Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
That’s my bottle, I thought as I approached one of two tables at the auction house filled to the brim with all sorts of wine and liquor bottles. It was in the shape of an…
Posted in Advertising, Animals, bottles, and collectibles
I was standing at a second table I had set up for my block’s annual yard sale when I overheard a mother talking to her son. The boy was about 5 years old and she…
Whenever I see a vintage cookbook, I quickly reach for it and open it up. I’m usually looking for interesting recipes to try or sweet stories to read. At auction recently I thumbed through one…
When I saw the pictures of the children in the book, it took me back decades. When I was a child they were like our fictitious rich cousins, always enjoying their good life, with me and millions…
Posted in Books, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Home
I seem to be drawn to cookbooks from way back. I’m curious about the recipes and their ingredients, and how different foods and dishes were prepared then compared to now. I am just as intrigued when…
Posted in Culture, Equipment, and Health & Medicine
I had washed my hands – as we all should – with soap from the dispenser and hot water in the auction-house restroom when I turned to my left and was faced with two choices:…
Posted in Kitchen, and Uncategorized
There was nothing distinguishing about the two dinette sets – except their age, and the warm and homey memories they stored. They were dinette sets from the 1950s, one with deep yellow upholstery and the other in…
When I saw the two orange absentee-bid stickers attached to the box of faded letters, I instantly asked the auction staffer to see them. I figured if two people wanted the letters, there must be…
