-eye shades? I don’t know their destination (Bermuda, perhaps?), but they went in style. Time out: is the pilot wearing a Hawaiian print shirt [...]
My dad recently returned from a visit to my uncle’s home with a cardboard box full of veritable family treasures. I found my grandmother’s senior high school yearbook circa 1932, a cigar box full of war bonds, hand-written receipts from the late 1950s, vintage Valentine’s from my grandfather to my grandmother… I’ve struck GOLD. Amongst [...]
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