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Vintage Allies Magazine
Going where others have gone before... Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) about vintage matters from launch onward. We are fearless when it comes to vintage, small or large! We always see the possibilities to bringing vintage home to our lives beyond any short-term inconveniences. We take a confident, smart approach to bringing you vintage! We'll present bold vintage to soft-dreamy vintage. We hope that on these pages of Vintage Allies, you'll find perhaps THE perfect vintage or perhaps the first beginnings of a vintage life style, to bring the finishing touches of vintage into your own life.
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It's time, yes time to disrupt the familiar flow of daily living to embrace VINTAGE for the greater good! I have always wanted more vintage in my life and I'm taking the plunge and sharing with you. Enjoy alongside us as we share our launching of Vintage Allies Š and Vintage Allies Variety, VAV! Broadcasting! Admittedly, I'm feeling a tad unfamiliar and hesitant myself, in this new venture, but perhaps that hesitancy strikes a chord with you, as well? You want more vintage in your lives BUT with many of us, any change of lifestyle can be daunting. How, you say, will I decide where to begin my vintage lifestyle from among the thousands of ways? Do I have to move to a new home, or buy new furniture to embrace vintage? NO, not at all gentle readers! Fortunately, along comes Vintage Allies with the answers and we'll never flinch Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
For me, Vintage Allies couldn't have come at a better time. I hope you will agree after joining us, our Reporters and viewing our pages, that you'll keep in touch and let us know what's going on in your vintage world. Hubba, Hubba Jolene
I live by a man's code, designed to fit a man's world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman's first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick. ~Carole Lombard
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Jolene................ Editor in nom de plume of Starlight Reporter, Ms. Tattle Tales, Ms. Flirtz Alot and Illegally Blondella Reporters...........With personal thanks for the dedication to vintage and our Vintage Allies Readers and Listeners Cast and Crew....With gratitude for the cutting edge talents of technological new fangled wizardry. Yesterdays' typewriters and dial up telephones still remain a fond memory. To the web-o-meisters, and consultants~without you we are the status quo. Contributors........A talented words.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Vintage Allies (VAV!) Radio Family Entertainment
period of disaster, both financial and geopolitical. But it was also a period of unprecedented hope and recovery--both economically and spiritually. "The spirit of a great Nation is no where better preserved than through virtually every recording produced during the Golden Age of Radio--both here and abroad." ~ Dennis Nyhagen of The Digital Deli On-Line If you would like to download or contribute to The Digital Deli On-Line, a large contributor to Vintage Allies radio resources, we offer the following facts and statistics from their web pages:
This is entertainment . . . coming to our readers and listeners. . .through Vintage Allies (VAV!) web pages and soon, via a brick and mortar homefront radio broadcasting station. Coast to Coast, Vintage Allies will be bringing live and pre-recorded broadcasts, interviews, reviews and commercials to the listening audience. It is time again, for those lazy days by the pool with the family, for those evenings up at the lake to reminisce about how simple life was and still can be. Prepare for all that reminds us of simpler choices and values--values we can recapture. Timeless, wholesome, constantly entertaining, and produced to entertain an entire Vintage Allies (VAV!) family of readers and listeners through sound and imagination alone is what you'll find through our vintage broadcast. At Vintage Allies we respect both the periods we celebrate and the wealth of historic, cultural and social messages. American history has been unique in a Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
"Virtually all of the Internet's most prominent commercial Golden Age Radio vendors have built as much as 50% of their collections from The Digital Deli's Golden Age Radio Holdings. Indeed, if you've been downloading or purchasing .mp3 recordings from virtually any popular Internet Source for the past 9 years, there's a 30% - 40% chance you've been downloading Digital Deli Online recordings right along. Since we're a not for profit service, we don't compete with these vendors. But note that these successful Golden Age Radio vendors continue to trust The Digital Deli Online's holdings to build their offerings from our extensive, diverse, quality holdings. Two worldwide, ongoing research efforts have collectively downloaded in excess of 38,000 and 163,000 files from The Digital Deli's FTP Holdings, with the goal of building two of the most completely documented collections of Golden Age Radio Episodes and Shows yet attempted. Page 4
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) If you have an ongoing Golden Age Radio preservation or research effort underway, we're prepared to help you--at no cost or nominal cost, with any of our resources. Feel free to contact us with your proposals. Simply click the 'Comments Please!' button on any page, and we'll work with you in any way practical." While there's Life, There's Hope
"life" on January 4, 1883, in a New York City artist's studio at 1155 Broadway through a partnership between John Ames Mitchell and Andrew Miller. Vintage Allie's principles and policies to our listeners and readers follows: "We wish to have some fun in this multimedia broadcast". Further, to quote Life Magazine a bit, and preface with our words; Vintage Allies (VAV!) shall try to domesticate as much as possible of the casual cheerfulness that is drifting about in an unfriendly world... We shall have something to say about vintage religion, about vintage politics, vintage fashion, vintage society, vintage literature, the vintage stage, the vintage stock exchange, and the vintage police station, vintage street news, vintage Hollywood news and events from today that relate to vintage. We will speak out what is in our mind as fairly, as truthfully, as decently and as VINTAGELY as we know how." Please enjoy one of the most iconic magazines of all time, Life Magazine.
The motto of the first issue of Life was, “While there’s Life, there's hope.” The new magazine set forth its principles and policies to its readers: “We wish to have some fun in this paper... We shall try to domesticate as much as possible of the casual cheerfulness that is drifting about in an unfriendly world... We shall have something to say about religion, about politics, fashion, society, literature, the stage, the stock exchange, and the police station, and we will speak out what is in our mind as fairly, as truthfully, and as decently as we know how. Life came to Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
"From the magnitude of a specified force or quality of history there arises... the Quote" ~Jolene Bungalow Gal
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Desserts – Through the Looking Glass
comprehending what is before you: Infinity. Perhaps you are witnessing the future. Maybe you can see the past. It seems virtually impossible to decipher. Yet one evening, I found myself standing, vintage 1921 cookbook in hand, in my living room, between two mirrors that directly oppose one another. When I glanced over my shoulder, my mind told me I was glimpsing the infinite future, my physical body stood solidly in the fleeting present, and when I looked straight ahead I seemed to witness the infinite past. Doorway after never-ending doorway, my brain struggled to comprehend. At first my eyes searched to find the end, but alas, my cookbook and I went on forever. I peered down the corridor of endlessness and tried to visualize the years before me. Present, 2000, 1993, 1986... it was a dizzying timeline that was easily confused.
When you witness the effect of two mirrors that directly oppose one another, your mind may have a bit of trouble
My eyes involuntarily jumped and forced me to look away. Still standing in the present of my own personal timeline, I returned my attention to the tiny vintage volume of cakes, cookies, puddings, poultry and fish. On the page before me stood print that strung together 9 tiny letters that quickly diverted my attention. Such a simple word: "Doughnuts." Those perfect circles of fried dough can be dressed however you like, perhaps rolled in sugar or maybe coated in an ever so sweet, shiny, rich chocolate glaze. At the top of the delicate, brown page I discovered a playful, yet equally alluring dessert that was utterly irresistible. The words were simple, but their effect conjured up images of sweet battered fruit showered in snowflakes of powdered sugar. The words were simply typed, "Apple Fritters." My deep fried fantasies had been realized all at once, on the same page of the tiny cookbook
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By Nina Faull
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) hailing from 1921. The New Dr. Price Cookbook enticed me into a night of desserts from a time I could only comprehend by peering through the looking glass. As I allowed myself to indulge in the possibilities of deep fried delights, I found myself, once again, peering down the mirrored corridor. I was certain my eyes were playing tricks on me, when I saw a white rabbit peek his head out from a tiny crack in one of the distant reflections. I knew he was prepared to lead me through the looking glass back to a time when oven temperatures were defined as slow, medium and hot. A time when deep frying was explained in terms like, "fry in deep fat hot enough to brown a piece of bread in 60 seconds." I blinked my eyes and shook my head; clearly my eyes were playing tricks on me. After my dizzying journey through the endless looking glass, I found myself standing at a kitchen counter. Precisely measured and placed before me stood 3 tablespoons shortening, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 egg, 2/3 cup milk, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, ž teaspoon salt, 3 cups flour and 4 teaspoons baking powder. In my hand, as it was just moments before I stepped through the crack in the distant looking glass, was The New Dr. Price Cookbook. It was opened to page 9, with the same 9 letters strung together: "Doughnuts." Surely, witnessing infinity had played tricks on my mind. There was no white rabbit that appeared to whisk me back to 1921. After all, my electric mixer was plugged into the wall. I repeated this to myself as I began sifting together the nutmeg, salt, flour and baking powder. I creamed the shortening and added the sugar and well-beaten egg. Next, I had to "stir in the milk," so I turned the mixer's speed down a bit. I then added the sifted Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
dry ingredients and a dough was formed. It seemed a bit too loose for rolling out. So, I reached into the bin with the bleached white flour and added a few more dashes to make it stiffen just a bit. I dipped my hand into the flour once again and spread the white dust on the wooden board that was placed squarely on the counter. I proceeded to roll out the dough until it was Âź inch thick. Now, it was time to cut out the doughnuts. But where was the doughnut cutter? The kitchen only seemed to have a biscuit cutter, but there are no center holes in a biscuit cutter. I turned around and saw only my cocktail shaker, which gave me an idea. The straining lid had a hole just big enough to make a doughnut hole. It would have to do. I cut each doughnut with a biscuit cutter and went back to cut the holes out with the cocktail shaker's lid. The improvising worked. Before me stood rows of raw doughnuts and doughnut holes. On the stove stood a stock pot with a bottle of vegetable oil next to it. I poured the oil in the pot and turned on the electric burner. I had no idea where to set the burner's temperature to make the oil, "hot enough to brown a piece of bread in 60 seconds." So, I set the heat to medium-high and let it heat gradually. When I saw the oil start to react to the heat, I dropped a sacrificial doughnut hole into the oil. It sunk lifelessly to the bottom of the pot. Yet as the temperature rose, the dough floated to the top and began to puff. As the doughnut hole began to brown, I turned down the heat, just a bit, to maintain the temperature. I allowed it to cook for about 30 seconds and turned it over. After both sides were golden brown I removed it from the oil and drained it on a plate that had been layered with stark white paper towels. I Page 7
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) prepared each doughnut and doughnut hole with this technique. I glanced around to see if anyone was looking. I was alone - so I snuck a taste. The taste of the nutmeg reminded me of autumn, when the leaves fall from the trees and earthy flavors are harvested. Once all of the doughnuts were cooked and drained, the recipe called for them to be dusted with powdered sugar. As I reached for the bag of fluffy white sweetness I knew that a simple dusting simply wouldn't do. These doughnuts needed chocolate. In my repertoire of simple recipes, I recalled one for a chocolate frosting. I picked up the bag of powdered sugar and turned back to the counter that, only moments before, held the dough ingredients. Now, the evidence of the doughnut dough was gone and replaced with 3 tablespoons melted butter, 3 tablespoons milk, 1 tablespoon lite corn syrup, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 squares melted unsweetened chocolate, and a measuring cup to measure 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar. I made this recipe twice, once with chocolate, once without. I glazed each doughnut and doughnut hole and allowed the glaze to set. It looked as though the words "Eat Me" appeared in the glaze; I certainly wasn't one to look twice, so I did just that. The earthy nutmeg was a perfect complement for the sweet glaze. De-light-ful.
powdered sugar to make a syrup that would coat the apples, make them sweeter and keep them from turning brown. The batter simply sifted together 1 cup flour, 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder and Âź teaspoon salt. I added 1 beaten egg and 2/3 cup milk to the sifted dry ingredients and mixed until smooth. I heated a pot of fresh vegetable oil on the stove, as I had done for the doughnuts before. Each apple slice was coated well with batter and dropped into the hot vegetable oil. Like the doughnuts, when the apples were dropped into the hot oil, they sank like a weight to the bottom of the pot. As they cooked, they floated to the top and sizzled until the batter was deep golden brown. Each battered apple was turned in the hot oil for even cooking. Once they were cooked, I once again drained them on a plate lined with stark white paper towels. Fortunately for these fritters, a fine flittering of soft white powdered sugar topped them off nicely.
To "fritter" is to frivolously frivol, yet to fry fritters with fruit, frankly, fixes all frivolous frivoling. The Apple Fritter recipe called for 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar, mixed together and used to bathe the slices of 4 sweet apples. I placed the lemon half in the juicer and squeezed. I decided to use the juice of an entire lemon and mixed it with enough
As I emerged from a sweet evening in 1921, I began to decipher what the looking glass had revealed. Logic told me that there was no white rabbit that snatched me from my present reality. No rabbit to guide me on a descent through the reflection into a space and time where ingredients were fresh, directions were simple and the finished flavors were pure and delectable. Yet, we all recognize that somewhere deep within ourselves, our senses toy with a deeper awareness and recognize that perhaps, we have lived once before and savored the sweetness of years past, or perhaps years ahead. I looked over my shoulder once more to peek at the infinite future and again I stared straight ahead into the endless past. I began to feel my thoughts drift away and I felt myself begin to drift off...all that was left was my tell-tale grin.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Al possessed the talents of an 'out of this world' singer and instrumentalist, delighting in a semiprofessional entertainer status. He was the United Kingdom's answer to Russ Columbo, Rudy Valee and most enduringly, Bing Crosby on this side of the pond, America. Al's most important affiliation was with Ray Noble's orchestra. The 'Al Bowlly" Megaphone
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Let's take a closer look at Al's life, shall we? Early on in his career, Al was spotted by Edgar Adeler, one of South Africa's top bandleaders. Al was given the opportunity to become a full-time professional member of his band. Soon, he began singing and playing the ukulele throughout Johannesburg with the Edgar Adeler's Band. A burning ambition of Al's was to travel to England. Eventually, a circuitous route through Rhodesia, East Africa, the Far East and the Indian subcontinent, would find him that much closer to England. During this period of time, Al and Adeler parted ways and finally re-united in the jazz capital of Europe, Berlin during 1927.
By Charles Kinbote Albert Allick Bowlly was born in Mozambique on January 7th, 1899. His Lebanese mother and Greek father met on board a ship bound for Australia and destiny. The couple were married in Perth Cathedral and soon departed to Southern Africa where Al's formative years took on a veneer of cosmopolitan edge.
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Al's stay in Berlin, which lasted about one year, was a pivotal stage in his career. It was here that his first vocal records were made. He recorded as a soloist and with jazz bands, some of which were led by John Abriani and Arthur Briggs. The fever to continue onward to London remained Al's, as yet, unquenched desire. Meanwhile, in London, Len Fillis, who had worked with Al in South Page 9
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Africa, made an interesting discovery. The Savoy Hotel bandleader, Fred Elizalde, needed a singer for his band and Len remembered Al. It is reported, through a series of communications between the two friends, Al sent his recording of 'Muddy Water' to Elizalde. The bandleader was so greatly impressed that he immediately sent Al his fare and he was off to London....eventually. The year that followed his arrival was dismal. However, the 1930s brought a re-birth to Al's career. Al pursued free-lance recording work with a wide variety of bands on a wide variety of record labels. During 1931 and 1932, it is reported that he made hundreds of records. As the decade of the 1930s came to a close, Al received two career changing 'breaks'. Al began recording with Ray Noble's of the Noble's HMV house band, also known as The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra. In the ensuing years, Al had sung on the greater majority of Ray Noble's records including memorable and classic performances such as "The Very Thought Of You", "Goodnight, Sweetheart" and "Love is The Sweetest Thing". The second boon for Al arrived when he signed up with Roy Fox and his new recording band for Decca. Soon, Al and the band found themselves in Piccadilly known as The Monseigneur Restaurant. Both the restaurant and its band were a near over night success. Thereafter, steady radio followed and the records on Decca continued.
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Al Bowlly was coming into "his own".
In 1931, Al married Freda Roberts, a night club, hostess. This marriage is reported to have met a swift demise when Bowlly discovered his new wife in bed with another man on their wedding night. He filed for divorce after two weeks. For the annals of history, Al did remarry in December 1934, this time to Marjie Fairless, a long time friend. This marriage would last until his untimely death on April 17, 1941. In spite of his personal turmoil and romantic entanglements, Al Bowlly's career reached a peak in the fall season of 1932.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Lew Stone who had taken over Roy Fox's band helped Al create a dance card filled with radio, and records, as well as theatre dates. The critics penned him as a top vocalist.
During this time, Ray Noble's HMV records, had become noticed in America by the record buying enthusiastic public and also gained approval by the American critics. Well, this surprise put a crimp of 'style' into Ray's plans! He was now headed to America andNew York, of all places to recreate that New Mayfair sound. He took his drummer and future business manager, Bill Harty, and Al Bowlly. Al's was the distinct and clear voice that was known as the New Mayfair sound. Al was a success! In New York, he began recording solo records. One recording was Rogers' and Hart's 'Blue Moon' which is considered, yet today, among Al's finest recordings. His Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
personal life was in bloom again, as well. For the record....Ray Noble, was not idle either during this time. He continued writing songs in Hollywood while his band was being assembled in New York by Glenn Miller. Ray Noble's American band was an instant coast to coast success. At the end of 1936, Al found himself now on his own. He set return sail, once again, for England with the ideal of forming his own band with his brother. Sadly, and all too often, Al would find out that the public memory of great accomplishments are short. Though Al gave his all to regain the public's passion, his hauntingly lovely voice was also failing him and eventually betrayed him completely. He folded his dream project momentarily and underwent surgery to regain the use of his voice. The operation, removing nodes from his vocal chords, was a success and Al began recording again for HMV. He also began freelancing with bandleaders , Maurice Winnick, Lew Stone, and Sidney Lipton. However, Al never realized the stellar popularity he had enjoyed throughout his unforgettable years of 1931-1934. All too soon, the country's pre-occupation with WWII had begun. It was reported that while London was imploding under a severe night air raid, a German bomb exploded outside of Al's window. Al had died by the blast from the bomb. An era had ended but the incredible and classic songs remain Al's legacy.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) We looked for people who were the 'real originals' and so very suited for their moment in time—in cultural practices or ways of thinking. There are those within this list who also embodied a collective group through an art form through to a cultural change. This list is in no ways or means complete and at best nebulous in concept. Vintage Allies 2010 Most Influential People
All in all, it's difficult to choose who may or may not have been memorable from our American past. It's difficult at times to really grasp the shape and the virtues they've left to us, for better or worse. Vintage Allies (VAV!) most influential figures in American history. 1. Sam Goldwyn (1879-1974) 2. George Eastman (1854-1932) 3. Benjamen Spock (1903-1998) 4. Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) 5. Sam Walton (1918-1992) 6. Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Vintage Allies (VAV!) offers up the most Influential people for 2010. We've based our selections on central questions such as a person's influence, either fundamental or long term. We freely admit, we've acted on intuition, as well, in our selections. Many of these listed individuals shaped the institutions and the laws under which Americans live today. These people, in some way, made it possible for others to lead richer lives whether psychologically, materially, through culture or spirituality. Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
7. Noah Webster (1758-1843) 8. Lewis and Clark (1774-1809; 17701838) 9. James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872) 10. Elvis Presley (1935-1977) 11. Jane Addams (1860-1935) 12. George Marshall (1880-1959) Page 12
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) 13. Louis Sullivan (1856-1924)
35. Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
14. Horace Mann (1796-1859)
36. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
15. John Quincy Addams (1767-1848)
37. John Marshall (1755-1835)
16. Bill Gates (1955- )
38. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
17. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr (18311935)
39. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (18821945)
18. Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)
40. George Washington (1732-1799)
19. Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903)
41. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
20. Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)
42. George Herman "Babe" Ruth (18951948)
21. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) 43. James D. Watson (1928- ) 22. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) 44. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 23. Jonas Salk (1914-1995) 45. Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906) 24. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 46. Clara Barton (1821-1912) 25. Walt Disney (1901- 1966) 47. Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) 26. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) 48. Rosa Parks (1913- 2005) 27. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) 49. Ameila Earhart (1897-1937) 28. Orville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912)
50. Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)
29. Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)
51. Marian Wright Edelman (1932- )
30. Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
52. Jackie Cochran (1906 – 1980)
31. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1915)
53. Norman Rockwell (1894 - 1978)
32. Henry Ford (1863-1947)
54. Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872
33. James Madison (1751-1836)
All in all, it's difficult to choose who may or may not have been memorable from our American past. It's difficult at times
34. John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) to really grasp the shape of the virtues, for good or for worse that they've left to us. Everyone does have the right to claim their own list of memorable Americans. That is the American way.
products with a fun retro flair. What is Aprill's Philosophy? You can achieve anything you set your mind to! Pin Up Cosmetics Pin Up Cosmetics TWITTER Pin Up Cosmetics Facebook Pinkys Treats Blog Today Show Broadcast, NBC-TV Airs
MEET Vintage Allies (VAV!) Pin-Up Cosmetic Reporter, APRILL! Aprill is the Founder of Pin Up Cosmetics and she'll be bringing Retro Glam Make-Up tips and products for the Modern VAV! readers and listeners. Prepare to hear more from Aprill in a variety of areas, from entertainment to pet products too! This entrepreneur and Vintage Allies Reporter, Aprill, shares with VAV! readers and listeners' that for quite some time she had noticed a great deal of quality make up products in abundance, but there simply wasn’t anything that she felt represented the perfect retro image. Thus through this observation, was born Pin Up Cosmetics. What followed was the marriage of quality natural and vegan Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
On January 14, 1952 at 7 a.m est, Americans awoke to the evolutionary and first ever NBC-TV "Today Show". This show, an American morning news and talk show, would put us in touch with the world in which we live. From news to music, the show was to include national news headlines, weather, indepth interviews with news makers, lifestyle features, other light news, local news, music of the day and what was happening tomorrow in arts, science and sports to all fields of human endeavor. Page 14
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) The Today Show opened with a view of Dave Garroway, one of the earlier hosts, looking outside through the 'Window on the World' in New York City. Arguably the most popular and wellknown morning news and talk show for decades, this formula has birthed a generation of several other shows of a similar type, including ABC's Good Morning America, and CBS' The Early Show. In other countries the format was closely recreated, as well, with most notable the United Kingdom's BBC's Breakfast and ITV's Good Morning Britain and in Canada with Canada AM on CTV. When Today started, it was seen live in the Eastern and Central time zones, broadcasting three hours per morning but seen for only two hours in each time zone. Later, Today aired live for five hours a morning, but it was seen for only two consecutive hours in each of the four U.S. continental time zones. Since 1958, Today is tape-delayed for the different time zones. For many years it was a twohour program from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. in all time zones, until NBC expanded it to three hours (until 10:00 a.m. in all time zones) on October 2, 2000. In some viewing areas, the third hour of Today is tape-delayed by an hour and airs at 10 a.m. Other hosts over the years have been John Chancellor, Hugh Downs, Barbara Walters, Frank McGee, Jim Hartz, Tom Brokaw, Jane Pauley, Chris Wallace, Bryant Gumbel, Linda Ellerbee, and Deborah Norville.
weather updates, and Ann Curry at the news desk. Today added a fourth hour of programming in September 10, 2007 with Hoda and Kati-Lee as anchor.
Little Big Horn Flag Makes Big Wampum
By Starlight Reporter The only U.S. flag not captured or lost during Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn, sold Friday to an unidentified private telephone bidder at Sotheby's Auction House. After spending much of the last century in storage, the red-white-and-blue cavalry guidon, or swallow-tail flag, went for $2.2 million, with a pre-sale estimate between $2 million to $ 5 million. Made of silk, the flag measures 33 inches by 27 inches, and features 34 gold stars.
