Father's Day barbeque
[ Madge's Story ]

Here’s to Dad on Fathers Day

Revisiting this post and adding some more photos.

Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there.
As many of you know, this blog and my vintage shop are dedicated to my maternal grandmother, Ora Madge Beals Meredith.  
But today I am giving a shout out to my wonderful dad – Jim Hill w...

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Department Store Museum
[ Livin' La Vida Vintage ]

The Late, Great Department Store

And now dear readers a story…Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, in an era long ago, there was the hometown department store. Now extinct, they were once found in every city. Larger cities had more than one, and they weren’t all called Macy’s.Owned and run by descendants of the founders, who ...

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The Loss of Shirley Temple and the Little Girl Dress
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Mourning Shirley Temple
and the Loss of the Little Girl Dress

Out for a walk, Madge ran into a next-door neighbor dressed in skinny jeans tucked into tall black leather boots.  Her long nubby sweater was capped off with a wool scarf, knotted just so.  She was so in style.  She was . . . in second grade.Shirley TempleShirley Temple Black passed away this month ...

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