Collecting Art Deco British china, vintage clothes, especially Anne Fogarty dresses, vintage knitting patterns (working on a keen twin set from 1939 now), vintage sewing, (well, actually all things vintage, especially 1930s - 1950s,) my early 1940s Singer in a deco cabinet, reading, writing, emulating Dorothy Parker, theatre (watching and perfoming), film, drinking gin, Pimm's, England, architectural history, reminiscing about 90210, monograms, engraved things, engraved monogrammed things, useless classic Hollywood trivia, engraved calling cards from Crane's, Waterman fountain pens with blue-black ink, wooden tennis racquets, with vintage all-white (there should be no other kind) tennis dresses on grass courts, Newport, artichokes, sparkly things, fuzzy things, sparkly fuzzy things, cocktail shakers, men's shirts with french cuffs and non-flashy cufflinks (on men, that is), vintage Lilly Pulitzer and Lacoste, Bakelite, phonographs, records, my green 1922 portable Underwood typewriter (a gift upon the publication of my first book), Heywood-Wakefield, Mid-Century Modern, rotary-dial telephones, black & white film (movies and photographs), sepia-tone, Brownie cameras, Kensington Ware, 1940s and '50s Pyrex, Bright Young Things, table lighters, cigarette boxes and cases, vintage lighters, franglais, French 75s, hors d'oeuvres, Dunhills, the Black Dahlia mystery, anachonistic pulp editons of novels, such as "The African Queen," F.Scott & Zelda, 1920s ex-pats, classic Hollywood costume design, using retro (1920s-'50s) slang, spelling everything the British and/or old-fashioned way, argyle socks...
I'd like to meet:
Anyone who's interested in The Good Ol' Days and vintage stuff, etiquette, readers, film buffs, Those Who Are Fond of Gin, etc. Also, Cary Grant, Remington Steele, Albert Campion, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Sara and Gerald Murphy, Anderson Cooper, Tom Drake (props to anyone who knows who he is!), Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Dylan McKay, Bradley Whitford and/or Josh Lyman, Campbell Scott, Mr. Darcy (of the Pride and Prejudice and/or Bridget Jones variety. I guess that probably means Colin Firth, too.) Gloria Vanderbilt. (Her advice to AC upon being asked what career path he should follow: "Wear pinstripes. They're slimming." A woman after my own heart.)
Which Classic Movie Actor Is Your Type?
Your Classic Movie Actor is William Powell! Whether he's swiging a cocktail or quiping, Powell is always the life of the party. His wit and ability for physical comedy made him one of the premiere stars of the 30s. Though his fiancee, Jean Harlow, died from what is widely accepted as an abortion; Powell would be a fun but maybe unhealthy choice for any young lady.
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Oooooh, I would be SUCH a good Nora Charles! (that's so not true about Jean Harlow, though, the poor dear.)
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Music:
Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Cake, BNL, Brian Setzer, BBVD, Harry Connick Jr, Chet Baker, Chris Isaak, Simon & Garfunkel, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis, Michael Buble, Michael Feinstein, Patsy Cline, Weezer, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Drifters, Dion, Beach Boys, Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson, Everly Brothers, Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini, U2, Beatles, James Taylor, John Pizzarelli, Garbage, Annette Henshaw, Paul Whiteman, Bunny Berigan, Harry James, Mel Torme, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Gertrude Lawrence, Noel Coward, Ray Noble, Al Bowley...
Movies:
You are a DEAD POET = You are the master of Dead
Poets Society trivia. Carpe Diem!
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You are NEIL PERRY. You're passionate and want to
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Which Swing Kids Character are YOU?
You are PETER! You are the main character of the movie, level-headed and strong-willed. You get the most out of the moral, and in the end, you just end up getting screwed anyway. It's like they say, "Nice guys finish last."
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(Um, apparerently Robert Sean Leonard is my alter-ego....)
Dead Poets Society, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade,(and anything else with Audrey), High Society (and everything else with Grace Kelly), Rear Window (and all Hitch except his v. late stuff), anything with Cary Grant, anything with Dana Andrews, How to Marry A Millionaire, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Tape, Swing Kids, A Place in the Sun, While You Were Sleeping, Two Weeks Notice, The Big Sleep, Casablanca, Mr. Roberts (all Henry Fonda), To Kill a Mockingbird, all Paul Newman, Charley, Never Been Kissed, All Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, Last Days of Disco, Barcelona), The Odd Couple, The Music Man, Pillow Talk, That Touch of Mink, That Funny Feeling, Kate and Leopold, Pulp Fiction, Swingers, anything with Fred and Ginger, anything with Jean Harlow, anything with Veronica Lake, anything with Lauren Bacall, anything with Bette Davis, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, That Thing You Do, The Misfits, It Happened One Night, The Thin Man, Sullivan's Travels, The Americanization of Emily, Reality Bites, The Thomas Crowne Affair (remake with Pierce Brosnan), How to Steal a Million (I guess I have a thing for art heist movies), Gilda, Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral (despite the fact that Andie MacDowell can't act her way out of a paper bag), Hope Floats, Mr. North, Sunset Boulevard, Gidget, Magnificent Obsession, Good News (Peter Lawford in anything), Two Weeks With Love...
Television:
The West Wing, Sudio 60, Law and Order (all of them, but mostly CI), CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Buffy, X-Files, Cold Case, MASH, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Dick Van Dyke, original episodes of the Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Get Smart, The Rockford Files, Remington Steele, Numb3rs, British mysteries on PBS and A&E (especially Poirot, Miss Marple (the definitive series with Joan Hickson, not that horrible recent series), Partners in Crime, Campion), To the Manor Born (best brit-com ever), Brideshead Revisited.
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Smart, sexy, and sassy, both the press and other staffers know not to mess with Claudia Jean. A natural at her job, the press secretary is sensitive toward women's issues and stands up for 'the Sisterhood.' Her wit and one-liners along with her lip synching ability are known across the land.
:: Which West Wing character are you? :: ...
Books:
Fitzgerald (F. Scott), O'Hara (John), Salinger (J.D.), Allingham (Margery), Christie (Agatha), Highsmith (Patricia), Chandler (Raymond), Lewis (Sinclair), Maugham (W. Somerset), Waugh (Evelyn), Steinbeck (John), Parker (Dorothy), Mitford (Nancy), Wilder (Thornton), Beckett (Samuel), Satre (Jean-Paul), O'Neill (Eugene).
Heroes:
Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly,Dorothy Parker, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Gerald and Sara Murphy, Albert Campion, Tommy & Tuppence Beresford, Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Bobby Darin, JFK, RFK, FDR, Max Perkins, Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, Frank & Joe Hardy, Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt, Dylan McKay, and the ASPCA.