The Today Show is currently hosted and introduced by Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, with Al Roker doing national
The seller, the Detroit Institute of Arts, had paid $54 for the flag in 1895 and will
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) use the funds for future art acquisitions, according to a Sotheby's press release. In another more elaborate report, the museums' Director, Graham Beal is reported to have further said, "We'll be using the (auction) proceeds to strengthen our collection of Native American Art which has a rather nice irony to it, I think".
What's With The 'Stache?
The brief synopsis and recovery of the flag as relates the Battle Of Little Big Horn Engagement: On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer alongside his troops, counting nearly 200, and scouts of the Crow Tribe were massacred by an estimated 1,800 Northern Cheyenne and Lakota Sioux Indians near the Little Big Horn River. Of the five historical flags carried, by Custer's battalion there was only one other flag immediately recovered on or around September 1876. This flag, is in possession of the Little Bighorn Battlefild National Monument and lies near dust due to poor handling.
A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.~ Douglas MacArthur
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What's with the 'stache, otherwise known as the mustache? Is that tickling tempter and lip sweater passe? Whether you're a fan casually sporting the rough, gruff manly look with a woolly mustache and beard or prefer the pretty boy look of pencil mustache, it's all good. Vintage Allies (VAV!) says, "Let the men be men they choose to be. If your ladies like your look, all the better (for you)." Here's a quite interesting site fighting for truth, justice and the American way against the discrimination of 'Cookie Duster' aficionados, American Mustache Institute. The AMI, and we quote from their website, are a: "St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute (AMI), with headquarters nestled in the shadow of the world's largest mustache the Gateway Arch. We are freedom fighters, civil libertarians if you will – Page 16
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) working against the bias and stereotyping plaguing the Mustached American race." AMI? Vintage Allies (VAV!) you ROCK and keep 'growing'!
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Photograph of Gregory Peck. Gregory Peck was a legendary screen actor. His credentials and art reveal only a brief glimpse and the story of a truly great man and his tremendous work. He was born Eldred Gregory Peck: 5 April 1916 in La Jolla, California. He died: 12 June 2003 of natural causes. He is best known as: Atticus Finch in the movie To Kill A Mockingbird, 1962. He was one of the 20th century's most celebrated film stars. Peck played a hero and capable leading man in dramas, westerns and romances. He grew up in southern California, graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1939, where he then headed east for a career on the stage. After success in the theater, movies followed. 1944 he quickly made his fame and mark: his early roles included The Keys to the Kingdom (1944, Oscar nomination); Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945, costarrring Ingrid Bergman); The Yearling (1946, Oscar nomination); Gentleman's Agreement (1947, Oscar nomination); and Twelve O'Clock High (1949, Oscar Nomintation.) Meet Vintage Allies (VAV!) Thrift Reporter, AMY HARDIN TUROSEK, otherwise known as Ms. Shopping Go Lightly. Amy is Founder of the Thrifty Chicks, a speaker, one marvelous writer and author. As an advocate for a robust reuse market Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) in America, Golightly writes for The Thrifty Chicks blog citing the economic and environmental advantages of the thrift market. Participating in the charitable thrift market is Poetic Shopping for proceeds from the purchase of a repurposed items directly helping repurpose a life in need. Golightly writes of Flinch Points, Snake Eyes and Haunted Cookware and can convert just about anyone to thrift. She’s also been known to hit the huge bins and long racks of thrift in a pith helmet for sometimes one must dig deep to unearth a vintage treasure. The Thrifty Chicks Blog Ms Shopping Golightly believes the extraordinary can only be pulled from the ordinary. Anything else lacks the legs required for the long trek through time to still be hailed haute.
for less than $10. Style is in the eye of the beholder. She resides in Denver, CO where she and husband and two daughters camp and tackle majestic 14,000 foot mountains. Golightly, often hikes in skirts claiming that, “Women need not give up their femininity to a man’s concept of outdoor ensembles.” She also has a quiet fear she could be mistaken a boy if she wore shorts – a glib remark made during her childhood that haunts her to this day. "I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me." ~Humphrey Bogart Good Vibrations
Golightly writes of Flinch Points, Snake Eyes and Haunted Cookware and can convert just about anyone to thrift. She’s also been known to hit the huge bins and long racks of thrift in a pith helmet for sometimes one must dig deep to unearth a vintage treasure. Ms Golightly prefers vintage to the current economy of homogeny. She recently attended the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce annual awards luncheon in a 60 year-old suit and received countless compliments on the cut and style of her timeless masterpiece acquired for $30 in Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Though this was a steal, it does not compare to the classic Givenchy tuxedo purchased for her husband for $9 at Goodwill. The Golightly’s are testimony that massive piles of money cannot qualify style as they turn heads in fashion
December 10 1966 "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys topped the charts. "Good Vibrations" is a pop single by The Beach Boys. The song was composed by and
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) produced by Brian Wilson, with lyrics by Mike and Wilson Love. The single was released backed with the Pet Sounds instrumental "Let's Go Away For Awhile". This was the band's third U.S. number-one hit, after "I Get Around" and "Help Me, Rhonda", reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1966. The Beach Boys formed in 1961, by three brothers, Dennis, Brian and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and a good friend named Al Jardine. This band became known as the Beach Boys. Their first hit, was "Surfin'". Thus began, the songs of surfing and the Beach Boys. The Lennon Sisters, made their television debut on The Lawrence Welk Show in 1955. Television audiences watched as four sisters, sixteen-year-old Dianne (Dee Dee), fourteen-year-old Peggy, twelveyear-old Kathy, and nine-year-old Janet Lennon, sang an a cappella version of "He". America was enchanted with these four down to earth little girls.
In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage. ~ John Steinbeck
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The Lennon Sisters became regulars on The Lawrence Welk Show, performing on his show every Saturday night for the next thirteen years. They became known as America's Sweethearts and performed before millions of delighted fans and seven presidents. Approachable, sophisticated and the girl next door, these talented women are still adored by many today.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) United States during the early nineteenth century. The game was called "townball", "base", or "baseball". In recent years, historians have discovered that Alexander Cartwright is the true father of baseball. It is reported the first recorded baseball game came was held in 1846 at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey when Alexander Cartwright's Knickerbockers lost to the New York Baseball Club. Oh what a notable and historic day for baseball.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame celebrates the part of our history that is as American as apple pie. Baseball! It was the early 1800s, and the game of playing baseball came out swinging with informal teams and a code all of it's own. While the sport was mentioned earlier in our history, it spiraled actually spirated into popularity during the 1860s and was being heralded as America's "national pastime." In 1845, twenty five year old Alexander Joy Cartwright of New York City, invented the modern baseball game that still stands true today. Adding a few modifications, Alexander, alongside members of his New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club, devised the ground rules and regulations known as the "Knickerbocker Rules". Baseball was modeled on the English game of rounders that had become popular in Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
As games became more frequent, a convention of amateur teams was called to discuss rules and other issues in 1857. The following year, the National Association of Base Ball Players, the first organized baseball league, was formed. During the first year of operation, the league supported itself by an occasional charging of the fans for admission. While the league was primarily comprised of amateurs, many players were secretly paid or given jobs by sponsors. In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings elected to become a completely professional team and the novel idea of monetarily compensating players quickly caught on. While many wanted baseball to remain an amateur non paying sport, there was no way they could compete with the professional teams. Eventually, the amateur teams took their place in the outfield as the best players became professionals in the infield. became professionals in the infield. In 1871, the National Association became the first professional baseball league. Here, the professional leagues continued the foundation of the amateur leagues that preceded it. Another turn of events Page 20
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after those magnificent one hundred years of baseball. Gentle Readers and Listeners? They would get it. And, the rest of the story is...the home team's story "at the old ball game".
Good Advice Never Goes Out of Style
. No history worth repeating is ever simple. Rival leagues soon began to form over the ensuing years of baseball's history attempting to gain a foothold in this great sport. Professional baseball players had organized and reorganized several times in baseball history. Throughout the years that followed, regardless of the rival leagues that formed attempting to gain a foothold in this great sport, baseball prospered economically. The ever enamoured audience attendance continued to grow and radio contracts, alongside national television, brought in untold wealth to the team's owners. Contention began to build as the players began to see that the owners were not sharing the wealth they were reaping. These players wanted to play ball and also enjoy the financial benefits of their passion, profession and skills Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
Good Advice Never Goes Out of Style. Advice columns, which are found in the lifestyle sections of newspapers and in women’s magazines, are a long tradition in journalism. Long before Ann Landers and Dear Abby, there were the “advice to the lovelorn” columns in American publications and “agony aunts” in British women’s publications. Several American advice columnists gained great popularity and iconic status in the 20th century. And because they Page 21
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) filled a need for millions of women and men worldwide, they and their nom de plume identities became woven into the fabric of American culture. Icons of Advice Columnists Marie Manning, who wrote under the name of Beatrice Fairfax, was the first American newspaper advice columnist. Her column, Dear Beatrice Fairfax, debuted in 1898 in the New York Evening Journal and met with immediate success. Due to lack of recognition and a raise in salary, Ms. Manning resigned the position. After the stock market crash of 1929, Ms. Manning returned to the role of Beatrix Fairfax and wrote the column until her death in 1945. She was also the author four novels and many short stories published in major magazines. Beginning in the 1920’s, Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer began writing an advice column under the nom de plume of Dorothy Dix. By the 1930’s she was receiving 400-500 letters per day and hit the apex of her popularity in 1940 when she was reported to have approximately 60 million readers. Though she began with advice on women’s love-related issues, she eventually began addressing broader social issues. The guiding philosophy of her columns - that women could be strong and independent – grew from her experience as the wife of a man with chronic mental illness. She continued in her role as Dorothy Dix until her death in 1951. She was also the author of several books. Ruth Crowley spent nine years as the original Ann Landers between the years 1943-1955. When she died at the age of 48 in 1955, interim Ann Landers took her place for a three month period until Esther (Eppie) Friedman Lederer won a contest to become the next Ann Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
Landers. Her first Ask Ann Landers column debuted on October 16, 1955. She continued in this role until her death in 2002. Eppie/Ann Landers became an icon of American culture and was known for her direct and sometimes critical advice. Eppie had requested that no one else assume the duties of writing the column after her passing. Pauline (Popo) Friedman Phillips, under the pen name Abigail Van Buren, began writing the Dear Abby column for the San Francisco Chronicle in January 1956. Pauline was the twin sister of Eppie Friedman Lederer. The twins attended the same college where they both worked on the school newspaper and were both married in a joint wedding ceremony on their birthday in 1939; but Pauline’s taking on the Dear Abby role caused a rift in their relationship. The rivalry between the sisters was wellpublicized. They publicly reconciled in 1964 but some suggest that all was not forgotten. Pauline’s daughter Jeanne Phillips has carried on the Dear Abby column since the illness and death of her mother. Why Do People Consult and Read Advice Columnists? So what draws millions of readers to submit a concern from their personal lives to the scrutiny of an advice columnist? At the heart of it, I believe that people do so because they hope that someone outside of their immediate sphere of influence will provide them with an unbiased solution – and relief - to their concerns. As the reader of the column submits the question anonymously, s/he doesn’t run the risk of embarrassment that could result from asking a friend or family for help with the problem. And truth be told, Page 22
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passion while helping them live their dreams.
And why do we read these columns? Certainly, we do so because we want to be entertained. But just as importantly, we read because we recognize ourselves in some of the questions submitted. Most of the questions reflect the common struggles of the human condition.
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What Makes for Good Advice?
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First, there are the personal characteristics of the columnist. The columnist should have common sense and be forthright. I also believe she needs to understand the limits of her expertise and knowledge and admit when she doesn’t have an answer. She should also not let personal opinion override her judgment. (There are several welldocumented stories about Ann Landers’ controversial pieces of advice.) Second, the advice column should entertain. The entertainment value usually stems from interesting questions and from the writing style/advice giving style of the columnist. The Ask Dawn Feature on Vintage Allies I hope you will join me on the Ask Dawn advice column of Vintage Allies. In the vintage tradition of Beatrice, Dorothy, Ann and Abby, I promise to provide good entertainment value and common sense advice which I believe never goes out of date. I look forward to answering your questions. Kate Sanner, otherwise known as Dawn Mattatome, is truly Vintage Allies, VAV!s own bona fide and capable Doctor for all of your self-confidence issues. Years of experience have placed Kate Sanner at the top of her league in empowering individuals, helping them find their Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
By Drag Strip Scooter Girl In 1937, the Lincoln Tunnel in New York opened to traffic, passing 1.5 miles under the Hudson River and connecting Weehawken, N.J., and Manhattan in New York City. The Tunnel was designed by Othmar H. Ammann, designer of many of the 20th century's greatest bridges including several in New York. Construction on the Tunnel, which runs under the Hudson River and connects New York's Manhattan with New Jersey's Page 23
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Weehawken, began in 1934 and cost $75,000,000. In its first year of service the Tunnel didn't experience a great deal of use, and just 1.8 million cars passed through the 8,200-foot Tunnel or 3.5 cars per minute. An explanation for this fact was certainly that there weren't nearly as many cars in the 1930s, and the arrival of the Second World War, limited resources and a rationing cut into the overall traffic, as well. The case is altogether different today with Tunnel traffic. Two more lanes were opened in 1945, with another two built and pressed into service a dozen years later. As part of I-495, the Lincoln Tunnel regularly sees more than 120,000 cars pass through each day or 83.3 cars per minute. A second tube of the Lincoln Tunnel to the north of the first was opened on 1 Feb 1945, and a third tube was added south of the first on 25 May 1957, making it the world's only three-tube underwater tunnel for vehicles.
Homeless Gives Back
Homeless in Tempe, Arizona for 11 years, Dave Tally, 49, becomes the Good Samaritan who has captured Americas' attention. Vintage Allies Street Beat team, reports that Mr. Talley happened upon a backpack, November 1, 2010 at a light rail station. The backpack contained $3,300 cash and a laptop which Mr. Tally returned to rightful owner. Further, it is said that reporters are calling the homeless outreach group which provides the one time and former landscaper with a part-time job and shelter. Rewards are pouring in. Tally says "I'm just kind of overwhelmed. It's a good thing people out there care, I guess. I'm just not really a public person." Thank you Mr. Tally, for doing your part to bring back the honesty and integrity of the good old days. America, it's time to open our hearts to those in need.
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Considered the most romantic of all the doo wop groups, The Platters, crooned hit after hit, one after another in an effortless manner, or so it seemed: "Only You," "The Great Pretender," "My Prayer," "Twilight Time," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," and "Harbor Lights," established The Platters as the "classiest" group to top the charts in the 1950s. The Platters started out as a Los Angeles, CA doo wop group with no personal brand or identity singling them out from the rising stars surrounding them. They made their first records for Federal, which was a subsidiary of Cincinnati's King Records. Eventually they emerged, in a league all of their own with the guidance of Buck Ram, their mentor, manager, producer, songwriter, and vocal coach.
wop vocal group into stars and one of the most enduring and lucrative groups of all time. By 1954, Ram placed The Platters with a burgeoning independent label, Mercury Records, getting them into pop markets through the label's distribution contacts alone. Next, Ram began a concentrated effort fine tuning the group's strengths and weaknesses. Tony Williams was appointed as the lead vocal status. Williams' voice was heightend to levels of full blast magic within the group which was by that time augmented with Zola Taylor from Shirley Gunter & the Queens. "The Platters" recorded just under 400 songs, sold well over 89 Million records, performed in over 91 countries, and received over two hundred and thirty awards from all over the world. "The Platters" have appeared in twentyseven movies, some you may remember: "Rock Around The Clock," "The Girl Can't Help It" (Jane Mansfield,) "Europe By Night," "Girls Town" (Paul Anka,) "Carnival Rock," and twenty-two more in Mexico, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, and Israel. "The Platters" were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. Accentuated with Ram's pop songwriting classics, the group soared to a pop Rhythm and Blues success and earned the coveted distinction as the first black act of their era to top the pop charts.
Ram transformed an arguably orthodox Rythm and Blues doo
By 1961, Williams forged the music world on his own and, by the decade's end, the group had disbanded with various members refueling and igniting their own version of the Platters. This franchising is reported to extend into the present day, with sanctioned versions of "the original Platters" out on the oldies show circuit.
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Sunday morning, December 7, 1941 within the short span of two hours, 350 Japanese aircraft sank or badly damaged 21 ships moored at Pearl Harbor, including eight battleships. All but the Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah were raised and repaired. Nearly 200 American planes were destroyed, and another 150 damaged. 2,400 Americans died which included 1,177 on the Arizona alone, and Oahu's hospitals were burgeoning with 1,200 more victims. Pearl Harbor, alongside other American installations were attacked the same day. Through deciphering Japanese code, the U.S. had known Admiral Yamamoto was planning a Pacific attack, but not when or where. No one believed it would be Pearl Harbor.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Pacific. But Japanese miscalculations would contribute to their eventual defeat. Among those errors, was the Japanese failure to destroy Hawaiian shore side facilities holding oil storage depots, vital to the American war effort. Another undeniable error in judgment: Prior to the attack, Admiral Yamamoto himself said it best: "I fear we will awaken a sleeping giant." The Admiral was right. December 8,1941, the day following Pearl Harbor Attack, America was never more awake and never more vengeful. President Roosevelt immediately declared war on Japan.
Overall, it is known that Gorillas really are intelligent, peaceful animals. Native to Africa, they live in small groups led by one adult male, known as a silverback. Intriguing, isn't it? What is even more interesting than intriguing, Vintage Allies' readers? On December 22, 1956, a baby gorilla named Colo enters the world at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, thus becoming the first-ever gorilla born in captivity! Colo weighed in at approximately 4 pounds. A western lowland gorilla, Colo's, name was a combination of Columbus and Ohio and she was the daughter of Millie and Mac, two gorillas captured and brought to the Columbus Zoo in 1951.
Colo, The Gorilla Weighs In
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) When Colo was born, the Columbus Zoo built her a nursery and she was reared by the zookeepers. Since the ensuing years of Colo's arrival, zookeepers have developed surroundings that emulate a gorilla's natural habitat and many captive-born gorillas are now raised by their mothers. Colo, who generated a great deal of excitement and public interest is still alive today. She went on to become a mother, grandmother, and in 1996, a great-grandmother to Timu. Timu is the first surviving infant gorilla conceived by artificial insemination. Timu gave birth to her first baby in 2003. Today, it is reported that there are approximately 750 gorillas in captivity around the world and an estimated 100,000 lowland gorillas remaining in the wild. Most zoos are active in captive breeding programs. Since Colo's birth, 30 gorillas have been born in the Columbus zoo. Interested in more facts about these remarkable creatures? Dr. Dian Fossey founded the Karisoke™ Research Centerin Rwanda’s Virungas Mountains in 1967, to protect and study the endangered mountain gorillas. Although Fossey’s life was cut short far too soon, her work has continued through the Karisoke Research Center and grown into conservation efforts for other wildlife and programs for people living near the gorillas. Vintage Allies is highly honored to share the amazing contributions of an equally remarkable woman in recent history through this site.
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Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions. ~Anais Nin
Just The Facts Ma'am
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Mystery Afoot
December 5, 1951 Dragnet first appeared on television. The program opened each week with these words from the lead Det. Sgt. Joe Friday: "This is the city, Los Angeles, California. I work here, I carry a badge." Probably the most successful police drama in television history, Dragnet's hallmark was its appearance of realism. The documentary-style narration by Joe Friday, drew from the cases and the files of the real L.A.P.D. Dragnet remains arguably, the most successful police drama in television history. It's catch phrases and methods were widely parodied. Those who remember this series cannot forget these words; "My name is Friday--I'm a cop" . This popularly intense television show took on all the realism of today's popular reality shows. Dragnet was a reminder to the viewing audience of the constant peril, danger, reality, humour and dead ends that plagued real policemen. Each episode ended in a Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
Acclaimed Author and Screenwriter, Tina Czarnota, is repping her award winning novel and screenplay 'Deadwaiter' into a feature movie. 'Deadwaiter', rated PG-13, will prove to be entertainment that all audiences will enjoy. Tina states that she is currently in negotiation with three production companies who are interested in shooting her project. The Author has been sought out by actors from across the country Page 29
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes~ Thomas Jefferson
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Forays? It's true. We're catching on like your grandparent's Almanac and we're rising to the challenge. Remember, we're intent on bringing back Vintage With A Vengeance. You'll find your Favorite Vintage Allies Reporter will have their own exclusive pages! You'll be able to read exactly what you're looking for from your favorite VAV! Reporter. We're adding direct Feeds from our Reporters own sites. What's more, Gentle Readers? We're expanding our Reporter coverage to include Medical Matters, Humorist, Weather Almanac, and Astronomy! Don't think we're done yet though! We'll be moving quite nicely along with our on-line magazine which will appear within the pages of VAV!. We'll keep you posted as the Home front Brick and Mortar Broadcasting Station takes shape with cutting edge technology. Soon, we'll be bringing coast to coast radio coverage, broadcasts, live interviews, music and so Page 30
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) much more to you and right here within these VAV! pages! Thank you for making us your number ONE Vintage Reading Multi-Media Broadcasting Resource!
And...to share it with those who care to accept. VAV! readers DO delightedly accept, Bea! Sage Hills Farms andVintage Store aim to leave a better legacy for the next and all future generations to build on. Lillian Bassman, Iconic
“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.�~ Eleanor Roosevelt
She is Lillian Bassman, and she is among the most important fashion photographers of 20th century fashion. She lived an unconventional life. She is an independent, free thinking woman.
Bea welcomes everyday with a joyful spirit, grateful heart, and the burning desire to create and make better that which she has already been blessed with.
Her signature photography style, was once described by Richard Avedon as making "visible that heart-breaking invisible place between the appearance and the disappearance of things," evokes a poignant, ethereal, yet personal view of women. Her models were often posed in profile or looking away from the camera, offering a chic, elegant and graceful vision enthused with a romantic insight.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Others may comment that the most notable qualities about her photographic work are the geometric placement and camera angles of her models, the high contrasts between light and dark, or the graininess of the finished photos. Lillian Bassman was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1917 to bohemian Russian Jewish parents. At times, through The Great Depression she modeled for artists at the Arts Students League as part of the Works Progress Administration program. She, in fact, participated in several political strikes, once picketing while in the nude to protest arts financing cuts.
remain active, and using Photoshop to fulfill her creative visions in a new age of digital reproduction. There has been, in recent years, a tremendous renewal of interest in Lillian Bassman's career On her photography: Vintage Allies (VAV!) considers Lillian Bassman one of the last great woman photographers in the world of fashion. Only time will tell further.
