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Dear Friends, Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m a sucker for those films produced by the National Park Service. Just last week, My Honey and I watched “A Treasure in the Sea” when we visited the Channel Islands National Park visitors’ center (the center we visited was in the Ventura Harbor complex…it is a several hour . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Mr. Lincoln’s Springfield Dear Friends, I’m having most of my family over for dinner on Saturday for a birthday gathering with a twist. When I was asked how I wanted to celebrate the Big 5-0, I realized that I wanted to prepare an old-fashioned “Sunday dinner” type of meal for my family. I don’t get to play hostess . . . → Read More: Birthday Gathering Dear Friends, According to a front page story in today’s Wall Street Journal, the use of “dear” has fallen by the wayside because it seems too formal when sending a letter via email. According to to the article’s author, Dionne Searcey, it isn’t uncommon for people to begin email correspondence with “Hey, folks” and “Hi.” . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Writing Better Social Letters (1950) Every four years, Americans cast their ballots for president. Today is a “midterm” election but, as this film from 1945 shows, it is just as important because we are electing members of congress…part of the “checks and balances” system that makes our republic so successful as a governing system. This film was made during World . . . → Read More: Tuesday in November: A Nation Elects A Government When I was a girl, I loved it when filmstrips were shown at school, in chapel, or Sunday School. If the filmstrip had a record to go with it, I thought it was the height of technology. I can still hear the ding to alert the teacher to advance the filmstrip to the next frame. . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: If You Have a Bike (1958 Filmstrip) My summer is coming to a close for me. School starts for me on Monday. For many, school already started a couple of weeks ago! I am feeling wistful about this summer. I had all sorts of plans regarding what I was going to accomplish–and some I have–but “family” ended up being the theme for . . . → Read More: We’ve Been Having Fun All Summer Long… I think everybody should have a theme song that reminds them of the best of themselves and helps propel them toward their dreams (or, as we called it yesterday, “our moon”) and achieving the supposedly impossible. I’ve had various theme songs over the years–”One Moment in Time” by Whitney Houston got me through graduate school–but . . . → Read More: It’s a New Dawn, It’s a New Day I’m back. The most pressing family issue has been resolved (for the time being, at least) and my husband’s aunt and uncle are on their way to my in-law’s home after their short visit here. Have you ever looked at the meat cuts chart in your favorite cookbook and thought to yourself, “okayyyyyyyy…this isn’t really . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Know Your Meat (c. 1945)  5 comments - (Comments are closed)  Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, Theatrical Thursday  diet, Meat Grades Before there were dance competitions, there were dance parties. And the biggest name in dance parties was American Bandstand. On August 5, 1957, American Bandstand made its network premier on ABC. Before that, it was a local Philadelphia television show. Believe it or not, it was a daily 90 minute live show until 1961! The . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Bandstand! On July 29, 1957 Jack Paar began his stint as the host of the Tonight Show–changed to The Jack Paar Show–on NBC-TV. He was the host for five years. Mr. Paar’s version of The Tonight Show was very different than today’s. He preferred literary types over Hollywood stars trying to promote their latest movies. A . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Jack Paar Tries To Do a Polaroid Commercial |
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