Hurrah for friends that take initiative. The Saturday before last, just before I headed off for my week-long of babysitting, I received a call from a girlfriend who's recently moved back into town. We'd been wanting to get together for some time, and she had the perfect venue: a vintage clothing expo being held that day in Elgin.


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I love vintage advertising. There's a jazz station here in Chicago that plays old-time radio shows on Saturdays, and we always get the giggles over the long-winded and awkwardly placed advertisements. Last weekend it nearly brought me to tears hearing the elegant Olivia de Havilland say sweetly, "There's just one more thing I'd like to say, Mr. ( Read more... )

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Just a quick post . . . the next few weeks are positively swamped for me, so I don't know how much I'll be posting . . . I'd appreciate your prayers. Although it's a bit more accessorized than my normal fair, I enjoyed my outfit so much today that I decided to post a pic after getting ahold of a camera. (Apparently Media Resources changed their ( Read more... )