She attended the Textile High School in Manhattan and took evening classes at Pratt institute. In 1945, Lillian flourished as the Art Director for Junior Bazaar magazine. Here she began not only a working relationship with Richard Avedon, but he soon become her friend and mentor.Lillian established her reputation as a staff photographer for Harper's Bazaar from 1949 through 1965. By the1970s, Lillian Bassman's interest in pure form began to clash with the current fashion's changing aesthetic. In her ever growing disenchantment, she turned to her own personal photo projects and abandoned fashion photography. In doing so, Lillian discarded 40 years of negatives, prints and incredibly remarkable fashion history. Some twenty years afterward, away from the high profile world of fashion, Lillians' negatives were discovered in garbage bags by her downstairs neighbor, painter Helen Frankenthaler. In 1996 she was hired by Neiman Marcus to shoot an advertising campaign. Bassman, now in her 90's is said to still Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
Meet Vintage Allies' (VAV!) own Reporter, "The Riddler"! We think you'll join us in agreeing he offers our VAV! readers a phenomenal resource and insight into the world of Vintage. Gentle Readers? We're very delighted to share his world with you in his own words: "I believe my interest in vintage can be found in my DNA. My formal education includes: A.A.S. in Ornamental Horticulture SUNY Cobleskill, NY Page 32
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M.S. Public Archaeology - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Troy, NY (The second oldest engineering college in America, the oldest is also local, Union College in Schenectady, NY.) Over the years I worked as Soldier (3 years in the Army) Janitor, Factory Worker at GE in Schenectady, along with 20,000 other employees. It was like a small city with its own cafeteria, dispensary, fire department, and company store. I painted 80 ton motors used to cool nuclear power plants. Yes, I had to stand under them while they dangled from a steel cable. I did this for 6 years. My professional career includes 9 years as Historic Site Assistant at Schuyler Mansion in Albany, NY, the 18th century Georgian Mansion of Philip Schuyler, the Major General in charge of the "Northern Department" under the management of George Washington. Alexander Hamilton married Elizabeth Schuyler in this home. This was my introduction to Sheraton and Chippendale, yes authentic not repro. I worked around those lovely vintage items every day. Next came almost 4 years as Director of Education at the largest historic house museum in New York State and one of the largest in America, 79 rooms, "beaux artes", Stanford White designed, 23 bedrooms just for servants. This was the Mills family residence just for the autumn months through Christmas. Millses father was the cofounder of the bank of California during the gold rush. This mansion is near Hyde Park, NY, just down the road from the Vanderbilts and Roosevelt mansions. To see one aspect of this house here is my Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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I have so many interests in the area of vintage it is impossible to name them. A few of them are displayed on my website, Paper Past where I get to share them with 18,000 unique visitors every month. As a former historical archaeologist I am particularly fond of tiny bits of broken material culture from the 17th and 18th century, especially in the Albany, NY area. We call them shards. Call it "broken vintage" if you like. I did my field school at Hancock Shaker Village where my responsibility was to excavate the remains of a woolen mill hidden in the woods and was once the centerpiece of the "North Family" of Shakers. It was an archaeological site that once included the "North Family" shaker dwelling house, and saw mill using water power along a small creek .
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) exercise in individuality or our attempt at trying to teach them another life lesson. All valid reasons. However, most of the "leaving the house" tantrums and other calamities can be avoided if we are properly prepared. And, here are some tips that might help: Unless absolutely necessary, don't take the kids out of the house for extended periods of time if the temperature is below 30 degrees. 30-45 minutes of playing in the snow and cold is plenty. Anything over that is an invitation for a disaster.
By Selma Avdicevic Every time winter rolls around, this image starts swirling in my mind, and I find myself chanting: "I can't put my arms down. I can't put my arms down." I always felt a lot of sympathy for little Randy of A Christmas Story, and as recaptured within A Christmas Story House And Museum, especially since I had a privilege of having an overbearing mother that dressed me quite the same way at the first signs of winter. Yes, it cannot be helped - we want to keep our precious bundle safe and warm. Unfortunately, majority of us falls into two categories: too much or too little. We all have seen kids running around in the snow in sneakers. Or those with their bare backs out in the wind. Or those that feel jackets are optional. Or, my favorite, those wearing shorts in December. Then there is Randy. Some of these instances cannot he helped, and are a lot of times either kids' Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
Make sure the kids wear adequate clothing. And this goes both ways. With the acorn not falling too far from the tree, the first winter I had a baby, the poor thing was so overdressed, he got a heat rash – in January. So, take it easy. The first layer should be thermal underwear. Personally, I really like ski underwear, because it's made for the cold – it will take the sweat away from the body, and keep you warm. Good, long socks are a must. In winter, I use wool. They are a bit thicker, but a whole lot more comfortable for those winter escapades. Next, a warm layer. Sweater and pants. Pants should be lined, and if going out to play in the snow, waterproof. Sweater should be from natural fibers, wool being the best. Make sure the kids wear adequate protective gear. Jacket, clearly. If it has a warm layer and a waterproof/windproof layer, it will work great. Good, comfortable boots. A hat that covers ears is a must. 85% of body heat is lost through the head. Now, be careful with this one. Because, if the kids get overheated when playing, you want some of that heat to leave, but you don't want them to take the hat off. So, again, a good Page 34
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) solution is a hat made of natural fibers, wool preferably, lined around the edges with fleece. You are not going to believe how comfortable these are. Then come gloves. They should be waterproof on the outside and warm on the inside. You don't want to be dealing with frost bites on those little fingers. When in doubt about a piece of gear, try it yourself. There is a reason kids don't want to put something on. Maybe, just maybe, it's uncomfortable. And, finally, skin protection. Get yourself a BIG tub of lanolin-based skin creams appropriate for children. And slather that all over the little hands, face, nose, and lips. A few brands that come to mind are Lansinoh and Weleda. Why lanolin? It's simple. It is a natural wax, extracted from sheep's wool that has proven to be one of the best protectors of gentle baby skin. Way better than petroleum jelly. And infinitely more environment-friendly. Mind you, a very small of population is allergic to lanolin, so test it before you use it. Trust your kids and your instincts. If they tell you they are hot, they are hot. If they tell you they are cold, they are cold simple. And if you see a little chin shivering, it's time to come inside, no matter what they say. Have fun! Raising children is hard work. So, let your hair down and have a snow ball fight with your little ones. That's how memories are made.
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By Katie Hodge Dean Get out your tools and wrap those aprons tightly. This one is gonna be a doozy! But man, oh man, will it be worth it in the end. This one is gonna take all day so start this as soon as you get your man out the door. Have no fear, there is plenty of time to get all your other chores, baking, planning, cleaning, and shopping done in between all the chilling and freezing. Recently, I discovered Julie of Willow Bird Baking. Julie is a bright and cheerful young lady who is passionate about all things baking. The difference between Julie and I is Julie actually invents her recipes - and they are amazing! Whereas, I am a newbie still learning about all this baking stuff anyway. I find a recipe and can create it. Granted, with my Oh Katie! Cookies, that's been an experience of testing and trying new things out. So I guess I should give myself a little bit of Page 35
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) credit. But I'm nooooo Julie! And that's OK. Last week I watched a video she posted. It was for a contest, I believe. It was fun to watch. Extremely informative and walked the viewer right through the steps of making amazing cheesecakes while making it look fairly easy. Correction: "Flippin Awesome Cheesecakes." Having never made a cheesecake before, I felt empowered with this information. Sunday was a beautiful, chilly, rainy day and two out of my three kids with Oma and Opa. The perfect baking day - while drinking many pots of coffee because that's just the kind of day it was. Because I had the ingredients for the Coffee Cookie Dough Fudge Cheesecake, I thought I've got this! Then I started looking more closely at all the steps and I started feeling more and more lazy. Maybe I could just sit and watch football in front of the fire with the hubby while the baby napped instead? Fine! I ranted. I'll make it! to no one in particular. This is an all day process. At least it was for me. Well, "all day" meaning I started around 2 and we had a slice after dinner around 7. ALL DAY, I tell ya!
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Cookie Dough Fudge Cheesecake Recipe by: Willow Bird Baking, adapted from Annies’ Eats’ Cappucino Fudge Cheesecake with eggless cookie dough by Family Fun Yields: one 9-inch cheesecake Crust Ingredients 32 chocolate sandwich cookies, finely processed into crumbs 5 1/3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled Small pinch of salt Ganache Ingredients 1½ cups heavy cream 20 oz. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped (I combined both) Filling Ingredients 3 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, at room temperature 1 cup sugar 1½ tablespoons all-purpose flour Page 36
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inspired behind them. She’ll introduce you to new music and reacquaint you with vintage tunes. Dawnya is a veteran singer who has performed with groups and as a solo artist across the country for nearly 20 years. She has opened for top acts including Tower of Power and The 5th Dimension, has appeared twice on the National Easter Seals Telethon, was headline act at the Heartland BrewFest in Des Moines, Iowa, and has entertained at multitudes of gigs and fundraisers in Minnesota, Iowa, California, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Since 2007 Dawnya has devoted all of her time to songwriting and performing. Her first collection of original songs, Walking on Water, was released in September 2008. A fun mix of jazz, blues, pop, soul and reggae, Dawnya’s songs make you feel good. She takes on life’s questions and offers answers with an openness that leaves you feeling as if you shared secrets with a good friend. Her power is in her depth and understanding, her grace is in her pure, beautiful voice Web sites: http://DawnyaClarine.com http://DawnyaClarine.Bandcamp.com http://Facebook.com/DawnyaClarine http://Facebook.com/DawnyaC http://SoulAppeal.blogspot.com
Meet Vintage Allies own Dawnya Clarine, our Music Reporter. Dawnya weaves together stories and songs. She’ll share tales of songs, the inspiration and
"Please know I am quite aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others." ~Amelia Earhart, in her last letter to her husband, 1937.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) The Legendary Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
extended jam session that featured stars of the Duke Ellington and Count Basie orchestras. That night they made history as the first jazz band ever to play in New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall. Goodman charted a new course and a new spot on the map for jazz of the American cultural scene. It is reported the concert sold out weeks in advance, with premium seating at a tantamount cost of $2.75. The Legendary Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert has since come to be seen as the most important jazz concert in history.
Benny Goodman's January 16, 1938, mind altering, revolutionary concert at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall brought a new level of recognition to jazz.
All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.~Rita Hayworth
Legendary Benny Goodman was at the pinnacle of his career when his publicist suggested they book a gig at the center and bedrock of culture, Carnegie Hall. A star on radio, on stage and on film, and the irrefutable label, "King of Swing" synonymous to his name, Goodman laughed off the idea of an appearance. However, true to his nature, Goodman did concede to perform at the Hall. Yes, Vintage Allies (VAV!) readers and listeners, the Benny Goodman band, including their legendary greats, Harry James on trumpet, Lionel Hampton on vibraphone and Gene Krupa on drums, played their regular repertoire. Benny Goodman planned a program feature piece, "Twenty Years of Jazz" and an Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Tiffany & Co
The world's premier house of design since 1837, Tiffany & Co. is an American jewellery and silverware company branded and associated with its Tiffany Blue Color, which is a registered trademark. This is truly a legendary icon where timeless beauty and elegance could be expressed in no truer words than Tiffany & Co. This magnificent pillar of irrefutable standards was founded in 1837 in New York City, by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium." The store launched selling a wide variety of stationery items operating as Tiffany, Young and Ellis in lower Manhattan. The name was later shortened to Tiffany & Co. in 1853 when Charles Tiffany took over the helm, and the company placed emphasis on jewelry.
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Since 1940, Tiffany's flagship store, has been located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City. The polished granite exterior is delightfully familiar for its tiny window displays. Tiffany & Co.'s store has been the location for a classic films including Breakfast at Tiffany's, starring Audrey Hepburn, and Sweet Home Alabama, starring Reese Witherspoon. The former Tiffany and Company Building on 38th Street is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. A brief glimpse into the history of Tiffany will share that the The "Blue Book", Tiffany's first catalog, was published in 1845 and is still being published today. Over the years, Tiffany & Co. supplied the Union Army with swords, surgical and flag implements. Tiffany & Co. was the first U.S. firm to win an award in 1867 for the excellence in silverware at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. In 1877, an insignia that became the familiar New York Yankees "NY" logo was created on a medal of honor by Tiffany & Co. and issued to the first NYC police officer shot in the line of duty. The Yankees since adopted the logo of Tiffany & Co. in 1909. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson of the United States, commissioned Tiffany to design a White House china service, in 1968, which featured 90 flowers and the legend continues... Tiffany & Co. has since opened stores in major cities all over the world. This name evokes history, standard, classic, elegance and style to so many individuals unlike any other in the world.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Dwarfs, Walt Disney's first full-length (83 minutes), classic animated film opened December 21, 1937 to audiences in Los Angeles, California. The film was the first commercially successful movie of its kind. This pioneering film made use of the multi-plane camera to achieve an effect of depth, modeled live characters and utilized painted cells. For a while after its release the film was the highest-grossing motion picture of all time, until it was finally surpassed by "Gone With the Wind". All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.~Walt Disney
A beautiful girl, Snow White, seeks shelter in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs. She is hiding from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is wickedly jealous because she desires to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty eclipses her own.... Sound vaguely familiar, as the story plot behind Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? It is. Walt Disney dreamed up the idea for "Snow White" when he was only 15, and working as a newsboy in Kansas City where he saw a major presentation of a silent film version of the tale starring Marguerite Clark. Fast forward into the future... After two years, an astronomical $1.4 million to create, Walt Disney mortgaging his house to pay for the film's production, Snow White and the Seven Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) The Curtain Goes Up-Radio City Music Hall
The curtain goes up for the first time in 1932! Thousands upon thousands attend the opening of Radio City Music Hall, a magnificent Art Deco theater in New York City. Radio City Music Hall could not have been more welcome at the height of The Great Depression! The Music Hall was designed as a palace for the people and a resource of magnificent impeccable entertainment. Simply said, a place of beauty where ordinary people could see high-quality entertainment. Since the opening day, 300 million people have visited Radio City for pleasurable moments in stage shows, movies, concerts and a plethora of events. Billionaire John D. Rockefeller, Jr., appointed the Hall as the cornerstone of the Rockefeller Complex he was building Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
in a formerly run down neighborhood known as the 'speakeasy belt' in midtown Manhattan. Built in partnership with the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and designed by Donald Deskey, the Hall was an Art Deco masterpiece. It was constructed of materials and precious metals including gold foil, marble, aluminum, permatex, glass, and cork. The geometric ornamentation, throughout the Hall, is Deskey's central theme of the "Progress of Man." The Great Stage marquee is a full city-block long. Its auditorium measures 160 feet from back to stage and the ceiling reaches a height of 84 feet. The walls and ceiling are formed by a series of sweeping arches that define a splendid and grand curving appearance. The radiant gold stage curtain is the largest in the world. The hydraulic-powered elevators allowed cutting edge impressive effects in staging. Many of the Hall's original mechanisms are still in use today. More than 700 films have premiered at Radio City Music Hall since 1933. In the late 1970s, the Hall began staging concerts by popular music artists. The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, which debuted in 1933, draws more than a million people annually. The show features the highkicking Rockettes, a precision dance troupe that has been a staple at Radio City since the 1930s. Radio City Music Hall is the official web site of Radio City Music Hall in New York City, home of the Rockettes and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular as well as the site of great concerts and family entertainment.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) In 1999, Radio City Music Hall underwent a $70 million seven month long restoration. Today, Radio City Music Hall remains the largest indoor theater in the world. Super Bowl XLV
American football, known in the United States simply as football and at times as gridiron outside the United States, is a competitive team sport. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. The fans revel in the game. NOW, On February 6, 2011, two of the most celebrated franchises in all of NFL history will clash with one another in Super Bowl XLV. Pitting the NFC champions, Green Bay Packers against the AFC champions, Pittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas to decide the NFL champion for the 2010 season. Make no mistake, both these seasoned teams are familiar with the world's largest stage. The Packers have Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
appeared in four Super Bowls; the Steelers have appeared in seven. The The Black Eyed Peas will appear at the Super Bowl Halftime show. It's been reported that NFL News touts the Bridgestone Super Bowl Halftime Show is the most-watched musical event of the year. More than 153 million viewers tuned in last year in the United States. More about the Cowboys Stadium hosting the game? Excerpt from Cowboys' Stadium official site indicates the stadium roof is supported by two 35-foot deep and 15-foot wide boxed arch trusses with arches more than twice the length of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. It is one of the largest domed structures in the world, 660,800 square feet. Here you'll likely find THE largest HDTV video board installation in the world! The video board spans the 20yard line to the 20-yard line, measuring a grand 160 feet in length and 70 feet in height. The reported $40 million video board weighs 1.2 million pounds. Cowboys stadium also embraces the tallest movable glass wall in the world. Each end zone features a five-leaf transparent glass retractable door with dimensions somewhere near 120 feet high and 180 feet wide. Vintage Note from Vintage Allies (VAV!) Since going to press Super Bowl XLV, the 45th annual edition of the Super Bowl in American football, was won by the Green Bay Packers. It is also the 41st annual championship game of the modern-era National Football League (NFL). Want more, history of NFL Vintage Allies (VAV!) Football Fans? Page 42
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) The National Football League, (NFL) was established in the year 1920 with the name of the American Professional Football Association (APFA). 1922 the name was adapted to National Football League. Founded at a Hupmobile Dealership in Canton, Ohio, the iconic Jim Thorpe was its elected president. Today, it is the biggest professional American football league, comprising thirty-two teams from a variety of American cities and regions. The league's teams are split into two conferences: the American Football Conference (AFC) and secondly the National Football Conference (NFC). These are more delineated/sub-divided into four divisions comprising four teams each. These are the East, West, North, and the South. At the finish of the league's regular season, there are select teams from each conference which play in the NFL playoffs, a single-elimination tournament and this culminates with the Super Bowl, the NFL championship. Visit the NFL History Site?
Running To Daylight
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He will always be legendary for his coaching philosophy and motivational skills. Such a phenomenal athlete, his picture was featured on the cover of a December 1962 issue of TIME magazine under the headline "The Sport of the '60s". He was also credited with introducing the concept of zone blocking to the NFL. (In zone blocking the offensive line players block as a unit, instead of individually man-to-man, as was the norm up to that time. The running back then was expected to run toward any hole that was created). Lombardi referred to this as "running to daylight". Where did this history begin? Vince Lombardi was born Vincent Thomas Lombardi, June 11, 1913 in Brooklyn to Italian-born father Enrico
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) "Harry" Lombardi, a butcher, and Brooklyn-born Matilda Izzo, the daughter of a barber. It's reported his parents had immigrated as teenagers from just east of Salerno in southern Italy. In 1928, at age 15, this young man entered a preparatory seminary, which was a six year secondary program, with the intention of becoming a Catholic priest. Four years later and Lombardi was pursuing another path, when he transferred to the St. Francis Preparatory High School. Here, he was a standout on the football team. 1933 Lombardi accepted a football scholarship to Fordham University in the Bronx, where he would play for head coach Sleepy Jim Crowley, who was known as one of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame during the 1920s. Lombardi was an undersized guard at 185 pounds of 5'8" on Fordham's imposing front line, which became known as the Seven Blocks of Granite. What a hold this front line possessed leaving opponents scoreless several times during 25 consecutive victories! Meanwhile, life for Lombardi moved on. He was a slightly above average student in the classroom but he earned his bachelor's degree from Fordham in June 1937.
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Following the 1948 football season, Lombardi accepted an assistant's job, at the United States Military Academy. It is reported that this was a position that would, in no small way, influence his future coaching style. Lombardi worked long hours and refined his leadership skills for five seasons. Following these five seasons, Lombardi accepted an assistant coaching position with the NFL's New York Giants. Lombardi, age 41, began his career as a professional football coach in 1954 and what would later become known as the Offensive Coordinator position for the NFL's New York Giants. January 1959, at the age of 45, Lombardi took on the position of Head Coach and General Manager of the Green Bay Packers. The Packers were, putting it mildly, regarded as dismal in their performance. Lombardi felt that his coaching skills were just the ticket to improve this record by creating punishing training regimens and expecting absolute dedication and effort from his players.
In 1939, accepted an assistant coaching job at St. Cecilia, a Catholic high school in Englewood, New Jersey. In addition to coaching, Lombardi, age 26, also taught Latin, chemistry, and physics. In 1940, Lombardi married Marie Planitz. 1942 found Lombardi the head coach at St. Cecilia. Lombardi stayed a total of eight years (five as head coach), leaving for Fordham in 1947 to coach the
In his second year, he led the Packers to the 1960 NFL championship game. The Packers would soon defeat the Giants for the NFL title in 1961 (37-0) and 1962 (16-7 at Yankee Stadium), marking the first two of their five titles in Lombardi's nine years. He led the Packers to an unmatched three consecutive NFL championships in 1965, 1966, and 1967, and also helped win the first two Super Bowls. Lombardi stepped down as head coach of the Packers following the 1967 NFL season, staying on as the team's general manager for 1968. Here's an
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) interesting note for our Vintage Allies (VAV!) readers; Richard Nixon supposedly considered Lombardi as a running mate for the 1968 election due to his huge standout popularity
VAV! December Featured Artist
Lombardi stepped down as head coach of the Packers following the 1967 NFL season, staying on as the team's general manager for 1968. September 3, 1970, at the age of 57, the American Football Legend, Lombardi, who had been diagnosed with intestinal cancer, died. VAV! Listeners and Readers? Just a week after his death, the NFL's Super Bowl trophy was renamed the Vince Lombardi Trophy in his honor. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the summer of 1971. By Starlight Reporter Vintage Allies (VAV!) proudly announces our Featured Artist and Creator for December, Delia von Meyer Pacheco. Delia is an Artist of unparalleled talent. What you might not have known until now, Delia has the distinct honor of carrying on the legacy as the Sun-Maid Raisin Girl. Who is the Sun-Maid Raisin Girl? During the 90 years that Sun-Maid raisins have been in the cupboards and pantries of raisin lovers around the world, other people have perpetuated the "Sun-Maid Girl" image by dressing in costume for parades, promotions and other events carrying on the legacy and original pose by young Lorraine Collett Petersen One of these people was a young woman named Delia von Meyer (Pacheco). Join alongside Vintage Allies as we share Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) an interview with Delia and excerpts of her momentous lifetime. Vintage Allies: Delia, can you share with our readers and listeners a bit about yourself? Where were you born? Delia: Before I bore you with too much detail, some events about my German past can be seen My Life Story she continues, I hope this is not too long to share, but these are some things in my life, "that have led me to where I am today". You've asked, where I was born. In Berlin, Germany during the war, and here Delia smiles softly with a gentle laugh and says "you do the math". I have a twin sister named Alexandra. My parents died from cancer at age 60, twenty-five years apart. I have no family here in America outside of my sis, hubby Al and daughters Sonya and Elisha. Vintage Allies: Can you tell us more about your home and life in Germany, Delia? Delia: Since my birth city Berlin was destroyed from the bombings we moved around and ended up in a picturesque town named Garmisch Germany , nestled in the Southern Alps of Bavaria, living there for only 3 years and then coming to America. My father Alexander was very talented in art and photography, these being his hobbies and owning two Photography studios, one in Berlin and the other in Dresden. Unfortunately losing everything to war, he then had to make a living after the war with his hobbies, including golf, skiing, Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
riding and tennis. Since he lived off of a trust all his life this was quite an adjustment. In 1947 dad died quite suddenly, and Delia adds here, of course no one saw a doctor during the war. I remember the day clearly, crying cause I did not get to say goodbye to him...it took me 19 years to get over his death, because I was his little girl. I believe it formed me as who I am as a woman, and what I wanted in life. Vintage Allies: Delia, that's a difficult and life altering experience for a young woman. How did you arrive in America? Delia: Well, having had dad's approval before his death, mom decide to bring us to America because my Grandmother, my father's mother, Georgianna Ives who was from Hartford, Connecticut was a direct descendant from the clockmaker/print family "Ives". Ironically they were now in England, France and Germany, forcing us to find a sponsor to come to the States, so we would not be a ward of the State. In 1950 we made the journey to the US, sponsored by a man in California. Vintage Allies: That's quite a noble ancestry! How did you make that long trek to America Delia? Delia: On a ship named the SS Washington. Delia continued with reflection of memories in her thoughts. The one thing I remember about coming here on the ship, was that I wanted to bring all my books and pictures and was devastated having to leave them behind, because as a child that's all I had for only three years...maybe this is why I collect old books now.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Before arriving to the ship in Hamburg, we traveled at night by train running from my dad's brother who was trying to claim my sister and me, something to do with inheritance, here Delia adds, my uncle kidnapped us one time. As we arrived at the Port awaiting for our US approval, my Uncle caught up with us, but because we were on United States property the captain of the ship had the police take him away and boarded us on the ship early in the morning...again Delia adds, some more of these memories are written for Ellis Site.
during war time. My mom experienced living in America traveling through the States performing with the Ringling Brothers Circus doing a Trapeze act and riding the famed Elephant Modoc...she spoke English and knew the American way, this helped in our adjusting. We moved to San Leandro California and lived with our sponsor. Over the years I lived in the Bay Area including San Francisco, San Leandro, Oakland, Hayward, Fremont and Union City and Delia added, etc.etc. When we first arrived my Mom worked for KNBC Radio Station in S.F. and one of her friends gave me a silver horse necklace of "Topper" and Delia shared with Vintage Allies that "Topper" was Hopalong Cassidy's horse, for those that remember...she also gave me a book with drawing papers and pencils, something I will always remember. I still have some of these drawings, including a few from Germany. We moved a great deal because mom loved decorating, well at least that's what I thought. Vintage Allies: Where did you find the inspiration for your art, Delia?
