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Empire State Violet Pie: A Victorian New York Florality
Some people swear it tastes like soap and even its aficionados must admit that violet is an acquired taste. You can see it, as a color and you can pick it, as a flower – but taste violet? For nearly… Read More ›
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In Their Easter Bonnets: The Crazy Gabors, Zsa Zsa, Jolie, Eva & Magda
Greedy, vain, impatient, superficial, obtuse, rude, selfish, imperious. In fact, there were likely even occasional evidences of those qualities in the real lives of the Gabors, the family of mother Jolie and her three daughters Zsa Zsa, Eva and Magda… Read More ›
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First Ladies Not Big on Bunnies: White House Easter Egg Roll No-Shows
As National Mother, every First Lady has loved children more than any demographic. So, the history books would have us believe. Certainly that seems to be the case in observing the joyful interactions with little ones among the last seven… Read More ›
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First Ladies in China: Jackie Onassis Kidnapped, Pat Nixon’s Coat, Lou Hoover’s Pistol & Other Tales
On March 19, First Lady Michelle Obama became the fifteenth American First Lady who journeyed to China, six of whom went as incumbent First Ladies. She will be there until March 26. In telling the stories of her fourteen predecessors… Read More ›
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Presidents, the Irish & the Clinton St. Patrick’s Day Parties
Even if it took a century and a half, there were hopes to make the White House green from the start. Just two years after George Washington took his oath of office as the nation’s first chief executive, there was… Read More ›
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Changing a Dog’s Name: How Caesar Became Hudson
Perhaps I’ve a Northeastern tone when I say “scee” that didn’t quite correctly register with his Californian ear. Once he was ensconced in his new home, where he could clearly hear me without the exciting cacophony of his fellow Weimaraners… Read More ›
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A Movie Star First Lady: Nancy Reagan’s Hollywood Acting Career
You might have caught Michelle Obama on Youtube during one of her television appearances with Jimmy Fallon or Ellen DeGeneres. Or maybe you caught the web episode of the kids show iCarly when she made a guest appearance. Perhaps you… Read More ›
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All Wales that Ends Welsh: The USA’s St. David’s Holiday
San Franciscans may wear flowers in their hair, but if you spot someone with a leek in their hat today, it is more than likely they’re among the small but increasingly visible number of Americans proud of their Welsh ancestry…. Read More ›
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The Little Rascals & George Washington: A Small Lift in the Great Depression
There they were, big names among Little Rascals: Wheezer, Stymie and Spanky, along with lesser known Sherwood, (third from left), Kendall and Dorothy (second and third from right), clothes pressed and antics still long enough to gaze with well-behaved… Read More ›
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