Life Magazine 1957
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A Slice of Life, October 7, 1957

Madge loves vintage advertisements.  You can read all of the history books you want but to see how Americans really lived pick up a vintage magazine and flip through the pages. Here's a slice of  Life, October 7, 1957.

My Dream Kitchen

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Song parodies
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Song Parodies
Doing the Masochism Tango

The announcement of  the movie WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story,  got me thinking of all the great song parodies through the years. and the artists who made those songs famous.  My love of the genre begins with Spike Jones and his City Slickers.  I blame my mom.

Spike Jone...

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Vintage intermezzo
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Value of Vintage – Norma Kamali, Iris Apfel & Stephanie Solomon

Originally published in 2017.
Vintage Intermezzo, with Norma Kamali, Iris Apfel & Stephanie Solomon
Intermezzo, a fashion and accessory wholesale trade show held twice a year at the Javitz Center in New York City, did something revolutionary this month. In addition to the regular wholesale booth...

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Bluffton South Carolina
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A Pleasant Low Country Afternoon in Bluffton South Carolina

A Pleasant Low Country Afternoon in Bluffton South Carolina
Madge met a gal pal last week to have lunch at one of her favorite shopping areas in the low country – historic Bluffton, South Carolina. If you are not familiar with the low country, it covers the coastal areas of Georgia and South Caroli...

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