Week-in-review

Life This Week: January 2, 1939

• Film: The Dawn Patrol, starring Errol Flynn, David Niven and Basil Rathbone
• Recipe: Escalopes de porc à la normande (Pork chops and apples in a cream/brandy/cider sauce)

Feasts and Festivals: Twelfth Night/Epiphany

• British Twelfth Night cake recipe
• Sprouted whole wheat flour
• No white sugar

Dinner and a Movie: The Three Musketeers

• Dinner: Vincent Price's Filets de poisson cardinal (White fish roulades with shrimp in a tomato/brandy/vermouth sauce)
• Movie: The Three Musketeers (1948) starring Gene Kelly, Lana Turner and Vincent Price

Anyone else counting down the hours until the premiere of season two of Downton Abbey? Paul and I can't wait! :-)

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Cary Grant portrait from Doctor Macro

Week-in-Review

First some housekeeping: You may have noticed I now have a custom domain name. It was an anniversary present to myself. I've included a link to follow the new domain on bloglovin'. Google Friend Connect should still work since I bought my domain from google. Also, if you follow through e-mail, you may need to sign up again. Sorry for the inconvenience! And thank you for being the best readers in the blog-o-sphere.



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Week-in-review and Screen-free Sundays

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Last Sunday was our first "Screen-free Sunday," meaning we went without both the television and the computer. We both spend most of the other six days on the computer, so we need a day where we can't be computer/DVD zombies. The Sunday New York Times took up the entire morning, but Paul got restless and started scouring the drip pans for our stove. I kept trying to tell him that we were supposed to be relaxing, but he said that's what he was doing! I spent the day working on finishing The Mystery of Edwin Drood, so I can record the film version Monday night on TCM, and playing solitaire with actual playing cards. In the evening, we ventured out and bought an obscene amount of imported cookies from World Market.

So--as you're reading this, we're in the middle of another Screen-free Sunday. I'll let you know how it goes!

Week-in-review, Autumn Photography and Earthquakes

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In other news, it's finally looking like autumn around here! Yippee!

Week-in-Review and November Film Recommendations

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November 2011 Film Recommendations:

Joan Bennett seduces Edward G. Robinson in Scarlet Street

Week-in-Review and More Dallas Photos

I've upgraded to flickr pro. We'll see how that goes, but it made sense since it's the easiest way to get photos from my computer (where I hook up my camera and iPhone) and Paul's computer (where the Photoshop is) and I like having a backup of my photos! I'll let you know how it goes.

The rest of my Dallas photos are up! They're not edited or anything, but I think it's kind of fun to see people's unedited lives every once in a while. :-)

My favorite Dallas photo:

Paul is just trying to eat his Chick-Fil-A in the food court at Northpark Center and I have to take a photo. This one makes me laugh every time. We love each other. Really.

Does anyone else feel like the last two weeks have been a blur? We were in Texas last weekend and my parents came to visit this weekend. We found some great antique-y things and ate cake--I'll post more about both later! Here's what was on the blog this week:

Life This Week: October 17, 1938
North by Northwest Guest Post
Dinner and a Movie: The Pit and the Pendulum

On the menu for today: checking all the e-mail that has piled up in my inbox over the past fortnight. Scary! One of my major failings is being consistently behind in checking e-mail, facebook, twitter, etc. I always laugh when I hear life coaches on TV advise people to lessen their stress by only checking their e-mail a couple of times a day! I obviously don't have that problem... Ah, technology. It's a love-hate thing.

I hope all of you are enjoying what's left of the weekend!

Week-in-Review and Road Trip Photos

Paul and I are enjoying a four-day weekend. Today, we're recovering from a fourteen-hour drive to Dallas and back! To check out photos from our trip, click here. I'll be uploading photos throughout the day.

Week-in-Review and Resources for People Who Like Old Stuff

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I just wanted to share a couple of fun finds with you. First off, the Rapidly Rotating Records podcast, which is a weekly show featuring 20s and 30s jazz and popular music from 78rpm records. This is my go-to dish-washing music! I hate washing dishes, so I have to give myself an incentive! You can find out more at the Rapidly Rotating Records website or iTunes.

Secondly, I really like the tumblr blog, My Daguerreotype Boyfriend. Its mission is to provide readers with early photos of attractive men, which is too much fun, especially for a gal like me, who happens to love going through old photographs. Unlike the bins of them at antique stores, My Daguerreotype Boyfriend usually has at least some information about the subjects. Here are a few of my favorite portraits:

Claude Monet, Robert Cornelius, Gustave Doré

Of course, I'm used to Monet looking like this:

:-) Hope you're having a great weekend!

Week-in-Review, Garden Progress and Vintage Silver

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Week-in-Review and October 2011 Film Recommendations

This week on The Past on a Plate:

 Interlibrary-Loan Tisane and Life This Week: September 19, 1938

 Peach Crisp and Murder

 Black and White Wednesday

Vintage Recipe Thursday: Baked Fish in Creole Sauce

Feasts and Festivals: Harvest Home

Fashion in Film Blogathon: Barry Lyndon

October 2011 Film Recommendations--all films are on TCM, times are CST:

Week-in-Review, "Flea Market Finds" and a Hair Update

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Life This Week: September 12, 1938 and Easy Peasy Soup

 Focus on Equipment: Peugeot Mills

 Way Back Wednesday: Renaissance Herb Tart

 Dinner and a Movie: Young and Innocent

 Monthly Mingle: Technicolor Vegetable Salad

Week-in-Review and more "Flea Market Finds"

This week on The Past on a Plate:

 Monday MinTisane

 Simple and In Season: Beetroot and Apple Salad

 Way Back Wednesday: Hannah Woolley's Poached Fish

 Focus on Ingredients: Raw Milk Cheddar

 Dinner and a Movie: Wings of the Morning

Check out Flea Market Finds at Her Library Adventures

I have to admit to not being much on buying souvenirs. I usually spend all of my money on antiques and  maybe some clothing, so I don't have a collection of souvenir shot glasses, or anything like that. Luckily for me, other people buy souvenirs. I found this transferware plate at an estate sale. It has an illustration of the Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg, which I've visited, but had no souvenir to prove it--until now! It's actually very similar to my Liberty Blue dishes, which you see quite often on this blog, except it's red, not blue, and has a colonial rather than revolution theme. If I remember correctly, this plate was under $10, so quite a good deal.

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Week-in-Review and "Flea Market Finds"

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September 2011 Film Recommendations

 

Faux Medieval: Bread-Machine Maslin Bread and Frank Cadogan Cowper

 

Way Back Wednesday: Hannah Woolley's Sautéed Green Beans

 

Currant Soda Bread

Dinner and a Movie: Dear Murderer

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I found the blog Her Library Adventures last week and thought the Flea Market Finds feature was too fun. So---

I thought this week I would share a great vintage amber-glass goblet my parents found for me. I think it's fabulous! Thanks Mom and Dad!