Delia: When you think about it, it was war and we were always on the run from bombings, but we survived from hunger, cold and all that goes with war time...I can't even imagine having small children
Delia: I went to a parochial school in S.F. and was known for being "the artist" even doing a stint for shows where someone did a squiggly line and then they asked me to draw a certain thing from it, I always managed. I entered many art contests and always won...my first win was from a entry with a Howdy Dowdy art contest, it was a witch riding a broom with a horse head, winning first place I got a crystal necklace that I still have. Delia adds with playful chagrin, what a
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Vintage Allies: Delia, it's hard to imagine how you and your family survived in those trying times. What did you do upon arrival to America?
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) thing to give a 10 year old! I do remember seeing the drawing on the Howdy Doody Show and my excitement that is was on TV. I went to Lowell High School in S.F. where I had a real good art teacher, but that's when I found out I was not the best, reality hit. Then we moved again, this time back to San Leandro, graduating from their High School. Vintage Allies: Howdy Doody, Delia, that's pretty memorable and quite an honor for one so young! And, after High School, what next Delia? Delia: Mom wanted me to be in show business, so I was forced to go to Modeling School actually before High School, ...funny when you don't want to do something and a parent pushes you..it was awful, I hated it. I never pushed my kids to do anything they didn't want to do because of it. So after my High School graduation we moved to Oakland and I worked in SF, Modeling for Cornet Modeling Agency and working for Fiberboard Paper Prod. This is the company that made the box for Sun-Maid, (see more personal comments from Delia below and on her squidoo.com ) and that's how I got my mug on the Sun-Maid Box. I also worked for a well known Architect for a short time, I had an interest in this and in fashion design.
not sure about that! The only inspiration I would like to leave behind, is being a God loving person. During these years, my best friend Sue had an Arabian horse and we would ride in the Castro Valley and Oakland Hills, those where some of my best memories I have. After graduation we got an apartment, living the fun life. Then I met my husband Al at a dance...we dated for almost two years, we had planned on getting married, but the U.S.Government sent him a letter for a physical for the Military, so we decided to run off to Reno Nevada. Had we not been married by Monday, he would have been inducted into the service to go to Vietnam. We thought Vietnam would end, so we saved our money to buy a house. My husband already worked for GM three years. Then at Christmas 1965 came another letter it read, "Greetings You are Now Inducted" Delia continued... not the Christmas we envisioned, he had to go into the service and to Vietnam, we were devastated.
Vintage Allies: Delia? Have you any idea how inspirational you are for so many of us? Could you continue?
I married a man who had to go to war, something I swore I would never go through, having experienced the dread of war 17 years earlier. I did have some luck, I got to live with him on base in Fort Irwin Ca. until he was shipped out. It was hard dealing with it, but knew I had to, everything felt so out of control...I use to pray so hard at night that my fingers ached with pain. I just gave it to God as He was in control. My husband left from Oakland Sept 1966 on a ship named Barrett.
Delia: Oh my Starlight alias Jolene, I'm
Vintage Allies: Delia, what was next for
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) you, with your husband off to war? Delia: At that time I was working for Shaklee Prod. I was an assistant to the art director, my boss was the famed duck stamp artist Ken Michaelsen. He taught me to paint with acrylics, encouraging me to also freelance my art, while modeling on weekends. Then Nov.3 rd 1966, I received a telegram informing me, "Your Husband has been injured" he ran over a detonated 500 lb mine with his P.C. (like a small tank)... he was the only survivor. I can't begin to express the terror I felt, and again a feeling of not having control. How I wanted to be with him and comfort him. March 1967 I flew to Hawaii for an R &R to see him, we had a wonderful time, I was so happy to see him, but at the end we had to say goodbye again...that was indeed hard.
Vintage Allies: That, Delia, is a mixture of joy and a happy ending that not many are able to experience. What next for you? Delia: I had sold his two '55 Chevys and bought a '65 GTO, Delia adds, now a big regret. When he came home he got stationed at Frt. Carson Colorado for 5 months. After that we moved back to California and bought a brand new house and our baby was born in 1968. I went back to work for Shaklee, Ken my boss quit so they offered me the job but I had to declined, we wanted to add to our family and I did not want to work full time. Then I got a new boss from Australia who hated Germans, telling me so, and of course my German came out and I did not back off, so I got fired and here Delia pointedly shares, you can't get fired for that prejudice now. The one thing I learned from this, that I have NO tolerance for a "lack of common sense and hate" and to this day carry this feeling. I left my job but continued to Model and do freelance art...and then our second daughter was born in 1971. Vintage Allies: Delia, one of the things we admire about you is your inspiration to others. What was next for you and your young family? What about the rest of your family at this time? Delia: In 1975 my mom passed away from cancer, she lived with us for a year, I took care of her for two years. In a special envelope left to me from mom was money with a note expressing, that I was to get back into horses and take English Riding lessons...I did and my
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) horse venture followed...and I even got my daughters interested in horses as well, which was a stepping stone of important learning lessons in life, this being a positive in their lives even now. Vintage Allies: So many changes, Delia. We're intrigued and sure our readers and listeners are as well. What horse venture unfolded for the indefatigable Delia? Delia: My first horse was given to me by my husband's boss. Patches was a well trained Rodeo and Parade horse, a tall Black and White Pinto Quarter Horse/Saddle bred mix. This old horse taught me and the kids everything about horses. I then became the Ranch Manager of the Fremont Riding Stable and started to collect horses. Next came a gift from the ranch owner to my kids, a dappled Chocolate Palomino Shetland Pony named Princess. In 1979 we bought our first Arabian mare Shaneya with a foal at her side, this foal was Ibn, my muse. I bought another mare, Ya Anna with a filly at her side, named ChutYanna...my other muse. AND, the breeding program began, with my equine art following as I became known in the equine industry Delia shares that Ibn and ChutYa are in her Panel for Mural Mosaic, can be seen in her photos http://www.squidoo.com/TheHorseGiftM ural Vintage Allies: Sounds like your lives were euphoric, Delia. You mentioned horse breeding? Can you share more? Did you devote your time to this?
Arab breeder, who I bought mares from and bred to his Stallion, starting my breeding program. We began to show horses and found many clients for my art in the Arab horse industry, I had a very nice clientele in California. In 1979, my husband was in management at GM, but the inevitable happened, this new GM Plant in Fremont shut down...he was out of a job for almost three years, then GM offered a "job or nothing" (with 20 yrs invested so he had to take it) the job was in Kansas City Missouri...we bought a beautiful 10 acres Ranchette, built a barn and by now had 8 horses and a breeding program, also a continued art business through my GKCAHA involvement at that time. I was happy. Then it happened again, Delia added rather confounded before she continued, GM closed..not a big surprise to me! The plant was 100 years old with a deep rooted Union, so Wisconsin was the next stop, our moves were getting colder and colder. Vintage Allies: What next, then? What more could follow? Delia: I decided to downsize my herd, leased out a few horses and sold the rest for pittance to good homes and a keep in touch clause. Delia added in her inimitable way...which is a crock because I never heard from any of them again. I didn't want another Ranch, I just could not start over again. I found a private Ranch and rented three stalls.
Delia: I then worked for a cosmetic company sponsored by a well known
I was so unhappy not having my normal life, my daughters did not come with us, my horses where gone, I was alone, and my life felt out of control again. Delia added to this Reporter: By now you understand I like to be in control of my
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) life. I became very depressed and cold, I went to the doctor and found out I had thyroid Cancer and within a week I had my thyroid removed. I came home from the Hospital, gelded Ibn, and sold my horses, only keeping my original two Breeding Arabians, till their deaths 20072008. Vintage Allies: Those were some very trying times. And dealing with Thyroid cancer and a world gone awry again. What did you do in the years to follow? Delia: Since I have lived in Wisconsin, life has been very different...having long winters is not agreeable for me but it gives me a chance to create. I have done several hundred miniature paintings in the last 6 years, this has been good for me creating many images in my head, I didn't care what size it was. Now I just display my art through the Internet or at local events.
has placed before you, how do you sum it up, presently? Delia: Believing things happen for a reason and God is in control, I leave it in His hands...just like I learned with everything else that has happened. I truly believe God gave me another chance in life for a reason...I then decided to commit my life through my art, dedicating my talent to serving God, giving Thanks for sparing me and giving me a gift of creating visions... then giving all my Art profits to Spreading the Word of God and helping rescue animals, in particular the Horse.
Vintage Allies: Well, the economic environment certainly has abashed quite a great deal of Artists and Creators. What did you do to combat the change in your art interest? Delia: Oh, I'm not one to be daunted. I joined the EAG about ten years ago, unfortunately it just folded this year, but I formed friendships with artists. I'm also doing more Plein Air paintings and enjoying selling that art form. Delia hopefully adds. At this time I'm again involved with the Midwest Horse Fair (MHF) and hope to find new ventures and a few creative projects.
Vintage Allies would like to express our sincere appreciation to Delia for the time spent with us during this interview. The woman, the artist, the wife and mother, Delia, is indeed a true inspiration to so many for so many unspeakable reasons.
Vintage Allies: Delia, when you look back upon on the years and what life
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Howard Robard Hughes (1905-1976) was an American with encompassing abilities and talents of an engineer, one of the most influential aviators in history, film producer, director and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people to grace the world. He set the standard for world-air speed records, built the controversial Hughes H-1 Racer and the Spruce Goose aircraft. Despite his eccentric and reclusive behavior later in life...Hughes remains an enigma.
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Dennis is also the Vice-President of Gettysburg's' Greatest Generation Non Profit Organization and a magnificently talented Web Consultant and Advisor for Vintage Allies.
“Please be good enough to put your conclusions and recommendations on one sheet of paper in the very beginning of your report, so I can even consider reading it” ~ Winston Churchill
December 14, 1909, marks the day workers placed the last brick that paved the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, also known as The Brickyard, is the 'Speed Center, USA' in motor sports history. Home of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and the Brickyard 400 Race, legendary Drivers, with iconic skills have raced on The Brickyard for more than 100 years. While most of the original bricks are now covered by asphalt, one yard remains exposed at the start-finish line. It remains a tradition among Indy drivers to kiss those bricks after a successful race. Little known fact Vintage Allies (VAV!) Readers? Drinking milk was said to have become another race tradition after Louis Meyer, the winner of the 1936 Indianapolis 500, was
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Green and Sustainable
By Jason Whipple The entire home improvement industry is all a buzz with new products for home owners to buy that come with the claim of being "green and sustainable". More and more home owners are paying attention and doing their due diligent to fall in line by being more responsible when choosing new products for their homes. You feel good about your choices when the salesman goes to great lengths to explain how these new products will improve your energy efficiency and save our planet. Unfortunately, few ever figure out that these choices are anything but green or sustainable. The fact is, when it Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
comes to fixing your older home, you will get much more millage out of repairing and doing occasional maintenance to the original fabrics of your Vintage homestead than you would from buying the latest and greatest in replacement materials. "How can this be? Why wouldn't I be far better off starting with new materials? My siding and windows are 100 years old and if I replaced them with new, wouldn't I get to forget about it for another 100 years?" The answer is quite simply, NO. The reason for this is hard to understand until you understand the properties of new growth wood vs. the old growth wood that is now on your building. I will do my best to describe the differences for you here. Do you remember being told that you could tell how old a tree was by counting the "growth rings" in a tree stump? Each ring of a tree represents 1 year of growth. This is all true, but to take it one step further, we can also tell a bit more about how the tree grew by measuring the space between the growth rings. This is a very important part of why new wood and old wood have completely different life spans once it's turned into lumber. In between the growth rings are cells that carry water and minerals through the tree so that it can feed itself. About 100 years ago and beyond trees grew in dense woodlands and took more time to grow bigger. This means the tree needed less of these cells to transfer nutrition to other parts of its anatomy. Newer tree's are mostly farmed now and in order to meet demand and make a profit they are grown much faster in open and well cultivated fields. This causes the trees to produce more cells to move the necessary fluids and nutrients in order to keep up with the quick growth Page 54
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Over the last 20 years we have been bombarded with the idea of vinyl replacement as a "save all - end all". The concept is very easy to get sucked into. I mean, who doesn't want maintenance free right? Right! Well, this also comes with a cost of replacing it every 10 to 20 years. Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
The thing is, vinyl is broken down from UV rays from the sun. It fades and becomes more and more brittle every day it's exposed to the elements of the great outdoors. A simple replacement of a few pieces of siding become problematic after a few short years because the new material no longer matches the color of the old material leaving you with the decision to replace the whole side or live with the oddly different looking patch. Vinyl windows are no better. The window industry is constantly changing the way they make things. There is a good chance that a broken piece of glass can turn into another total replacement because they no longer make things the same way. With all this to consider, how can they possibly tell you these options are either green or sustainable? If you own a Vintage home you are far better off, in many cases, to consider repair and maintenance for the most cost effective, green, and sustainable option. When repairs are done by the right craftsmen, your existing materials can last for another 100 years with minimal and periodic maintenance. Instead of calling those contractors with amazingly low prices and over exaggerated claims of green and sustainable, take a few deep breaths and think it through. Do you want to get caught up in the never ending cycle of replacement? Do you really want to fill up the dumps with materials that will far outlast the replacements that you are willing to pay a lot of money for? Even at the cost of knowing you'll be replacing them (or someone else) in as little as 1 decade? If you own an older home and you want to truly be "Green", find a local Contractor who is friendly to old homes. Anyone who would tell you that your old Page 55
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add up to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now,...Here's looking at you kid." ~ Humphrey Bogart/Casa Blanca
You Send Me....Honest You Do
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"YOU SEND ME" Reaches Number One On The Chart December 2, 1957 In the winter of 1955, Samuel Cooke made a demo recording of "You Send Me" accompanied by his own guitar. The first recording of the track was then made December 1956 in New Orleans, LA. June 1957 found the now classic version of "You Send Me" cut at Los Angeles in June 1957 and released as a single with another track from the same session. This issue marked the first single credited to "Sam Cooke". "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people doesn't Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) one for a two week stay December 2, 1957. Sales were estimated at a 1.5 million copies. Overnight, Sam Cooke, with this one singular song was indeed sent onward to become a superstar to all audiences. Who was Samuel Cook really? He was born January 22, 1931 and died December 11, 1964. Professionally known as Sam Cooke, he was a R&B singer, soul and pop singer, American gospel singer, and entrepreneur and songwriter. Cooke is considered to be The King of Soul for his unmatched vocals, impact and influence on the modern world of music, even today. His contribution and insights in Soul music led to the rise of Superstars such as Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gay. Cooke Also popularized Otis Redding and James Brown. Cooke was one of the fabulous founders and well, pioneers of Soul Music. Cooke had 29 top-40 hits in America between 1957 and 1964. You'll hear classic major hits aside from "You Send Me" to "A Change Is Gonna Come", "Chain Gang", "Wonderful World" and "Bring It on Home to Me" He was also among the first modern black performers and composers to attend to their own business side of their musical career. If this weren't impressive enough....Cook also took an active and passionate part in the American Civil Rights Movement. Sadly, on December 11, 1964, Cooke, at the young age of 33, was shot and killed by the manager of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles, California. The courts ruled that Cooke was distressed and drunk and ruled a justifiable homicide. Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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"I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me." ~ Humphrey Bogart Some Enchanted Evening
By Nina Faull Many years ago I had a fleeting romance with a spirit who, throughout time, has created many androgynous aliases among them Alexander the Great, Dirty Mary and Harvey Wallbanger. During this romance, we only shared a couple of dances. Yet, it wasn’t until one fateful night in 2005 that our brief encounters came to an abrupt end. That fateful winter’s night began innocently, with two spirits and chocolate. My cheeks blushed as I Page 57
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) indulged myself…and you can imagine how the night ended. My head was spinning and the next morning I awoke and resolved never to give into enticement again. The Chocolate Martini would be the last vodka cocktail I would indulge in…ever. It has been many years since we had laid eyes on one another. That is, until tonight. As a vintage foodie columnist and cookbook author, one of my duties is to accurately record the details of recipes that span the decades. Even if that means once again facing demons…I mean spirits…that have lured me on bizarre adventures, taking me to places where time is bent and clarity stems from absurdity. The bonus of being a little older and a little wiser is that I can allow myself to be tossed into the fire every now and then, and dance with old flames. If I indulge, I know that I’ll inevitably get burned, so it is best to stay only long enough to remember how it feels to smolder, and then walk away. So, that is just what I did when I spent one evening full of trepidation with a tall, handsome bottle of Americana® Vodka. The history of vodka spans the centuries. Yet, it wasn’t until the 1950s that its spell was cast across the United States and the vodka martini was born. Over the past six decades, vodka has been the cold, crisp ingredient in a variety of ‘tini cocktails. It wasn’t until 2007 that a luxury vodka was bestowed upon America. Americana Spirits Company puts the United States on the map of the vast vodka landscape with the award winning Americana® Vodka. Aptly named and elegantly housed in a rectangular, red-white-andblue bottle, this smooth, patriotic spirit is just what I needed to rediscover what makes vodka the purest ingredient of so Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
many cocktails. I had three vintage vodka cocktails to test for my second cookbook - a Hot Toddy, Alexander the Great and the classic Dirty Martini. Americana® Vodka’s reputation for quality was one reason it was my choice for reintroducing myself to the clear, grain alcohol. Yet, it was a different aspect of Americana® that caught my vintage foodie eye. This vodka is distilled at America’s oldest family distillery. A distillery that, at one time, made George Washington’s liquor and went on to successfully withstand the dark days of Prohibition. The bottle of vodka had spent a few days in my freezer, slowly becoming enveloped in a thin layer of ice. I uncorked it and proceeded to carefully measure and write down each ingredient for the trifecta of cocktails I was preparing. I poured each ingredient into a cauldron where they would be stirred or shaken into a bewitching potion. Before I knew it, there we were, once again…and it was time. I carefully touched my lips to the glass and felt the warmth of the earthy flavors dance on my tongue. As the night progressed, I took care to sip each cocktail slowly. I didn’t want to let myself get carried away by the all too familiar feeling of sweet surrender. Alexander the Great, a blend of vodka, crème de cacao, coffee liqueur and heavy cream was like cool earth on a winter’s day. The Dirty Martini, a blend of vodka and dry vermouth, was chic and dirty with a dash of olive juice and a bleu cheese stuffed olive resting exquisitely on the bottom of the glass. The Hot Toddy smoldered and cured every ill with the warm blend of sugar, water, brandy, vodka and the lingering sweetness of a Page 58
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) secret ingredient. I felt each cocktail flooding my veins with devilish fury and my cheeks began to flush. This night was enchanting – exactly as I had expected. I had successfully concocted three vintage vodka cocktails without losing myself in the moment. I re-corked the bottle of AmericanaŽ Vodka and nestled it safely in my freezer. Its purity had blended perfectly with the other mixers that had been returned to the confines of my liquor cabinet. With a certain finality, I closed the black cabinet doors and knew that the potions I had witched that evening were certain to enchant others as they had enchanted me. Haunted Cookware
have the dish that my great grandmother prepared her famous bread pudding. Or the iron skillet she used for her southern cornbread. I don't have the vessels but I do have the recipes. I also have a recipe circa 1850 for cookies from my great, great grandmother. I've been fortunate enough to have known many of my great grandmothers and have tapped into their recipes and their mother's recipes. Call your ancestors back to your kitchen. Retrieve their legacy recipes. Print them on parchment in a design that matches the woman who made it. Include a photograph. Make it art. Frame them and hang them about your kitchen and maybe they'll come back to you to assist and offer the little secrets and twists they played upon their recipes. Let them see your children licking the bowl of cookie batter. Explain to them why you might need to a substitute for beef tallow. Create a cross generational dialogue with them. After all, everyone seems to flock to the kitchen no matter what generation or decade.
By Shopping GoLightly Cookware is something that is rarely inherited. This is odd because I know those who went before us must have sincerely appreciated their pots and pans. Think of the service they gave. They were critical for survival. How I'd love to Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) created by the nonprofit organization, Goodwill. The auction site was initiated by the Orange County, California Goodwill and is Similar to eBay. The site also links other Goodwills offering vintage treasures for auction from those centers, as well. What’s more impressive and more important to Vintage Allies is the site proceeds benefit Goodwill programs aiding residents throughout the country. The profits fund Goodwill’s education program, which helps teach disabled individuals and others how to apply for and secure a job.
Are you a vintage treasure collector looking for a rare bargain at the right price? Are you also conscious of social issues and those in need? Consider visiting the Shop GoodWill Auction today. This particular auction may be your doorway leading to treasures not likely to ever line the shelves of the retail shops. Buyers visiting the Auction may find any number of priceless objects awaiting their bidding. From vintage lunch boxes to sterling silver, clothing, snowshoes and diamond tennis bracelets, the items are countless and precious. Don't be surprised to find framed Roman coins, collectible art, a plethora of quixotic collectibles, and other antiques up for sale on the Shop GoodWill Auction site. Shop GoodWill features a search function that allows you to peruse the categories of vast items available on the site or find featured items to the downright hot or popular items. Shop GoodWill is the first auction site Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
Joining Shop GoodWill is at no cost to participate while abiding to their recommended policies. Shop GoodWill, from all accounts, is a competent auction site with a phenomenally great cause. As always, Gentle VAV! Readers, do keep in mind: Shopper Beware Shop and do some good today by helping keep Goodwill in business. Proceeds from shopgoodwill.com's online auctions enhance mission-driven services provided by Goodwill Industries.
