We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
To make the Edwardian experience more fun, I’ve begun tinkering with podcasting. Just in case you’re scratching your head, not know what the heck a podcast is, here’s the definition from wikipedia: “A podcast is a series of audio or video digital media files which are distributed over the Internet by syndicated download, through Web [...]
More than one’s residence, food and fashion greatly demarcates the wealth–or poverty–of the individual or family. During the Edwardian era, this was never more true, though, with the introduction of mass produced foods in America, those with less wealth could now afford to eat a bit more healthier.
Starting at the top, the upper classes or [...]
I’m feeling rather like Kate Winslet these days! Thank you Vic of Jane Austen’s World for the Excessively Diverting Award, and thank you Elizabeth Keri Mahon of Scandalous Women for the Butterfly Award!
To pay it forward, I thereby christen the following blogs with both wonderful awards:
Unusual Historicals: I admit my bias as a former member [...]
After the close of the London social season, society packed its bags for either the Continent, or other country house parties, but most traveled up north for the Scottish season. Partly focused in Edinburgh and partly focused in Balmoral Castle, or other Scottish castles and/or hunting seats, this time was marked by August 12, otherwise [...]
The Cakewalk had its origins in slavery. Peering through the windows at the spectacles hosted by white planters, enslaved blacks would then prance and preen in imitation of whites at their own dances, using exaggerated movements, curtsys and bows to and adopting “high-toned” clothing to mock. In performance, couples would line up to form an [...]