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Join Vintage Allies (VAV!) Conservation Reporter, Holt Webb, of The Vanishing America Project. Holt's not going to stop at Conservation Reporting for VAV!. He'll be sharing a bit of Green/Sustainability for our readers, take us on a ride through his travels, reveal his phenomenal stunning world of Art into the Just Plain Interesting world of yesterday into today! Holt will always be reporting to Vintage Allies on the road or nationwide! Why not join us as we follow Holt through his travels? Want more words and news from Holt? The Vanishing America Project 858.229.1939 On the road and nationwide
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) considered to have been the most fruitful decades of Rockwell's career.
He found success early. He painted his first commission of four Christmas cards before he reached the age of sixteen. Still a teenager, he was hired as an Art Director of Boys' Life, an official publication of the Boys Scouts of America. He began a highly successful career illustrating several youth magazines. His name was Norman Rockwell.
Inspired by President Franklin Roosevelt's address to Congress in 1943, Norman Rockwell painted the Four Freedoms paintings. These paintings were reproduced in four consecutive issues of The Saturday Evening Post alongside essays by contemporary writers. Rockwell's interpretations of Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear were and remain tremendously popular. The works toured the United States in an exhibition that was jointly sponsored by the Saturday Evening Post and the U.S. Treasury Department. Through the sale of war bonds, this tour raised more than $130 million for the war effort. Norman Rockwell finally ended his work with The Saturday Evening Post and began to work for Look magazine. During his work with Look, Rockwell had painted pictures illustrating some of his greatest interests and concerns to include civil rights, the exploration of space and America's war on poverty.
Rockwell set up a studio with the cartoonist Clyde Forsythe and produced work for such magazines as Life, Literary Digest, and Country Gentleman after his family moved to New Rochelle, NY. He was 21. By the time he was 22 in 1916, Rockwell had painted his first cover for The Saturday Evening Post. Over the ensuing 47 years, another 321 Rockwell covers would appear on the cover of the Post Magazine. The 1930s and 1940s are
Coming Soon! Lights, Camera, Legend
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By Tina Czarnota Com'on, you remember Juan Valdez and I'm sure you're familiar with those cute, li'l baked gold fish? Uh huh, baby, those are the ones! Well, even if not, you will want to join us on this nostalgic trip as award-winning director, filmmaker, Victor Milt takes us back in time to share moments, memories and special current events of his decades long career. This Vintage Allies' (VAV!) special presentation will convince our audience all, that Victor Milt is truly a legend in our time. “We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.� ~ General Douglas MacArthur
Hello there Vintage Allies (VAV!) Decorating Lovers. My name is Jennifer.
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I am the Proprietress of a website, online store, That's So Shabby AND a busy Vintage Allies (VAV!) Vintage Interior
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Design Reporter. I have been in merchandising, retailing and creating for eleven years now. It is my passion and desire to make all things beautiful from that which was discarded and unwanted. Transforming old wood, discarded furniture, and salvaged architectural items into 'works of art' is what you will find within Vintage Allies pages and my own website. Unbelievably, my online store's inventory is 75% handmade or repurposed items. There is a very feminine and romantic feel in all of these items and I'll be sharing that here as well . With using the vintage materials, everything is chippy and shabby with the look of true vintage. I have loved doing this from the moment I began in my garage, gathering my vintage dreams, creative talents and thoughts into constructing a table for myself. When a neighbor saw what I had done, she wanted one for herself and commissioned me to build the same table for her. Next, a friend of hers wanted to commission my work and so it blossomed until I found eBay. Honestly, I had sold on eBay for quite a long period while I was tackling a full time career, as well. Pretty soon, the time arrived and I was making as much money selling on eBay as I was bringing home a paycheck. Eventually I quit receiving the regular paycheck and built my website and business. I recall it was so much fun the very first time I received an order. I just couldn't believe it! I look forward to writing and sharing each month with Vintage Allies (VAV!) readers! Get Ready for some fun topics and phenomenal products and pictures! Jen of That's So Shabby Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Playboy Legend Engaged!
Chicago, IL. This American social phenomena of Playboy, created from his own kitchen table, could never have been foretold in Hugh Hefner's wildest dreams. The first issue of Playboy had no cover date, as Mr. Hefner was unsure when or if he would be able to publish another. Amazingly, Playboy became almost an instant success after the first issue sold more than 53,000 copies.
By Starlight Reporter The legendary Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner, 84, is engaged to Crystal Harris, his 24-year-old girlfriend and Playmate. This will be the third marriage for the infamous bachelor. In 1949 Hugh married his first wife, Mildred, a woman he had met during college. The marriage ended in divorce ten years later and two children richer, Christie 58 and David 55. In 1989, the iconic libidinous Hugh Hefner made a second trip down the aisle with Playmate of the Year Kimberley Conrad. The couple had two sons, Marston 10 and Cooper 9 before their divorce was finalized last year.
In addition to the center-fold pinups and pictorals that made the magazine infamous, famous and an inspiration to men and women worldwide, Mr. Hefner filled its pages with words from the most prolific fiction writers of all time. Names such as James Baldwin, John Steinbeck and Vladimir Nabokov poured into readers' view, as well as columnists and readers letters, comic strips and more. Even today, it is reported that Mr. Hugh Hefner has the final approval and the final say on every Playmate, every cover, the letters, the comic strips, columnists and readers' letters. Vintage Allies (VAV!) makes mention of the legendary, awe inspiring pinnacle of Playboy, The Playboy mansion. This mansion, sometimes described as host to the high octane Playboy orgies, features jacuzzis, pools, invitation-only, pajamas-only parties and, the revelry of the twenty or more Playboy models, called Bunnies, romping and residing on the top floor.
How did Playboy begin? After failed efforts of becoming a cartoonist, Mr. Hefner actually launched Playboy in 1953 from his South Side apartment in
In the early 1970s, Mr. Hefner bought another mansion in Los Angeles and
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) moved his operations to the new Playboy Mansion. While Mr. Hefner is a part of our American culture, he continues to divide the country, for better or worse. Many claim that he has been a great sexual liberator freeing the neurosis and pious views of the woman's body. Others feel he has created an avalanche of misunderstandings and attitudes which have placed women in the category of objectified, victimized and a suggestive light. Read more on the 'Playboy Philosophy'. Note from Vintage Allies (VAV!) Starlight Reporter: "Rock on Hugh". "I'm just a girl with a scanner and a dream!" So says Jessica Hastings, Vintage Allies, (VAV!) Style Reporter. Jessica Hastings is the fantastic Creator and Editor of My Vintage Vogue. She also writes for Vintage Life Magazine. My Vintage Vogue is a vintage fashion photography and advertising archive of style from the 1920s through to the 1960s'. For more Style and Fashion ideas visit: My Vintage Vogue
"I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it." ~ Marilyn Monroe
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) to see things thousands of miles away... to see and be amazed; to see and be instructed... to see, and to show..." An astounding success, in the first year of publication, Life indeed held the potential talisman to change the way Americans saw the world. With the stroke of a brush and capture of a photograph, Life would impart emotions never before experienced in the American persona. The personal, the public, the triumphs and heartbreaks were encapsulated in Life magazine. With circulation of over 8 million, at its peak, Life held a considerable influence on Americans in the beginning and middle of the 20th century. November 23, 1936, the pictorial magazine, Life was published. The featured cover page was Fort Peck Dam by Margaret Bourke-White which has since become an icon of the 1930s and the great public works completed under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Earlier in the 20th century Life had its beginnings as a wholly different magazine displaying cartoons, rye humour, tart commentary all intermingled with cultural reporting. Life was originally very similar to today's The New Yorker. During the Great Depression, Life ceased publication. American publisher, Henry Luce, noted for his success with Time magazine, purchased the Life name and the magazine was re-launched as a pictorial-based periodical.
Over the next 35 or more years, Life magazines' popularity lost ground with the advent of the television into the American homes. Life halted a weekly publication in 1972. In 2004, it resumed weekly publication as a supplement to U.S. newspapers. Relaunch found circulation again in the millions. Life captured the American hearts and the American minds.
"A charming woman doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself." ~ Loretta Young
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John Starr is our Vintage Allies (VAV!) Web-O-Meister速, Astonomer, Consultant and Photographer 速. This extraordinary talent and think tank mastermind creates for Quite The Stir Bungalow, Creating Quite The Stir, and more! He also designs and brands YOUR products and creates logos for both small and large media entities.
I've loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night~ Galileo Galilei
By Tina Czarnota Vintage Allies (VAV!) Literary and Film Reviewer, Tina Czarnota is delighted to bring a nostalgic glimpse into the yesterday of John Tesh. John is beloved, not only on television, but also through his radio show "The John Tesh Radio Show: Music and Intelligence for Your Life." Described on his website as "purpose-driven radio",
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) John Tesh said, "(We) wanted to create a show for that person, the person who doesn't have time to find all that stuff, but is interested in being better in everything that he or she does." In addition to his television and radio career, Tesh holds a passion for music. He left "Entertainment Tonight" to pursue a full-time career as a musician. John has recorded three gold albums and has won six Emmys for his sports themes. Below, John Tesh recalls simpler days and memories that so many of his generation also fondly recall. Christmas Concerts We are halfway through our Christmas Tour 2010 and I'm struck this year by the great response to the little 'old school Christmas' reading we've been doing from the stage. The approach is much like a 'beat poet' performance and basically includes all the old school stuff I used to enjoy from the 50's and 60's. So thanks for the great reaction from the audience. I've included the piece below. I want an old school Christmas, in black and white, when the TV stopped at the stroke of midnight. No cell phones. No facebook, no myspace or twitter, We ate TV dinners and watched Mr. Wizard. Chatty Kathy, Lincoln logs, and water balloons, Back then we watched when they walked on the moon. It was Lucy and Ricky, and the Ed Sullivan show,
yo. I want an old school Christmas. And I want it bad. Now that Santa has email, it's just plain sad. We ate Gingerbread cookies and a mug of hot chocolate, Now it's blended pumpkin latte for all the cash in my pocket. Ozzie and Harriet, Donna Reed and, Mr. Ed, Back when TV couples slept in separate beds. No smart phones, iPads not even a kindle, We read about the wisemen from a leather bound bible. Poodle skirts and soda jerks, Jocks and greasers, No yahoo or Google, we didn't know any baristas. We passed notes in class. We paid pennies for gas. We had a candy called Pez. The phone rang we had to guess. We ate Rice-A-Roni, We had pixie sticks, when you walked outside the streets were filled with kids. Dobie Gillis, Jerry Mathers, I dreamed of Jeanie. I wrote her a letter...she'll get back to me. So heads up Santa I want to go old school I want turn back the clock when old stuff was cool. Wrap up those memories, put em under my tree. But if you can't do that..... I'll take a Nintendo wii. Mr.Tesh? Vintage Allies (VAV!) and all of our VAVers and VAVette Gentle Readers to Gentle Listeners wish to thank you for the glimpse into nostalgia and the finer side of life each and every day.
We didn't have an Xbox we had the yo
Reprinted with permission from Mr. Tesh's website
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) position to be dishing out the advice. She’s no sob-sister, so if you’re expecting warm and fuzzy, better go buy some slippers." In addition to acting up as Dawn Mattatome for VAV!, Kate Sanner is also, the CEO and Founder of Vivacity! Vivacity's progressive programs lift you up and show you what's possible so that you can take the leap that up until now you've only been dreaming of. You supply the dream...Vivacity will provide you the tools to make it a reality." Vivacity- for women - discover your passion, find your voice & take your dreams & ideas out into world & into the marketplace. Vivacity Now Vivacity Now Blog Vivacity Media
Meet Vintage Allies, VAV! Lifestyle Reporter, KATE SANNER, otherwise known by her VAV! nom de plume of Dawn Mattatome! As Dawn, she'll reveal herself as an inveterate explorer of inner space, a purveyor of possibilities, a maven of motivation, an instigator of inspiration and the vehement voice of reason when emotion is ruling the day. Dawn, a lover of all things vintage, is now vintage herself which puts her in a darn good Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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employers and have impaired their usefulness to the industry. "We will forthwith discharge or suspend without compensation those in our employ, and we will not re-employ any of the 10 until such time as he is acquitted or has purged himself of contempt and declares under oath that he is not a Communist. "On the broader issue of alleged subversive and disloyal elements in Hollywood, our members are likewise prepared to take positive action.
HEADLINES! READ ALL ABOUT IT! November 24, 1947, Un-American Activities House Committee finds "Hollywood Ten" in contempt of Congress because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists! The next day, in response to this Activities Committees' proclamation and following a meeting, of film industry executives at New York's WaldorfAstoria hotel, MPAA President Johnston issued a press release. Now known as the Waldorf Statement it follows: The Waldorf Statement: "Members of the Association of Motion Picture Producers deplore the action of the 10 Hollywood men who have been cited for contempt by the House of Representatives. We do not desire to prejudge their legal rights, but their actions have been a disservice to their Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
"We will not knowingly employ a Communist or a member of any party or group which advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States by force or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods. "In pursuing this policy, we are not going to be swayed by hysteria or intimidation from any source. We are frank to recognize that such a policy involves danger and risks. There is the danger of hurting innocent people. There is the risk of creating an atmosphere of fear. Creative work at its best cannot be carried on in an atmosphere of fear. We will guard against this danger, this risk, this fear. "To this end we will invite the Hollywood talent guilds to work with us to eliminate any subversives: to protect the innocent; and to safeguard free speech and a free screen wherever threatened. "The absence of a national policy, established by Congress, with respect to the employment of Communists in private industry makes our task difficult. Page 71
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Ours is a nation of laws. We request Congress to enact legislation to assist American industry to rid itself of subversive, disloyal elements. "Nothing subversive or un-American has appeared on the screen, nor can any number of Hollywood investigations obscure the patriotic services of the 30,000 loyal Americans employed in Hollywood who have given our government invaluable aid to war and peace." The first Hollywood blacklist was now in effect. What and who were the "Hollywood Ten"? They were screenwriters, actors, directors,entertainers, and musicians all denied employment in their respective fields because of their real or suspected political affiliations, associations or political beliefs.
Cre8iva-Ace Reporter of All Things Vintage Artsy and Craftsy! We think you'll join Vintage Allies in looking irresistibly forward to her reports, her spontaneity, delightful sense of humor, huge talent and remarkable background! Let's hear more about Rebecca in her own words: My name is Rebecca and I am a Vintage Art- and Craft- aholic!!! There I said it...and I do feel better...I think. Of course you know there must be a story somewhere in this confession...and alas there is... I was looking through my art supplies last night trying to find some bits and bobs for an art project I am doing for my premiere episode of Mixin' It Up with Rebecca . I digress...While digging amongst, I found a storage drawer that was loaded with some of my smaller Vintage Art and Craft supplies....some from the 1800s.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) There are painting kits, old stamp sets, books, boxes of crayons older than me, drawing implements of all kinds, books, paper dolls, vintage stencils, quilt pieces, books, art cards and 1 / 3 Cre8iva-Ace Reporter of All Things Vintage Artsy and Craftsy postcards, batik stamps, papers, ephemera, sewing patterns, macramĂŠ books...did I mention the books? Well you see I now have a perfect excuse for 'collecting' all these wondrous things of old...because my addiction collection led me to straight today and a recent accidental meeting and subsequent friendship with Jolene Bungalow Gal. Jolene has a problem addiction lust for all things vintage (I am using the French vin-taaaaage pronunciation) as well. She just happens to have a new adventure brewing and I, of course, want desire begged to be part of it!!!
Vintage Allies, VAV! Lifestyle Magazine and Variety Broadcasting.
that's a hoot 'n' a holler and ever so groovy man! So above is the photo and below is my bio: Cre8iva-Ace Reporter of All Things Vintage Artsy and Craftsy Cre8Tiva started life as the imaginary friend of Rebecca E. Parsons and has grown to be her muse and alter ego. Although she never physically aged a year past 10, she is full of creativity and artful wisdom. Rebecca credits Cre8Tiva with the ever-youthful and effervescent side of her personality responsible for the magical flights of fancy and spontaneous adventures in this one wild wondrous life they share. This life-long chatterbox full of curiosity is a natural reporter, broadcaster and communicator. Together they spend endless hours sifting through antique shops, flea markets and tag sales looking for vintage art and craft items, ephemera and furniture for their business "Ghosts of Cre8iva-Ace Reporter of All Things Vintage Artsy and Craftsy Furniture Past." "Cre8Tiva and Me – collectors of all things vintage artsy and craftsy" is their newest joint venture sure to provide hours of entertainment for all vintageonians! Wait there's more:
Soooo, if it has magazine and broadcasting in the mix, I am thinking it's the cat's pajamas and the bees knees and the living end all rolled into one!!! And the busy little Queen Bee Cre8Tiva just popped up and volunteered (as she is wont to do) to be the reporter at large for all things artsy and craftsy... Holy doodle,
C8C Announces New Magazine SectionSegments of the TV and Radio Show So the above pile of Vintage finds gave me ideas...ideas like popcorn head when the top popped open and hundreds of ideas came spilling forth from my brain!!! Vintage Arts and Crafts will be a
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) permanent part of this magazine and Mixin'It Up TV and Artistically Speaking Radio Show. Each week I will feature a 'Vintage Find' for you to see and drool over. They will also be featured on Vintage Allies Variety (VAV!)!
with the stars above the tree." ~ Georgia O'Keeffe
Visit Rebecca's own Magazine Cre8tive Compass Magazine ! This phenomenal magazine is ALL about exploring, creating and most importantly LIVING the creative life. It is also about enjoying your creative journey to a place we call Cre8Topia. In Cre8Topia there is always movement toward the edge of what's possible. Your compass is in your heart...your map is in your soul. VAV! October Featured Artist
Meet the Entertainment and Events Reporter for Vintage Allies (VAV!), Betsy Beier. When entertainment is first on your list, Betsy will share her own special brand of vintage to retro ideas, creativity and products with our readers and listening audience!
"I often lay on that bench looking up into the tree, past the trunk and up into the branches. It was particularly fine at night
Betsy is the gal behind B.Nute productions - an online shop full of vintage-style invitations, decorations and party goods. Her whimsical styling, love of entertaining and a zest for life can be seen throughout her designs! She's been drawn to vintage, retro, festive imagery for as long as she can remember. Old circus ephemera, cheeky 50's styling, retro children's products – she loves it all. Her career has taken her on many different design paths - from Art Director to User Interface Architect at a major
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) software company. After having children, Betsy knew it was time to leave the high tech world and go back to her design roots. Combining those experiences, she started her own endeavor, B.Nute productions. Vintage Entertainment and Events Reporter "I strive to bring the innocence, nostalgia and humor from past eras, along with my own creative touch into all my designs. I am delighted when I hear the excitement from my customers when they receive their purchase! Making someone's party or special occasion unique, fanciful and memorable is very rewarding." Web :: B. Nute Productions / B. Nute Etsy Blog :: B. Nute BlogSpot Social : B. Nute Facebook
Vintage and Period Fashion Expert
"I am at heart a gentleman." ~ Marlene Dietrich
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) McWattie, Vintage and Period Fashion Expert of Stop Traffic Clothing. REBECCA: "Since the hit television series 'Mad Men' the cult of Vintage has surged as well as enjoying a revival on the international catwalks. We love new Retro clothing site Stop Traffic Clothing. Founded by Vintage and Period fashion expert Rebecca McWattie, she sources clothes and accessories with a touch of Hollywood glamour. Rebecca is also a contributor for The Vintage Guide to London and follows all the latest Vintage style events which are posted on the Stop Traffic Clothing blog. The clothes are well made and affordable making it the perfect way to inject some style into your wardrobe this year. With dresses inspired by the classic styles of the 40s and 50s, think Grace Kelly or Audrey Hepburn elegance. You will find some of the finest Retro clothing brands from the UK such as Vintage Allure and Miss Fortune, plus cute accessories like Jonathan Aston seamed stockings and Helen Rochfort handbags. The site is easy to use with Paypal checkout and they ship internationally. Now you can have the Vintage look, brand new and available in all sizes!" Stop Traffic Clothing.
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"Painting portraits on porcelain is my passion"~ Kim McCool. Vintage Allies (VAV!) is delighted to welcome Kim McCool as our Reporter of Fine Arts. Kim will be sharing her own remarkable works of art with our VAV! Readers and Listeners, as well as reporting on many areas relating to the historical aspect of fine art. Ms. McCool will further delight and enlighten our readers with inspiration, education, information and gratitude shared from her own cache of private collections and memoirs. Kim McCool spent 30 years of her life working for Corporate America. Retiring in 2008, she is now able to focus on her passions – painting, writing and public speaking. She is a recognized International Porcelain Artist and Teacher. Her studio is part of her home where she teaches porcelain painting as well as designs and creates her own artwork. Page 76
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Kim was born in Rock Island, IL, grew up in a home nestled next to a small lake, Lake Lynn Wood, IL. She graduated from the University of Iowa in 1978 with a Bachelors' degree in Business Administration. She was immediately hired by IBM and worked for the same company for 30 years. She and her husband, Dean Krueger, built their dream home in 1999 and live on their beautiful farm overlooking the Mississippi River Valley in Davenport, IA. In 1997 Kim started seriously studying porcelain art. She carefully improved her art techniques by becoming a student of renowned artists. Though trained in various techniques and processes, she finds she is continually drawn back to painting portraits on porcelain. With an inherent love for animals, she sometimes incorporates these creatures in to her paintings. The list of McCool's achievements is impressive. She has been featured on Public Televisions' "Creators" series as well as the video educational series for public schools entitled "Art with Mr. I". She has written and published numerous articles about art and segments of art history. Her book, "Journal of Gratitude – A Thirty Day Guide" is as inspirational as her paintings. Kim's porcelain art is featured in many private collections throughout the world. Her miniature paintings have been shown in numerous art exhibits around the country, successfully competing with other forms of art. E-Mail: k.mccool@mchsi.com Kim McCool Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Musical Epicenter-London Life
By Lena Weber The Sixties saw an explosion of British music: Beatlemania swept the world, America was taken over by the British Invasion and London’s Soho was the centre of the international music scene. Oh how things have changed‌Luckily many of the old Soho landmarks still remain, so if you are feeling nostalgic follow our guide to some of the most memorable locations of the Sixties music scene in London. Continued on Vintage Allies
International Travel Reporter Meet Vintage Allies', VAV! Lena, is a freelance writer specializing in all things vintage and the founder of The Vintage Guide To London. She lives in North London with an ever growing collection of vintage bits and bobs including boxes full of 30s cigarette cards and 60s dinner plates. In love with all things Beatles, Lena loves a good beehive and is mildly obsessed with the Rolling Stones WAGs. Searching for comprehensive information and cool travel stops and happenings about the United Kingdom? Look no further because VAV! Reporter Lena Weber has made traveling a delight. Lena does deliver the best of the best from a wealth of intriguing and relevant vintage content helpful to travelers OR those wishing to travel! Lena's reports are sure to be filled to the brimwith delicious moments and scenes
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) of captivating British life enchanting the anglophile in all of us. Join Lena as she travels through London, too? Style High Club The Vintage Guide To London On The Good Earth from Apollo 8
from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve telecast. William Anders: "For all the people on Earth the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you". "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness." Jim Lovell:
The first manned mission to the Moon, Apollo 8, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968. The astronauts, Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders shared a live television broadcast to earth from lunar orbit that evening. Pictures of the Earth and Moon as seen from Apollo 8 were shared with an awed audience.
"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day." Frank Borman:
Pilot Lovell commented , "The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth." They ended the broadcast with the crew taking turns reading passages
"And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) the gathering together of the waters called the Seas: and God saw that it was good." Borman then added, "And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth."
"Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them." ~ Marlene Dietrich
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Unleash The Ride
lifelong learning for motorcyclists. The MSF is also involved in government relations, motorcycle safety research, public awareness campaigns, and technical assistance to state training and licensing programs. Photo Image: Paul Newman
By Drag Strip Scooter Girl From the Hollywood Stars and Starlets to greasing lube mechanics, or staid computer types to hard-boiled business tycoons, you may find a common love for the feel of a bike. Yesterday to today, lifelong obsession or a moment in the sun, the biking
experience will leave you changed. For some it's a phase, for others an enduring passion. Whatever the case may be, the experience will definitely take out a bit of the tame in you. First, you've got to know how to handle that bike, full tilt with everything that comes your way at up-close velocity.
Meet Vintage Allies (VAV!) Fine Living and Film Reporter, Tina Czarnota. Tina is the delicious Author of the Country Inn, Dead and Breakfast Series and Screenplay.
For more information on a comprehensive, research-based rider education and training curricula, an opportunity to develop or advance your profound passion and skills as a motorcyclist, visit the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF). The MSF touts a "ride safe" attitude, while promoting
Watch Tina's You-Tube Trailer: Prelude to a Country Inn Dead And Breakfast Series. Tina recently published Deadwaiter, her second book, and Deadly Act, the third feature screenplay in her Country Inn, Dead & Breakfast series. Tina is Founder of the, soon to spread
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Globally, Country Inn Bed and Breakfast Day. When away from keyboard, but close to paper and pencil, Tina enjoys visiting gracious country inns and B&Bs. Other enjoyed pursuits are movies, the theatre, train travel and film festivals. Rediscovering acting classes—maybe. Wait until you read her monthly reviews, hear her exploits and enjoy the magic she'll bring into your lives right here on Vintage Allies, VAV!.
glamour and elegance with a vengeance. These women, of fashion sense and savvy, are the ones to keep an eye on this year! Vintagenistas trend setting, vintage mind women everywhere are bringing back the Ritz dress to the nines. They're heading out to the city and town's hottest night places to see and be seen. Make no mistake about that. How may you aspire become a Vintagenista yourself?
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Vintage Allies (VAV!) suggests that you wear an evening dress and we mean a DRESS on the unsuspecting town. Select one that is appropriate and glitz to the max for a Copacabana or Cotton Club night. Can you hear the potted Palm Trees swaying now? Compliment your dress with the perfect and stylish vintage shoes. Accessorize with flair. Select a classic and elegant brooch to sparkling gemstone vintage jewel elegance. Don't go too over the top, or second thought, perhaps a bit of zazzle will be just what the doctor ordered! Maintain your own classy vintage look and be true to yourself in the process.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) BACKHAND! The Wham-O Does It Again
prolific in the Morrison family. Morrison's father, also an inventor, invented the automotive sealed-beam headlight. The first concept of Fred Morrison's flying disc, which he named the "WhirloWay, was a tribute to the 1941 Triple Crown winning race horse, Whirlway. The Frisbee was an "aerodynamic toy to be thrown through the air ... in throwing games." Described as a saucer shaped throwing implement with a series of concentric discontinuities adjacent the rim on its convex side. These molded rings were designed to provide "an interfering effect on the airflow over the implement and create a turbulent unseparated boundary layer over the top of the implement reducing aerodynamic drag." Translation: Vintage fun.
There are few identifiable toys that have transcended beyond the passage of time, and are able to retain notoriety despite all the other competitive products to contend with today. The Frisbee is one such product that is both incredibly simple, and a great deal of fun to play. The Frisbee has origins with William Russell Frisbie who founded the "Frisbie Pie Company" in 1895 at Bridgeport Connecticut. The pie tins were imprinted with the name, Frisbie.
Morrison then sold his product to WHAM-OŽ in 1955 where it was introduced to the consumer market in 1957 as the Pluto Platter™ (the name inspired by the country's obsession with Unidentified Flying Objects). The Pluto Platter was modified in 1958 and renamed the FRISBEEŽ disc. In 1964, the first professional model went on sale. Wham-O sold over one hundred million units before the selling the toy to Mattel in the 1990s
Round about 1948 an innovator and building inspector, Fred Morrison, created a refined plastic version of the frisbie when he viewed hungry college students throwing and tossing the Frisbie Pie Company empty pie tins and enjoying endless hours of game and sport. Interesting side note: Vintage Allies (VAV!) has secured an insiders' illuminating scoop that inventions were
A milestone in Frisbee history was made December 26, 1967, when a group of high school students in Maplewood, New Jersey, invented the 'Ultimate Frisbee', a new sport blending football, soccer and basketball .
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The U.S. Navy spent almost $400,000 in 1968 to study Frisbees in wind tunnels, tracking their flights with
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) computers and cameras, and building a special Frisbee-launching machine on top of a Utah cliff to test a prototype flare launcher. Through the decades, the Frisbee has become an American icon. Note: Whatever happened to the grand and original Frisbie Pie Company? They closed their doors in 1958. Stall Count!
Lauren is the founder of The Daily Bungalow which is the visual blog of Lauren Russell, founder of Antique Home and collector of all things early 20th century. On Arts and Crafts. Lauren's interest in Art & Crafts stems from learning about the nature of quality when she first sewed as a child. If you talk to her she'll go off on the importance of craftsmanship in textile quality and construction ... which certainly explains how she has amassed a such a huge collection of A&C textiles. She considers herself a dedicated student of the Arts & Crafts movement. Using her 1916 bungalow as a canvas, she has put together a nice collection of new and original Craftsman furnishings. She reads constantly and broadly on the subject. On Antique Home Basically it is a library with a huge number of publications and resources that we've been scanning and restoring Antique Home. It includes house plans from 1900 to 1960's, definitions of style, mill work, and house parts. We want to make the information available to architects, designers, students, and owners of old houses as a free resource. What could be better than preserving the past, and making it available to everyone as a free visual library?
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) reporting for Vintage Allies. Rachel Gaffney and The Real Ireland
Rachel began selling the shortbread cookies throughout markets and gift shops in and about the Dallas, Texas area and later to major specialty grocers. As she met the demands for larger quantities of the shortbreads, Rachel identified the need of a premium butter as key to consistency and very importantly, flavor. In the beginning, through trial and error, she perfected the cookies until they finally met her exact standards. Ms. Gaffney is quoted to say "You can't take shortcuts to achieve the product I want. You can't use refrigerated or frozen dough – it doesn't taste the same. One thing I will never do is add preservatives."
Vintage Allies (VAV!) is delighted to present, Rachel Gaffney to our enthusiastic readers and listeners! Rachel is the founder of "RACHEL GAFFNEY'S REAL IRELAND". Not too surprisingly, she is authentic Irish herself, right down to the charming smile and winning ways. Rachel moved to America in 1996 after growing up in Cork, Southern Ireland. Memories of her mum's unforgettable shortbread cookies remained sweet on her mind when she began to create them for her own celebrations. Undeniably delicious, friends began to ask Rachel to produce these cookies for them. Thus, Rachel's brand and products launched with those same traditional Irish butter shortbreads which are now her signature.
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Rachel Gaffney's Traditional Irish Butter Shortbreads were only the beginning, of an expanding business. Celebrating her Irish heritage is of tantamount importance to Rachel Gaffney's will to succeed, with not only shortbreads and textiles but also an expanding line of Irish offerings. "The Irish love to tell stories, and I guess you could say I'm both proud and passionate about telling the story of Ireland," Gaffney says. "I love to share the history behind the products and really connect people to the island I love." Today, through her impeccable insight, Rachel Gaffney has a line of products that showcase the best of her Real Ireland including a line of kitchen textiles from dish towels, to aprons and more, produced by the legendary Charles Gallen Irish Linen. "When I moved to the United States, I noticed that peoples' perception of the Ireland I knew, the Real Ireland, was, to Page 85
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) say the least, a little distorted. I began Rachel Gaffney's Real Ireland with the mission to educate and entertain people," Gaffney says. Rachel teaches interactive cooking classes throughout the country, including an appearance on "The Martha Stewart Show". She is a featured Doer and a Group Creator on the "Dreamers into Doers", a Martha Stewart community that celebrates talented and creative women who turn their passion and dreams into careers. Vintage Allies (VAV!) Editors, Cast and Crew are delighted to follow alongside Rachel and learn more of Ireland through the eyes and words of one exceptional, incredible, extraordinary entrepreneur and woman. For more from Rachel and her love of Ireland? Visit her website or read her blog. You will also find her throughout ever expanding appearances on radio and television, including regular appearances on "Good Morning Texas" and "Showcase Minnesota" and tune into the Martha Stewart Dreamers into Doers site!
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) The telephone, the cellular telephones and other forms of communications have become an essential part of our lives, today. Interestingly, Vintage Allies (VAV!) readers: In 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) who was thoroughly interested in the telephone, conversed with the instrument’s (telephone) inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. Two years later, President Hayes had his own telephone installed in the White House on December 1, 1879. President Hayes assumed the telephone number of "1." The deceptively innocuous telephone was to become the symbol of presidential authority. Another interesting, but quite naturally expected fact: The first White House telephone was rarely utilized because there were so few telephones in Washington, DC. President Hayes assigned telephone number was "1." From the White House Oval office, the most powerful man in the world could soon dial world leaders and those who charted the world's destiny. The American President, began to shape the course of history with the telephone. He would encourage astronauts, dispatch armies, decree some of the greatest acts of diplomacy or dissuade some of the most unbridled acts of political mayhem the world would ever know. Telephone Courtesy of Davidson
"Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves". ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) "Hello! I'm Lindsay Van Cleave, originally from the Mid-Atlantic, I headed North to New York City to start my career in advertising. While pursuing my career, I formed LCVintage and have been working towards growing my other passion for designing jewelry ever since. I have loved design and crafts since I was a little. I was always the girl who had a special craft to make as a party favor for all my birthday parties. I started hand making jewelry a few years ago and find it so exciting to watch LCVintage grow. I have my fiancĂŠ to thank for being my constant cheering section as I follow my dreams. We get married this October. I can't wait!
Lindsay's Etsy store: Lindsay's Blog Lindsay's Facebook Page
A bit about my design process: Most of my designs are inspired by vintage fashion and my grandmothers Ida, Constance and Sara - whose jewelry I still wear today. I love to blend vintage beads and brooches with modern highquality materials to create a new chic look. I find the story behind the vintage items I collect by scouring flea markets, antique shops and vendors online fascinating. It just adds a little something extra to each piece. Two of my great loves are piling on fantastic jewelry and the 1950s! I'm so enamoured with the time period because people dressed to the nines just to take a Sunday stroll or go shopping. I swoon!" "Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." -- Coco Chanel For more views of Lindsay's passion and products in jewelery: Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) process... filling up their napkins with thoughts and feelings of gratitude... and when they are complete... this napkin can be washed... ironed...framed... and become a family heirloom... to grace some future generations dining room wall. P.S...Be sure to use other napkins during the course of your feast...these vintage napkins are for mementos only! Victoria Feminine Living Victoria Silva Blog
A word from Victoria, Vintage Allies, (VAV!) Reporter for the Ladies Parlour. Feminine Traditions and celebrations passed down from generation... to... generation... through the women in families... that link women... from all walks of life... to the heritage of all women... and help keep the feminine spirit alive... in our daily lives. Victoria shares more: Thanksgiving Tradition to Start Go to a flea market or vintage store and purchase inexpensive white linen or cotton napkins. Wash, dry and iron flat. Place these on your Thanksgiving table... have all your guests choose one... and with washable fabric markers have them write down what they are grateful for... sign and date the napkin. Have guests bring these napkins each Thanksgiving... and repeat this simple Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Lilian J. Rice Into The Light VAV!s
By Diane Y. Welch In the 1920s, a talented associate in the architectural offices of San Diego based Requa and Jackson was presented with an offer of a lifetime that would lead her down the path of success working with clients who in their day were some of the world's wealthiest achievers and Hollywood's elite. Lilian Jeannette Rice's clients included movie mogul, Joseph Schenk, and his wife, actress Norma Talmadge; star of the silver screen, Pauline Neff and her aviator husband Frank Coffyn; Hollywood sweethearts Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Mary Pickford; world famed entertainer Bing Crosby; and more. Rice became a much sought after architect in her native San Diego County, California, and was a pioneer as an award-winning lady architect, yet few know of her important place in history. Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
She was the first licensed woman architect in San Diego County, San Diego's first female principal of an architectural office, and the first female member of the American Institute of Architects, San Diego Chapter. She gave opportunity to upcoming architects and designers, and survived the maledominated profession of architecture during the darkest years of the Great Depression. By 1922 the Santa Fe land Improvement Company, the real estate arm of the Santa Fe railroad, had begun the development of almost 9,000 acres of a former Spanish land grant in San Diego County, into exclusive residential estates, hiring Richard Requa's office as lead architects. With fees set untenably low, a location almost two hours drive from his office, and with his engineer ill at that time, Requa passed the entire project onto Rice. She took on the challenge of on-site supervisory architect and became part of the railroad's team of resident staff professionals. At that time, some of the only buildings in the area were adobe ranch houses dating back to the mid-1800s, the height of the Spanish land grant era. With theseand probably the San Diego County missions-in mind, the developers of Rancho San Dieguito decided that Spanish-flavored architecture would be appropriate for the new community of "Gentleman Ranchos". Rice designed the hotel, the commercial block, a school, and about 64 houses in what would be renamed Rancho Santa Fe, now touted as one of the nation's wealthiest communities.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Rice's intimate cottages reveal some of the influences she picked up while studying architecture at U.C. Berkeley. She graduated in 1910, at a time when Bernard Maybeck, Julia Morgan and other architects were combining natural materials such as wood, brick, stucco and stone in styles well suited to warm California weather and woodsy, San Francisco Bay Area sites. One Rancho Santa Fe estate home by Rice mixes Mission, Craftsman and other influences. Shuttered, deep-set windows, white stucco walls and a tile roof resemble traditional Mediterranean houses. A large living room with a rugged, beamed ceiling, carefully placed windows that frame garden views, and the casual, flowing floor plan were ideas being explored by a variety of California architects during Rice's era. Although Rice's buildings are simple in form and materials, they do a masterful job of manipulating light and space. Rice wanted her structures to be an extension of the outdoors. Her buildings were intended to be details in the landscape not dominant. When the railroad company pulled out of the rancho project in 1928 Rice became licensed, opened up her own office in Ranch Santa Fe and designed homes in many neighboring communities. Her work shifted from the Spanish Colonial Revival style dominating her work in Rancho Santa Fe to a craftsman/ranch style design using indigenous natural materials with simplicity of form. Many use horizontal wood siding and shingle roofs, with interior walls paneled in redwood. Typical of this style is the rustic ZLAC Rowing Club. A high ceiling supported by heavy redwood beams rises to a peak above a hardwood floor. French Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
doors open out on a veranda at the edge of the beach on the shore of Mission Bay. A belief that buildings should be subservient to the landscape dominated Rice's designs. Yet she always deferred to her client and would never let her philosophies override her client's wishes. A solid reputation led Rice to continue her architectural practice through the depths of the depression years. Her project list includes three schools, one a high school in a then brand-new school district, commercial buildings, mixed-use apartments and offices, clubhouses and residences. She worked right up to her death in 1938, succumbing to a valiant fight with ovarian cancer on December 22nd. Since Rice's death little has been documented about this pioneer lady architect. The research for my book was most challenging and involved several years of scanning newspaper archives and interviewing old timers who remember Rice or had family members who knew Rice whose reputation has suffered due to a lack of careful research and publishing of accurate facts. Her name is universally spelled incorrectly, and her headstone even has the wrong birth year assigned to her. Fans of Richard Requa insist that he should get full credit for the design and development of Rancho Santa Fe, when in fact it was Lilian Rice who was doing the work. Many of Rice's renderings and plans are erroneously placed in Requa's archives at a local historical society in San Diego. Those who side with Requa state that Rice lied to, and cheated her clients, to get their commissions when she claimed that she was the lead architect for Rancho Santa Fe. She Page 91
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) claimed this, because she was the lead architect. My book sets the historic record straight! To find out more about my recently released book, "Lilian J. Rice: Architect of Rancho Santa Fe, California" [Schiffer] take a look at my website Lilian J. Rice www.lilianjrice.com Or become a fan on Facebook
Diane Yolanda Welch, author, feature journalist, biographer and fine artist, moves through three worlds that bridge aesthetics, story telling and traditional scholarship. She has a B.A. Degree in Fine Art and a Masters in Art Education, both from the University of Leeds, England and is endorsed as architect Lilian J. Rice's official biographer by family descendents.
little-known celebrity architect Lilian J. Rice. Her latest book, "Lilian J. Rice: Architect of Rancho Santa Fe, California" by Schiffer Publishing, is the world's first monograph published on this most important historic figure held in the shadows for far too long. Designing and building in the 1920s and 30s for some of the nation's top celebrated achievers, Rice's reputation has been clouded in controversy, her integrity threatened. Through scholarly research, Diane Welch is able to debunk the myths surrounding Rice and return her to her most fitting place in history.
A permanent resident in southern California, Welch, a British native, has generated a new excitement about the
Meet Vintage Allies, VAV!s own Bath and Beauty Reporter! This Lois Lane of Beauty and Pros is intent on spreading a little Margarita Bloom sunshine your way! VAV! welcomes this CEO and Founder of Margarita Bloom who is herself a true Hollywood Glam petite
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) fille, modern gal with impeccable taste and love for all things retro! A Message from Margarita NOW on Holiday Glamour... Oh, how I love the Holidays...sparkling snow, cozy mittens, warm cocoa, a roaring fire and Bing Crosby!! I'm currently listening to a little Bing right now...."The Christmas Song" Who doesn't love a little Bing Crosby...that voice!! Every once in awhile you just want to get all dolled up even if you're not going out and spritz on some glamour.....or Margarita Bloom Parfume...you'd be surprised what a lovely scent can do for you...it can put you in the mood for LOTS of things! lol... how about some lovely Hot Cocoa Scented Parfume...you'll smell good enough to nibble on... Just think! Peeps, thousands of years ago, Egyptians!!! were wearing perfume! Hey, you got to look good and smell good for your Pharaoh don't you? Cleopatra even greeted her beloved Mark Antony, a Roman politician, on a ship with perfumed sails so the sweet essence would waft into port announced her arrival...now that's what I call an entrance!! Va...va...voom!! ''Wear perfume wherever you want to be kissed''. ~ Coco Chanel And, hey, maybe you just happen to be standing under that Mistletoe with your honey... *wink* then you'll be needing some of our Merry Kiss-Xmas Bliss Balm for your Lips in Eggnog or Cinnamon or even Marshmallow! oh, my!...for an extra sweet soft pucker! lol...
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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ~Ingrid Bergman What exactly do lip balms do you ask? Why our new revolutionary handy dandy fit in your pocket Lip Balms are a mixture of waxes, butters and/or oils and other delightful goodies that will enchant your lips! One swipe and presto...your lips are soft, pliable and ready to be smooched. A man's kiss is his signature. ~Mae West Our lip balm potions are especially made with delectable oils and soothing aloe and once such exotic goodie we use is Macadamia Oil in our lip balms...ooh, such an exotic treat for this pretty pinup, you'll fall in love with it too! So rich & absorbs wonderfully into your skin or in this instance your sweet pretty pucker. Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale Page 93
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By Will Roberts An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration or comic strip containing a political or social message, that usually relates to current events or personalities. Will Says... is that in a nutshell! In the early 1900's, before Jon Stewart or even Andy Rooney, there was humorist Will Rogers. Covering the day's topics, Rogers made you feel like you were talking to a friend. That friendly persona along with Rogers' wit and wisdom is captured in cowboy/cartoonist Will Roberts' editorial cartoon, Will Says... Will Says... focuses on current events, as well as timeless and popular topics, in a comedic style that is approachable to all ages while being straight to the point for a world filled with tweets and sound bites.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Designers relied heavily on velvet, especially in evening wear. The short, midriff velvet jacket in black velveteen, teamed with velvet belt and matching pumps were the height of style. Transparent fabrics of pale hued to smokey organdies and chiffon added the ethereal look to any gay evening from dances to prom night. Stoles were popular and shawls gracefully and casually draped around the shoulders of women everywhere; lengths of matching fabric were used to wrap the shoulders of dresses.
Picture Courtesy of Jessica Hastings/By Starlight Reporter The 1950s was in full swing and full skirts, slim skirts and oh so tiny waisted skirts. Women's clothing were fresh, wearable and admirably 'pretty'. Dresses often had crinoline flares near the hem line, often referred to as 'trumpet' skirts or flounces. The flounce effect was soft, feminine and flirty. Sleeveless dresses were a constant friend of the 1950s women and their attire. These dresses were acceptable for every season of the year and provided an easy, comfortable fit. Sleeveless blouses were acceptable and preferred for day and harness tops for evenings on the town.
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The tailored look was the suit of the year. Straight skirts, and jacket with narrow sleeve, and notched lapels cropped up across the country. The most fashionable colour scheme of the year was black and white, day or night in any season. Richer and more vibrant colors were beginning to take hold in the fashion scene of the 1950s. Hats were yet prevalent in the 1950s, in the form of pill box hats, jaunty tilted berets and toques. The world of fashion, however, was gradually leaving the chic of hats behind. myvintagevogue
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Taking the Plunge on the One Piece Swimsuit
By Starlight Reporter
In 1950, Rose residing in Los Angeles, California, received a U.S. patent for a one-piece bathing suit which noted following description... "embodyin g a novel construction for causing it to snugly fit the body of a wearer in a flattering manner," using elastic fabric. It would "shape and support portions of the body of the wearer in areas of the bust and abdomen in a flattering manner without discomfort oror impedance to free movements of the body." The elastic fabric and elastic securing bands were designed to enable the garment to be put on without having buttoned openings which would "detract from the appearance of the garment."
Ever take the plunge or moment to consider where the design and patent for the modern womans' one piece bathing suit originated? Let's do take the dive and find out! Important Question: If you've been living in a cave off the coast of no where, you may ask "What is a onepiece bathing suit"? Important Answer: A one-piece bathing suit is a preferred selection of several choices women may sport around the pools, beaches and shorelines everywhere. From the earlier woolen swim suits upholding modesty while covering the entire feminine anatomy to today's skin tight suits designed to glide through water with the greatest of ease, suits and women have come a long way baby! Women everywhere were set free from the encumbrance of earlier unflattering suits and should send an undying debt of gratitude to Rose Marie Reid who launched and patented todays' version of the one piece swimsuit as noted: Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Take Me Out To The Ball Game
United States during the early nineteenth century. The game was called "townball", "base", or "baseball". In recent years, historians have discovered that Alexander Cartwright is the true father of baseball. It is reported the first recorded baseball game came was held in 1846 at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey when Alexander Cartwright's Knickerbockers lost to the New York Baseball Club. Oh what a notable and historic day for baseball.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame celebrates the part of our history that is as American as apple pie. Baseball! It was the early 1800s, and the game of playing baseball came out swinging with informal teams and a code all of its own. While the sport was mentioned earlier in our history, it spiralled actually spirated into popularity during the 1860s and was being heralded as America's "national pastime." In 1845, twenty five year old Alexander Joy Cartwright of New York City, invented the modern baseball game that still stands true today. Adding a few modifications, Alexander, alongside members of his New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club, devised the ground rules and regulations known as the "Knickerbocker Rules". Baseball was modeled on the English game of rounders that had become popular in Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
As games became more frequent, a convention of amateur teams was called to discuss rules and other issues in 1857. The following year, the National Association of Base Ball Players, the first organized baseball league, was formed. During the first year of operation, the league supported itself by an occasional charging of the fans for admission. While the league was primarily comprised of amateurs, many players were secretly paid or given jobs by sponsors. In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings elected to become a completely professional team and the novel idea of monetarily compensating players quickly caught on. While many wanted baseball to remain an amateur non paying sport, there was no way they could compete with the professional teams. Eventually, the amateur teams took their place in the outfield as the best players became professionals in the infield. In 1871, the National Association became the first professional baseball league. Here, the professional leagues continued the foundation of the amateur leagues that preceded it. Another turn of events based on corruption and scandal, the Page 98
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) National Association was replaced with the National League in 1875. While it is reported that previously, players had owned the teams and run the games, now the National League was to be run by businessmen. They established standards and policies for schedules, ticket pricing and playing contracts. The National League displayed professionalism and demonstrated that professional baseball could indeed be successful.
sharing the wealth they were reaping. These players wanted to play ball and also enjoy the financial benefits of their passion, profession and skills after those magnificent one hundred years of baseball. Gentle Readers and Listeners? They would get it. And, the rest of the story is...the home team's story "at the old ball game".
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No history worth repeating is ever simple. Rival leagues soon began to form over the ensuing years of baseball's history attempting to gain a foothold in this great sport. Professional baseball players had organized and reorganized several times in baseball history. Throughout the years that followed, regardless of the rival leagues that formed attempting to gain a foothold in this great sport, baseball prospered economically. The ever enamoured audience attendance continued to grow and radio contracts, alongside national television, brought in untold wealth to the team's owners. Contention began to build as the players began to see that the owners were not Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Her career change coaching helps women make the move from exhausted, overwhelmed employees to inspired entrepreneurs. Through her individual and group coaching programs, workshops, and retreats, Bonnie can help you love your work, love your money, and love your life again. You can find her at Relaunch Your Life Coach and on the air every Monday at 10 AM on Blog Talk Radio. Telephone: 931.438.8343.
Bradley Schenck, VAV! January Artist/Creator
It's always there, just around the corner. It's never too late to try and shape it into something better - not for you and not for me, but for everyone. If I have an agenda, it's this: I hope that by remembering and enjoying these vintage visions of the Future we'll consider the possibility that our own future might also be full of hope. Why not? It's up to us. It always is." ~ Bradley Schenck Bradley's says he's an artist of such long standing that he'd just rather not talk about it anymore. But, VAV! is here on the spot to spread the word about Bradley and to share his work with you. Let's take a closer look at the world through the eyes of Bradley, so grab your jet packs. We'll do this by resourcing and quoting a bit, directly from the pages of his website. "I'm less interesting than the things I do," Bradley says and gently reminds his devoted readers to "Get over it. I have. I was born in Southern California in 1958. That made me too young to be a child of the sixties, which is something I resented in my teens. Missed it by that much." Bradley shares he can't say that there was anything very remarkable about his childhood except that he learned to read so quickly, and so soon, that he can't remember not being able to read.
Vintage Allies (VAV!) is delighted to feature the genius talented, Bradley W. Schenck as our Featured January Artist and Creator. Of all human conditions, the worst is the absence of hope. The best thing about the Future is that we have so much of it.
Oddly, though, he continues, he had been very slow to speak. The story follows that the first thing he ever said was a complete sentence - and that, in the heat of the moment. Bradley thinks he was just making certain that he knew how it worked before he committed himself and he's still like that.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) "It could be that I was always reading more than speaking, anyway. And I read a lot, continuously, pretty much anything I could lay my hands on." Bradley mused "This either delighted or alarmed librarians wherever I went." Bradley was convinced he was going to be a writer. In fact, it surprised no one more than him when he realized, in the middle seventies, that he was spending most of his time making pictures instead." Those were analog times and so the work he did was on paper or on canvas. He gravitated toward pen and ink work partly through the example of illustrators he admired, and partly through necessity, since color printing was far more expensive then than now. Few of his clients - and certainly, not Bradley - could afford those costs. In the late 1970s he did a lot of work for role playing game publishers, both small and large. By the early eighties, though, he was more interested in pictures that would stand alone, or in illustrations for stories. Then, in the late eighties, computers started to get really interesting Bradley says. The possibility of creating interactive, animated work drew him into a new kind of image making. There wasn't any paper, this time around. He'd gone digital.
a publishing contract. A friend of mine and I did that very thing." He stayed in that business for far too many years. He refined his skills and learned some new ones, but Bradley says, "on the whole... "I should have stayed at home." Bradley ends his introspective look with these thoughts, "When I finally understood that and found my way out, I decided that I'd spent too many of my years working on Other Peoples' Dreams. So now I don't. Oh, all right, every now and then I take on a freelance job. You caught me. But for the most part I try to work only on those things that wouldn't exist if I weren't around to help them. Things, it seems to me, that want to exist. And that's how I got here." Vintage Allies (VAV!) invites you take a look at just a bit of the genius of Bradleys' Webomator. Here, he writes, draws and spins his imagination into what is really full blown art tinged with messages, sentiments and wry humour. If you'll look closely at the footer of his website, you'll see a delightful disclaimer to his readers, "This web site is entirely safe when used as directed. Please keep hands and feet inside of web site at all times. Did you hear an ostrich just then? I could have sworn I did. Uh... don't look behind you. No, really, I mean it."
He freelanced in the computer games business. "This was the very end of those days (though we didn't know yet)," Bradley said "when a couple of people could wander into a company like Electronic Arts, and walk out again with
You'll visit Retropolis " Where he writes, "Once upon a time, the future was full of promise and adventure. Each day we'd soar past the Art Deco towers of Retropolis in our flying cars, skimming over the monorail tracks that led past the outskirts of the city. We'd live a life of leisure because the streamlined marvels
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) of technology had made our daily labors a thing of the past. Plentiful, clean energy would drive the rockets and the pneumatic tubes that kept the City of Tomorrow running. Greenbelt communities would bring the farmlands close to home, and home itself would be close to the theatres and libraries of civilization. But we'd keep our ray guns handy - there'd be no way of telling just when those Atomic Spiders were going to show up again. It'd be swell, wouldn't it? Yep. It really would". Give a closer look at Bradleys' Web Sites and places where he, himself, takes a closer look at art and designer sites to 'just plain cool'. We wouldn't want to neglect mentioning he has 3D Art Resources and Web Design Resources on this site too.
Future that Never Was. And you get to watch". Vintage Allies could not be more delighted or enamoured through to our rocket tail fins to share the rocket-filled world of the future with Bradley W. Schenck. Bradley is also a VAV! Contributor and his posts here are cross-posted from his Webomator blog.
Staying Vintage, 1950s Style~!
By Lindy Gordon Bradley shares that he "makes his home on the web where he peddles his art at Retropolis and his other web sites, and lately spends most of his time working on the Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual - where on the web and in print he gets to explore and illustrate the streamlined, rocket-filled world of the Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
People ask me all the time how do I do my looks, well I have put together a little recipe for you dolls out there. I love vintage and if you might be anything like that or maybe it breathes in every bone in your body like I then you Page 102
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) stay vintage no matter what task is at hand. I stay vintage when baking ( of course ), I stay vintage when doing laundry, going out to get groceries, making dinner. Ok I admit I am a vintage nut and donated all of my modern clothes a long time ago. However, I wanted to give the modern girl a few tips and tricks on how to look your vintage best even when doing the most unusual of usual tasks. You never know when your door bell will ring or you have to run out quick for the sugar. What you will need : 1 Half Apron - hostess style- retro fabric 1 Full apron - retro fabric 1 Full Size Bandanna - any color will do Black liquid Eye Liner and red lipstick Directions: Always put on your face~! Use the black liquid liner to make a fine line on the upper lids with just a teeny wing on the outside. Please do not go extreme on this (Elizabeth Taylor/Cleopatra) as you will change the whole era with this alone! Next is the red lipstick. Choose any red that you like but stay as close to true red as possible. " Never go out without your lips" my mother would say. And always check to see if your teeth are donning the same color ;)
the wear. Instead of tying the tie/bow at the top and holding the hair in with the Bandanna tie it at the bottom. Your hair will hang out of the bottom, it is all still covered however you still get the great look. For example. Fold the Bandanna in a half so it looks like a triangle. Lay the largest part on top of your head so the point is going down your back. Now tie the ends under at the back of your neck. Use one bobby pink at each side to secure and one at the back close to the tie to secure. I have used this method multiple times. I also find this one easier to sleep in and after mastering you can sleep in it without it coming out!!! Ok, so that is the dirty stuff, now on to the homemaking items or hostess items. For baking and cocktail parties or even afternoon tea with the girls reach for your Half Apron. Best attire and just a hint, wear a skirt to your knees with a pair of kitten heels. These will be just as darling as the apron itself and will compliment each other. Don't worry about matching the colors unless you have a vast selection of half aprons to choose from. Red lips should be on and eye liner should also be fresh. Don't be ashamed to excuse yourself to the powder room every once in awhile to check the face. Just don't do it too often.
Next, for stay at home projects that include getting a little dirty but without any food involved use the Full Size apron. Best attire and just a hint, throw on some pedal pusher jeans and a pair of black flats. They look fab with any apron. Next, the Bandanna, I have heard some girls worry about this look as they just can't seem to get the darn thing to stay! No worries, I have an alternate to
Well my darlings, that is it. The only last thing I would say is if you are going to go vintage do it with style, class and sophistication. If you have taken the time to do your makeup to a certain era make sure your lovely locks follow.
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Until next time, stay vintage!!
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) schools teaching children all the' facts and know how' about the weather. Tom is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association and holds seals of approval from both organizations With all it has to offer, Tom loves to call the midstate home. He believes that it is a great place to raise a family. Tom lives in Harrisburg with his wife and three daughters. Vintage Allies (VAV!) loves to rely on this star as our Reporter about Tinsel town. Tom's blog
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Meet Vintage Allies (VAV!) Insider Reporter, Tom Russell. Tom is a well-travelled broadcaster having worked in cities from Maine to California and Florida to Pennsylvania. He has garnered many accolades for his work including an Emmy and numerous AP Awards. He is a big fan of PA weather, with its four distinct seasons, and the challenges that go with them. Tom has shared fully concise; and at times, poignant coverage on major weather events in Central Pennsylvania including the devastating tornado that touched the hearts of many local residents. Tom is well known and admired for his involvement in community efforts. He is on the Board of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, works with CBS 21 helping the MDA, March of Dimes and other groups in PA. Our Vintage Allies Readers can often find Tom in our Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Outlaws and a voice over for Creature Comforts (Aardmore the hamster). He wows, rocks and entertains with an incredible voice, smile and a talent all of his own. But Happy's talent is never ending, it would seem. He is a prolific songwriter, a Talent Scout and Artist Management Agent for Junction Entertainment in Nashville. So who are the other members of The Happy Goat Band?
They are among the most energetic and high sounding performers the genre of country music may have ever seen. They are The Happy Goat Band. This group, formed three years ago, really does take their 40,000 and growing audience by surprise when they hit the country scene for an evening of entertainment with their distinctive country sound. Vintage Allies (VAV!) had the opportunity to catch up with and interview Happy who works the Bass and Vocals for the Band. What he shared were lively words, spiked with fun, anecdotes, pure wit and intellect. This VAV! Starlight Reporter was impressed and indeed left quite in awe of Happy McDonald. He has a pretty incredible, unforgettable upbeat attitude and enthusiasm. Happy has made several movie appearances in Chasing the White Dragon, The System Within, American Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
Johnny Hammer, lead singer teamed up with The Happy Goat Band three years ago. Hammer is the grandson of the "Queen of Country Music" Kitty Wells and Country Music pioneer Johnnie Wright. Seems only natural that this family connection would come in handy to Johnny and would understandably positively influence his music. His mother Sue, also a recording artist, was a songwriter and staff writer with Roger Miller, Mel Tillis and others for Cedarwood publishing company in Nashville at the age of 17. Hammer's father ,while working at Record World (later Music City News, Gibson Guitars, NARAS Board member, and started what is now called the Flame Worthy Awards), presented Johnny with great opportunities to listen to advance copies of all the hit records in all genres and meeting these artists backstage at concerts. Bringing up and nicely completing the talent of The Happy Goat Band, is the Lead Guitar and Vocals, Goat. Goat is a second generation music performer in his own right. His mother is, Jo Miller of the Miller Sisters. They performed across the country and were regular members of the Louisiana Hay Ride. That's not all, Goat's mother was also recording at Sun Page 105
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) records the same time the greats like Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash were "busting it wide open". Takes only a few moments to hear Goat to know where he got his blend of Country, Rock, Rhythm and Blues. His signature virtuoso lead lines are a distinctive and finite part of the Happy Goat band sound. These partners of fantastic music in crime launched their first project "HAMMERBILLY". As we quoted from The Happy Goat Band Website when referring to their music, "It's countrified raw rootsy southern alternative rock blend of rhythm and melodies, steeped in the traditions of country, folk, and neo-hillbilly lyrics. The result is 100 proof goat buttin', mule kickin', happy gettin' renditions that will crank your mind." Vintage Allies (VAV!) likes that description so we're going all the way with it. We agree that these 'boys' are well on their way and chomping at the bit to get out and bring their own brand of Southern Alternative Country Rock Music to your town. VAV! will be counting down this groups' continued stellar rise on the country music scene and watch them achieve a combination of chart success, fan popularity, critical acclamation, awards and honors. Want more? Get MP3 Downloads of Junction Records Rock Artist The Happy Goat Band from their debut CD Hammerbilly - Hard Drivin' rhythms, intricate melodies and counter melodies, with the old fashion story telling lyrics that really mean something or conjure up emotions that will mean something once you listen. Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
THESE CHAINS (Jacob's Lament) Try this video on for size and we think you'll be sold on this Group, done deal. Happy Goat Band Music FOR BOOKINGS: Junction Entertainment booking @ JunctionEntertainment.com AIR PLAY
Oh Katie! Cookies Celebrates One Year
A made-from-scratch mini chocolate chip sandwich cookie with a chocolate and Premium Liqueur filling is what Oh Katie! Cookies are famous for! If you haven't yet had any of these cookies, Vintage Allies (VAV!) assures you that they are worth every delicious bite! Oh Katie! Cookies is quite successful and just celebrated their first year anniversary all detailed in the pages of Oh Katie! Cookie Crumb Blogspot! Page 106
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) But, what's the story behind Oh Katie! Cookies and where did they get their start? Katie Dean, the Founder and CEO, thought the gourmet, liqueurinfused cookies she makes were just something she had talent for. After her husband was laid off at the end of 2009, a friend encouraged her to consider the cookies a real business. A year later, business is booming and huge prospects are in sight. "My husband, Chris, was laid off in an email during the week between Christmas and New Year's. With three small children, we were stunned for a couple of days, trying not to freak out," remembers Katie. As many parents find themselves in a similar unfortunate circumstance, Katie knew just who to call. "I have a friend who is one of those brilliant people; she has an idea and starts a business." Kristi Trimmer, a high school friend, did not hesitate to drive to Prescott Valley to help her friend. "Initially the conversation was about how to market Chris's talent and skills. But then someone mentioned these cookies and I was hooked. Katie was scheduled to begin school a few weeks later and she kept trying to excuse her way out of even thinking about the cookies," says Kristi. Kristi was very clear: you need income now. "Once Kristi broke everything down to the smallest detail, it was easy to see how doable it would be to bake and sell these cookies," recalls Katie. "In theory, I only needed to bake one day a week to have a certain number of cookies available to sell. With booming sales only a few months later, that's no longer the case." Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
Several other friends stepped up to help spread the word about Oh Katie! Cookies. "I am now in negotiation with a company wanting to help me automate the production of the cookies" says Katie. Another friend turned the Oh Katie! Cookies in to her employer and they are now be used as a thank-you gift to all of the company's clients. Yet another friend is a buyer for the stores in the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and the Queen Mary in Long Beach. It's all very exciting." Katie's teacher owns the Prescott Racquet Club and allows Katie to use the kitchen to bake. "It's been overwhelming, discouraging, and exciting. I love the joy these cookies bring," beams Katie. Vintage Allies (VAV!) tasting experts gives these cookie treats, a total ten top best on the VAV!-ometer scale of ten. "We emphatically give the nod to these cookies!" says VAV! Editor. "We had the delightful opportunity to sample the Grand Marnier Cookies and Bailey's Irish Crème Chocolate Cookies as they arrived at the VAV! offices just in time for the Christmas Holidays. The cast and crew voraciously polished off the cookies in moments. The flavor and texture of these cookies are absolutely astounding". While the liqueured fillings are made for adults, the alcohol content was exquisite and with just enough incredible essence to suit the discerning palate. There are several versions of Oh Katie! Cookies available sans alcohol for all to enjoy, too. If you'd like to hear more from Katie and Oh Katie! Cookies, you'll find Katie as a regular guest and monthly Vintage Allies (VAV!) Reporter. This entrepreneurial genius and cookie par-excellence baker Page 107
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) also writes in her nom de plume character as Oh Katie! Cookie Kat here at VAV!, too. Make sure you are signed up for the Oh Katie! Cookie eNewsletter. You will receive exclusive offers and exciting news. Look for the sign up button on her website. Are you a fan of Oh Katie! Cookies? Oh Katie! Cookies 928-2779106 Spring Fashion Style
Mineral Eye Shadows
By Jessica Hastings With such awful weather these days, it's hard to imagine that spring is on its way. Lighter, brighter, warmer days are coming soon. Get inspired and think pink.
By Kim Snyder Ok, so you have never worked with mineral eye shadows?
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) There are a tips and trick to applying it. There are some makeup brushes that work really well with mineral eye shadows, there are also some makeup brushes that will not work well with minerals. Look for a makeup brush that is more flat than round tipped. You do not want a lot of mineral eye shadow on your makeup brush. Don't worry it's easy to apply once you have the hang of it. Mineral eye shadows work best with a base of some type. There are a few really good makeup bases or primers depending on the brand. Reviva Labs as a really good makeup primer because not only can you use it on your eye lid to keep your makeup in place you can also use it on your face to help your foundation stay as well. Who doesn't love a multi-tasker?
Apply the base color first then apply over it the darker ones. The base color will be the lightest of the colors you are choosing to apply. You can always go darker. Play around with it takes a little bit of working with to get to used to how to apply it. Once you have applied your second color you a wipe it a little bit to blend the colors, you don't want strips of color you want one color to flow into the next. Don't forget you want to go with eye shadows that complement each other. Not everyone can pull of green eye shadow with yellow. You apply your eyeliner last. You can use the darkest color choice as your eye liner, wet or dry. Or you can go with liquid or gel or cake eyeliner which ever you are most comfortable using.
To apply mineral eye shadows, take a little bit on the flat side of the makeup brush and tap a little back into the jar. This way there is only a little bit of mineral eye shadow on the brush. Then you pat it on lightly with the flat side of the makeup brush onto your eye lid. Some colors have more pigment than others; you do not want a lot on your eye lid. First mistake that many beginners will make is they do not pat it on, they wipe it on like you would if using pressed eye shadows. This will not work; you will just get eye shadow all over your cheek as well as your eye lid. The best tip ever for applying mineral eye shadows is to pat your color on, you can always add more. When it's time to blend then you wipe, BUT not back and forth like window wipers, you get it muddied up. You blend it going from the inner eye to the outer eye lid. Blending it so there is no lines that show one color to the next unless that is the look you are going for.
Curl your eyelashes, apply one or two coats of mascara and you have a look that is amazing!
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There you go, simple tips on how to apply mineral eye shadows. Hope it helps! Kim Snyder is the Founder and CEO of OVERALL BEAUTY.COM "Where Beauty Has A Little Attitude"
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Quite The Lodging
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If you're craving a long term OR short term lodging experience in the heart of Gettysburg, PA, look no further! You've found Quite The Stir Bungalow! Quite The Stir Bungalow is intermingled with Homefront attitude and style of the WWII era, from GI Joes and GI Janes through to treasures such as our "Mamie Mink". The moment you step over the threshold of Quite The Stir Bungalow...a guest home with bed and breakfast amenities, you'll experience the Home front of 1930s glamour and everyday USA of the 1940s to WWII history! Our guests may enjoy the entire Bungalow Guest Home in exclusive privacy for short term or extended lodging. This unique Bungalow offers sleeping accommodations for four in our the Bugle Boy Bed Room or the Jitter Bug Bedroom. Enjoy the vintage and Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
original 1930s kitchen with modern amenities! You'll find a parlour to rest and recuperate after a day travelling the countryside, browsing downtown and touring the Battlefield. Enjoy our large dining room with glistening chandelier, and a study to prepare your day and evening itinerary! We offer one original bathroom, accented with black and white tile floor, and a bath and shower by chandelier! The Bungalow has a front screened porch with cafe tables amidst a tinkling fountain. If you wish to look upon the large in-town yard, enjoy our small screened rear porch with cafe table for a morning cup of coffee or an evening drink to the sound of crickets. We offer on ground free parking. Located four blocks from Gettysburg's downtown and just one block from the historic Battlefield makes Quite The Stir Bungalow an exclusive getaway gem for the history minded visitor. By advance request, enjoy our renowned "WWII Mail-O-Gram" delivered to the doorstep, lemonade delights or breakfasts of exquisite treats! We offer special occasion services ! Deliveries meant to pamper! Quite The Stir Bungalow also offers, by request or pre-planned, WWII Iconic One Woman Spy Shows and Bungalow Themed Teas for our guests. Seasonal needs vary. Please have a closer look at Quite The Stir Bungalow:
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Committee For Missing Children Childrens' Defense Fund St. Jude's Research Hospital Childhood Leukemia Foundation National Children's Cancer Society Children's Cancer Research Institute American Foundation For Disabled Children Children International Child Fund "The pay is not great but the rewards transcend any good that we may ever hope to do." Editor Vintage Allies (VAV!) invites you to join us in bringing back unforgettable acts of compassion for every fellow man, woman and child. Those unheralded moments are what we intend to offer to our readers and listeners through the words of our Reporters, Contributors and Staff. Below are a list of site links made available to you by VAV! to further empower children in any variety of need or state of mind.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Boy Scouts of America Boys and Girls Club of America Campfire USA Cedars Home For Children Child Find Of America Child Welfare League of America Girl Scouts Junior Achievement National 4 H Council
"Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." – Henry James
Students Against Drunk Drivers
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A truly talented Author, Nina is also known as VAV!'s Moxie on the Rocks, your ever so fabulous Vintage Foodie! She writes The Pampered Paramour cookbook series! Rendezvous with a Mistress in your Kitchen at The Pampered Paramour. Visit: The Pampered Paramour
Sunday, February 6, 2011 marks Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday. Former first lady Nancy Reagan shares a rare interview on "Nancy Reagan: The Role Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) of a Lifetime." The interview will air at 10 p.m., February 6, 2011 EST on PBS stations. Details about Nancy Reagan? She was the only child born to insurance salesman Kenneth Robbins and Broadway actress Edith Luckett. Nancy's mother later divorces and marries Chicago neurosurgeon Loyal Davis. Thus, Nancy Davis.
While she is 89, Nancy Reagan appears frail, but clear on her memoirs as only she may be. We offer homage to a remarkable woman and America's First Lady. Nancy Reagan on PBS.
After graduating from Smith, Nancy Davis turns to acting and is placed in contract to MGM, where she finds her name, both ironically and in error, on a "red" list. In an effect to correct this error, Producer Mervyn LeRoy, who had directed Nancy in 1949's "East Side, West Side", suggests she call the 'then' president of the Screen Actors Guild, Ronald Reagan. She made the call and Ronald Reagan magnanimously corrected the indiscrepancy on her 'red' listing. Thereafter, as history and our VAV! readers know...Nancy Reagan married Ronald Reagan and became one of the most powerful first ladies in history. She was a moderating force on President Reagan's conservatism. It is reported among the Critiques : America has had one of its' first female Presidents, and her name was Nancy. Watching the show, you'll find this statement may be all too true. Her impact on the American President and her husband is well documented in this show. Share your interpretation and thought on this interview right here on Vintage Allies (VAV!) site? Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) David Nelson Remembered
Nelson family home in the Hollywood foothills, and remains a popular attraction for visitors today. David Nelson, born in New York City, attended Hollywood High School and the University of Southern California . He had started a solo acting career, appearing in the classic 1957 film Peyton Place, as well as B-movies such as, Day of the Outlaw and The Big Circus. Other of his film credits are "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker", "30", "The Big Show," 'Love and Kisses and "Swing Out, Sweet Land." 1976 found him as a co-star with his mother, Harriet, in "Smash-Up on Interstate 5."
David Nelson, the surviving member of the nuclear 1950s era family of four, died Monday, January 10, 2011 at his Los Angeles, CA home after battling colon cancer. Nelson, 74, was the last remaining member of the popular television show, "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" also starring his real to life family, which included actor/bandleader Ozzie, his singer wife, Harriet Hilliard and his teen idol brother Rick. He is survived by his wife, Yvonne; four sons, a daughter; and seven grandchildren. Fans followed David's youth through the radio show in 1952 known as "Here Come the Nelsons," and later on television from 1952 to 1966 as "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" with many of the story lines drawn from the stars' own lives. "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" was shot in the Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
His final film role, may just be the one he's most known for among the non-Baby Boomer generation. David and another cult figure Patty Hearst played Traci Lords' blissfully clueless parents in "CryBaby". In addition to films, David had occasional television credits including "The Love Boat," "Up In Smoke," "High School USA," and "A Family For Joe." Also a Director, David's credits included "O.K. Crackerby," "Childish Things," "Easy To Be Free," "Ozzie's Girls," "Death Screams," "Last Plane Out," "Goodnight Beantown" and "A Rare Breed." The late 1970s and 1980s he also worked as a director and producer. Through his talent, hard work and dedication to his craft, David Nelson has won a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. David's nephew, singer Gunnar Nelson, a son of Rick Nelson, issued a statement Wednesday, saying his uncle's death was "a great loss to the Nelson family." "We Page 114
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) will all miss Uncle Dave's laughter and evolved sense of humor,". Vintage Allies (VAV!) adds that David's passing is a poignant ending to a sweet chapter in our American entertainment history.
Rosie the Riveter was one of the most widely known personas of the 1940s. With her hair in a polka dot kerchief, sleeves rolled up, and a positive set to her jaw and eyes, Rosie could never be taken for granted. She had a can do attitude, feminity, beauty and yes, sex appeal. This Rosie the Riveter poster model was never named Rosie, nor was she a riveter. Rosie was actually Mrs. Doyle who worked at a metal factory.
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Why a Rosie the Riveter Poster? At the government's request, The Ad Council, created the legendary iconic Rosie the Riveter to encourage women to serve America at work during WWII, not as nurses or secretaries, but in factories. As the War progressed, more and more planes and artillery became increasingly in demand. Manufacturers' buildings became munitions factories for producing weapons of war. Men, who had performed in the factories making munitions were now serving on the front battle lines and in short supply on the Home front. How could the war be won without weapons?
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Women were the key answer to step in to fill men's traditional roles in the factories. However, before women could begin their very important work in the factories, they had to be convinced of the importance of such an undertaking. The campaign to encourage women to take on traditionally male jobs focused on the main theme of patriotic duty. The campaign message was clear: you can work a man's job, and keep your femininity. Rosie the Riveter posters soon followed. "We Can Do It" blazoned alongside other war slogans, such as "We Page 115
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Can't Win the War Without Them," and paid tribute to women giving due honor for working on the home front. The ad campaign proved convincingly seductive to American women. Women were impassioned by the call of their country. They were compelled to support their American men who lay their lives down for peace against the atrocities of war. Answering the call with no faint heart, women proved themselves capable with astounding vigor and stamina. They fulfilled the call to work, not only in factories, but in vacant occupations, traditionally male oriented. Rosie represented the newfound strength of the 18 million American women who worked during the war and afterward became a figure of the female contributions and power with a can do attitude. Rosie the Riveters across the nation answered the call to serve their country, flawlessly, capably and even against all difficult and dangerous circumstances. In many cases the female workers surpassed expectations, particularly, when the job demanded dexterity, detail, or persistence.
Every woman, on the Home front, who was or wasn't represented in print as Rosie The Riveter wins the hearts of Americans everywhere. We thank Rosie The Riveters today for their extraordinary service and will forever and a day remember these women in the American book of Unforgettable Heroines. In the span of those tumultuous few short years during WWII, Rosie The Riveter was never needed more. She is a venerated, war hero. Please know that she served her duty well and returned home with an honorable discharge. Today, we honor those Rosie the Riveters for their vast contributions to the war and for blazing new trails in gaining respect and opportunities for women. For more on WWII Front to Home front, Gettysburg's' Greatest Generation is a non-profit foundation offering a valuable and reliable source of information.
Vintage Allies (VAV!) adds a caveat to this story. Rosie was not the only working girl to benefit from her status as factory worker. Photographs of women engaged in their duty serving the country, posing diligently aside machines, were published in newspapers and magazines. This unfailing loyalty and bravado was sent to the boys on the warfront boosting their morale, and showing them what they were fighting for~ Family, Freedom, and Truth which is the American victory cry, in the greater part.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) What kind of woman are you when it comes to living life to the fullest?
The Seeing Eye Foundation
Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb wrote a "Rosie the Riveter" song in 1942: She's making history, Working for victory, Rosie the Riveter. Keeps a sharp lookout for sabotage, Sitting up there on the fuselage. That little girl will do more than a male will do" Rest in Peace. Job well done~Starlight Reporter Note: Norman Pictured Above
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On May 29, 1943, Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post cover was his version of Rosie. Please note the patriotic theme and background, the attributes of strength and feminity. You'll see Rosies' penny loafers rest casually on a copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, a magazine article.
The Seeing Eye, Inc., founded on January 29, 1929, partners with people who are blind and who seek to enhance their dignity, self-confidence, and independence with the aid of Seeing Eye dogs. A new level of freedom, never known before, has been attained by nearly 8,000 men and women through 15,000 of these specially bred and trained dogs. It all began in 1927 when a young man named Morris Frank, from Tennessee, learned about dogs trained as guides for blinded veterans of World War I. Mr. Frank, himself, already overwhelmed by his own restrictions and mobility as a blind person was inspired. With this new found opportunity in mind, Morris set out to achieve a new freedom not possible without the aid of seeing eye dogs.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) In doing so, he appealed to Dorothy Harrison Eustis, an American who was training German shepherd dogs in Switzerland. She agreed to help Morris achieve this goal and he departed for Switzerland. It is reported, in 1928, soon after he returned home to America, he brought the first guide dog from Switzerland with him. Morris spread the word about these incredible dogs throughout the United States. While in New York City, NY, after successfully proving the seeing eye ability of his dog, "Buddy", before throngs of news reporters, it is recorded that Mr. Frank sent a one-word telegram to Mrs. Eustis which told the entire story ... "Success." Through the initial determination of Morris Frank and Dorothy Harrison Eustis, a new world was made accessible to people who are blind. The Seeing Eye, Inc. is the oldest existing dog guide school in the world.
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Purrfect Advice from Kitti Etiquette
Dear Anita, Although your heart beats for Bob, one simply never breaks a date because someone "better" asked you out. Gentle Anita, a lady must always consider the other person's feelings – and I'm sure you are a lady. Unless you are ill or have a real emergency, never break a date. It simply isn't done, my dear. To cancel your movie engagement with Henry because you'd rather go skating with Bob would be just too, too rude. Dress up, put on a lovely smile and go to the movies with Henry. Be your most effervescent and charming self. And who knows, Bob may be waiting in the wings to sweep you off your feet next week.
By Bonnie Pond Pardon us? You've got etiquette matters and black tie manners on your mind?
Hope the movie is memorable. Kitty
Well, then, Vintage Allies (VAV!) Reporter Kitti Etiquette is purring your way with proper manners for our Gentle Readers and Listeners. Dear Kitty, Help, I'm in such a mess! A young man, let's call him Henry, asked me to accompany him to the movies on Friday night. Having no other plans, I agreed to go, even though he's a bit of a flat tire. My problem is that Bob – the fella who really makes my heart throb – just called to invite me to go roller skating with him on Friday. I've carried a torch for Bob forever! How can I gracefully get out of my date with Henry? Signed Anita Mann Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Peyton Place Near Dark Shadows and Dallas
the Museum of Broadcast Communications. "Television comedy had many parents ... But the soap opera had only one mother and she was it. She founded an entire industry based on her techniques, beliefs and the ongoing, interlocking stories that she dreamed." What is a "Soap Opera"?
The first daytime soap opera, "These Are My Children", aired January 31, 1949 on an NBC station in Chicago. This short lived soap opera, running only four weeks, revealed a glimpse of a family in post war Chicago. The shows' creator was Irna Phillips, a prolific writer, who created and wrote many other daytime serials over the next two decades that followed. Through her creations and musings, features were introduced that have become the genre of the soap operas today. Phillips is credited for dramatic plots, soap opera clichĂŠs, the ever intense break ups and endings, broodingly passionate love stories enhanced by moving music and surroundings all intended to push viewers to the "edge of seat" danger and intrigue.
A soap opera is an ongoing fiction series, usually broadcast on television. These earlier serials, broadcast on radio and television, were aired in weekday daytime slots, thus the shows were geared toward predominantly female audience appeal. Every regular episode ended then and today with a cliff hanger storyline continued in another episode of other developments. Evening soap operas occasionally differed from this genre and are more likely to feature the entire cast in each episode, and to represent all current storylines in each episode. Most daytime serials were sponsored by companies selling products designed for housewives. Examples are such as household cleaning products, most often funded by Procter & Gamble, ColgatePalmolive, Lever Brothers and other cosmetic companies and manufacturers. This close association between these shows and soap products led to the word soap in "soap opera." The Soap Opera plot is often melodramatic or sensational, thus the term Opera.
"Her contributions to one format are unprecedented in television history," says
It's important to be clear that since the birth of soap operas, these dramatic long running series have been associated with second class, degraded cultural entertainment. "However, this stereotype belies the fact that soaps are "one of the most narratively complex genres," which
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) according to the Museum of Broadcast Communications, "requires considerable knowledge by its viewers." Today, it is nearly impossible to fully comprehend the soap operas probable value to history as the most effective and enduring broadcasting platform and advertising vehicle ever devised. It is also reported to be the most popular genre of television fiction attracting more viewers in more countries over a long period of time. So Turns The Days Of Our Guiding Lights At The General Hospitals in or near Peyton Place, but most definitely outside Dallas in the Dark Shadows... Meet Vintage Allies (VAV!) Children's' Reporter, SELMA AVDICEVIC! Selma is the incredible Founder of Woolly Boo Children's Apparel. Woolly Boo® is a family-owned and operated business located in Montclair, NJ. The idea was born when the founders Selma Avdicevic and Vahida Subasic were not able to find sophisticated and luxurious crib-size basic bedding that was made of natural materials, like organic wool and cotton. So, they created their own line of crib mattress pads, crib bumper pads, toddler pillows, toddler comforters, and infant sleep sacks from 100% organic wool filler and 100% natural cotton ticking. When Woolly Boo® became available in the Summer of 2009, the response was phenomenal. Parents and grandparents echoed what Selma and Vahida knew all along – there was an unmet need for natural, stylish, and chemical-free basic bedding. Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) In the Winter of 2010-2011, Woolly Boo速 introduced its line of travel pillows, which combines the same quality and sophisticated style as their sleep products. Woolly Boo速 woollyboo.com
Artist's concept above of the first rocky world discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. The planet, is shown in front of its host star. Image credit: NASA
"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours." DAG HAMMARSKJOLD NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet
By John Starr NASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler- 10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system. However, since it orbits once every 0.84 days, Kepler-10b is more than 20 times closer to its star than Mercury is to our sun and not in the habitable zone. For further details that are 'out of this world' visit the York County Astronomical Site. Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Industrial Strength Design-Brook Stevens Shapes Your World
While you may not know who Brook Stevens was, you definitely know his work. If you've enjoyed fine living, to the level that we at Vintage Allies aspire to, then you have experienced his work first hand. Mr. Stevens was a designer responsible for many products, vehicles and graphic branding messages. If you want to learn more about Brooks Stevens, you'll enjoy reading "Industrial Strength Design: How Brooks Stevens Shaped Your World" within the works of Webomater!
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tempestuous love managed to outlast a twenty year marriage before ending in a 1960 divorce. It was reported that Desi was the love of Lucy's life. Theirs was romantic, passionate, and everything you could imagine in a love affair, and she was deeply hurt by what happened. Regardless, in spite of divorce, they surpassed an unspoken love that endured for nearly 50 years. Who can ever forget Lucy, the stormy, brilliant comedic redhead that we all loved? Desi, the flashy, romantic and charming bandleader will long remain in our hearts. And oh...that accent! Aye Ca rumba!
By Starlight Reporter The irrepressible Lucy and Desi married November 30, 1940 in a civil ceremony in Connecticut. June 19, 1949 they had a second ceremony in a Catholic church. The dynamic duo met in 1940, on the RKO set of a picture called Too Many Girls. Lucy was a 28-year-old contract player with a string of forgettable films under her belt. Ricky, at 23, was a dark haired romantically dashing, Cuban horn nightclub bandleader. The couple married six months later. While the fiery comedic red-headed Lucy nurtured a soaring Hollywood career, the darkly dashing Ricky toured the country with his rumba band. The Arnaz marriage, founded on celebrity and success, produced two children. Sadly, the relationship between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz began to fray with the strain of separation and volatile moments of infidelity and alcoholism. Their Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Special note should be made that VAV! first discovered Lindy on the street corner of Twitter and DeVine. First sight told us she had Vintage Star written all over those blonde locks and curvaceous figure. Dashing in for the scoop with our press hats tilted, VAV! soon discovered a bit more about this maven of marvelosity. Below, Lindy shares more about her vintage passion and in her own words, thoughts 'that she whipped up as if she were making a cake'. I believe I lived another life when Rockwell rocked and Elvis swayed. 'ForTheBettys' was first an outlet that I started in a blog. It was originally 'Vintage Vacuums & Dusters VS Pin Up'. That being a little lengthy I put together a vintage business plan and created the name. 'For The Bettys'. The name speaks of what the shop is, who I am and what you would come to know as someone like me as Betty. I sell vintage items from the 1940s and 1950s, both being my favorite eras. I can't tell you when I first started loving vintage, there wasn't really a moment that it hit me, however, it was more of a lifestyle that didn't fit with the rest. I never cared to follow fashion, I demanded it tailor to me. I love and strive for class, elegance and beauty in my clothing, hair and makeup. I look to the vintage "how to" books, magazines and old movies for as much information as possible. Have you put pin curls in your hair lately? How about Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
sleeping in curlers the size of soup cans for the perfect wave? Beauty is pain and I love every minute of it! If you follow 'ForTheBettys' on Facebook, you will hear me speak about "The Man of The House" as well as " The Kid". They are what keeps me going and my love for vintage. The man supports my habit (as he calls it) my disease of Pyrex love and the finicky and perplexed lifestyle of living in a house the size of a postage stamp. I have turned our little home into a 1950s time machine. There are only a couple modern items in the house, and trust me, they have vintage replacements just waiting to take their place. The Kid knows when something new has come in, when something is a little more delicate than the rest. His perfect response to anything is "Yes mom I know it is old". Smarty. I hope to one day be able to open a physical shop where I can display all of my Pyrex, have huge full petticoats hanging from the ceiling, and lovely low couches and club chairs for shoppers to sit on. Who knows, maybe if I find some fab salon chairs I may even think about doing retro hair styles...it is on my list of vintage things to do. So my darlings now you know, this Betty loves to wear old clothes that may smell like moth balls, sleep in pain for the perfect locks, and wear the most uncomfortable, but oh so darling, peep toe shoes! Why? Because, I'm a Betty and I love vintage clothing and housewares! It is not just my shop or the blog or the skirts, It is everything vintage. I wear Page 125
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By Holt Webb The Vanishing America Project looks to enlighten Americans on the fragile nature of our wildlife, our landscapes, and our own ways of life. Subjects include the great, but vulnerable, Okefenokee Swamp, the dying shrimping industry of the Atlantic coast, the uncertain fate of the Wild Mustang, and the search for authentic small-town life. Visiting 49 states, and traveling only by back roads, Holt seeks to capture scenes of America and American life that are all too easily forgotten in this age of technology, reality shows, and global commercialization. ~ Holt Webb We are deeply honored to share words and views from one of Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Never, never frown upon a piece of vintage cookware. Meet it with joy and open arms. Be assured, it knows more about the art than you. (Well, unless you're my 87-year-old grandmother who lives in a house that smells like angel food cake.) I'm writing about enameled cast iron from Belgium, Yugoslavia or Poland and copper sauté pans from France. Haunted cookware. Haunted by the meals they have brewed, simmered, sautéed and served, some for over 60 years. There is a spiritual element to a well-worn piece of cookware. With it comes a long history of trial and error that eventually gave rise to perfection. It's hard to capture the beauty of this Emile Henry rectangular dish in the photo above. It is very old. The crazing is poetic, like wrinkles from time. One might think it to be a map of Paris. This dish I purchased for $0.99 has cradled masterpieces. We often cover our pots, set a timer, and walk away never giving one ounce of thought to what's lies beneath. That's when the pot takes over and orchestrates the mix into a pièce de résistance. This seasoned cookware knows how to properly blend ingredients and make them sing.
By Ms. Shopping GoLightly It's odd that most vintage cookware comes from the thrift store or estate sale. Yes, many antique stores have kitchen sections but, they are largely assemblies of tea towels, teapots, gadgets, serving dishes, tins, flatware and more salt and peppershakers than the world will ever need. Honest vintage cookware is rare.
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They are cooking companions, friends you can count on. It's surreal to hold the brass stem of the copper sauté and have it almost tell you when to flip the crêpe. Sometimes I ponder the possibility of a séance around my island chopping block, inviting the women who once held these pots into my kitchen. Perhaps we might have tea and share our stories. Page 127
Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) Should you see a quality piece of cookware on the shelf at a thrift store, grab it, clutch it close to your heart, and race home. It will tell you what to prepare. You just have to listen. Vintage
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What a swoon...a beautiful VintageValentine pink- coat pin for the gardener or the gardener at heart. About 4" L and 2" W at the leaf's widest point. Leaves are crushed jade stone set in gold wire trim. Has a single pearl at the base of the leaves. The Radish is a pretty mix of pinks tapering to a milky white. Marked BSK...1950's -maybe early 60's. For a closer view and to purchase:Sage Hill Farms And Vintage Store
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Greetings and Salutations from Kitschlandia! Can you believe it’s February already?! My best friend, Midge’s brother-in-law’s neice is getting married this year! What an exciting time for a bride-to-be! BUT, it can be quite stressful for her, as well as her bridal party ! The Kitsch Bitsch is in the midst of designing some GLAM-FABULOUS Bachelorette Party and Bridal shower Invitations. These are for the bride who wants to be unique while staying glamorous and stylish at the same time. Not only are these invitations CUSTOMIZABLE but come with matching envelopes & postage. There are Page 128
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In the early 60's, at the height of the Twist craze, Joey Dee and The Starlighters rocketed to the top of the charts with a song called "The Peppermint Twist". The Peppermint Lounge, or The "Pep," on West 45th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in New York City, was the site where youth culture crossed generational and social boundaries. The Pep was rocking too, when this phenomenal fab group performed their hit before the audience. This one-time weekend gig was so popular that the group became the house band for the Peppermint Lounge! The Lounge became world famous during The Starliters' gigs, attracting luminaries such as Truman Capote, Jackie Kennedy and Judy Garland. The Ronettes would dance and perform alongside The Starliters as Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
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Vintage Allies Magazine (VAV! MAG) well while at the Peppermint Lounge, adding a unique 'twist' to the sounds. Joey Dee originally penned "Peppermint Twist," alongside producer Henry Glover, as a tribute to the lounge and the group took the song all the way to the top spot on the U.S. charts in late 1961. The tune would extend the Twist craze for another six months. The group, founded by Joey Dee of Passaic New Jersey, have been a part of American popular music for nearly half a century. Talented members of The Starliters, have come and gone throughout the ensuing years with the most famous line-up of Joey Dee and The Starliters considered to be Joey Dee, David Brigati, Larry Vernieri (vocals), Carlton Lattimore (organ), and Willie Davis (drums). Other notables of this smashing group would include Eddie Brigati, Gene Cornish, and Felix Cavaliere, as well as guitarist Jimmy James (later known as Jimi Hendrix) and Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers The accolades didn't stop. In 1961, Joey Dee and The Starliters filmed the movie "Hey, Let's Twist" for Paramount Pictures, starring Jo Ann Campbell and Teddy Randazzo. "Hey, Let's Twist" was a fictional portrait of Joey Dee and the Peppermint Lounge. This film capitalized on the Twist craze and the Peppermint Lounge. Hit singles spin offs from "Hey, Let's Twist" were the title track and "Shout - Part I," the group's second-biggest selling record, "Doin' The Twist At The Peppermint Lounge", and "All The World's Twistin' With Joey Dee and The Starliters". In 1962, Joey Dee and The Starliters starred in their second motion picture, Vintage Allies (VAV) Quarterly Vintage Magazine
"Two Tickets to Paris". One of the songs from this film, "What Kind Of Love Is This," by Johnny Nash, became a Top Twenty hit. December of 1962, the original Starliters held their final group recording churning out "Help Me Pick Up the Pieces," also by Johnny Nash, and "Baby, You're Driving Me Crazy," written by Joey Dee and Henry Glover. In 1963, Joey Dee recorded an album entitled "Dance, Dance, Dance", with The Ronettes as his backup group. And, the rest is history. JOEY DEE AND THE STARLITERS "Peppermint Twist" Well they've got a new dance and it goes like this (Bop shoo-op, a bop bop shoo-op) Yeah the name of the dance is Peppermint Twist (Bop shoo-op, a bop bop shoo-op) Well you like it like this, the Peppermint Twist It goes round and round, up and down Round and round, up and down Round and round and a up and down And a one two three kick, one two three jump Well meet me baby down at 45th street Where the Peppermint Twisters meet And you'll learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist It's alright, all night, it's alright It's okay, all day, it's okay You'll learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist Yeah, yeah Page 130
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