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Tag Archives: Prohibition
Best Of Blog: Lipstick at the 1920s New Yorker
This post originally appeared in October 2011. I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for five years. With her love for cocktails and wit, Lois Long reviewed speakeasies for The New Yorker. She signed her articles “Lipstick” and defined 1920s Flapper … Continue reading
Toast the Repeal of Prohibition on December 5, 2013
Toast the 80th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition on December 5, 2013 with your favorite libation. Before Sex and the City, there was Lois Long, writing for The New Yorker in Roaring Twenties Manhattan. I noticed the homage to … Continue reading
Posted in Patriotism
Tagged Amazon, FDR, Ken Burns, Lipstick, Lois Long, Prohibition, Repeal of Prohibition, The New Yorker
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Prohibition Left Sacramental Wine at the Altar
In Splendid Summer, Grace Wentworth discovers a winery’s secret to staying solvent during Prohibiton — it held the contract for altar wine with the Southern California Archdiocese. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution exempted imbibing wine for sacramental reasons. Congregations … Continue reading
Posted in Roaring Twenties
Tagged Budweiser, Prohibition, Sacramental Wine, Splendid Summer
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Prohibition, Al Capone, and Got Milk?
Imagine Al Capone in a Got Milk commercial. When I watched Ken Burns’ Prohibition with a nice Merlot, I heard a jaw dropping statement attributed to Al Capone. He considered entering the dairy business because “more people drank milk than … Continue reading
Posted in Roaring Twenties
Tagged Al Capone, dairy farming, Got Milk, Ken Burns, Prohibition
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Lipstick on Martinis
” With her love for cocktails and wit, Lois Long reviewed speakeasies for The New Yorker. She signed her articles “Lipstick” and defined 1920s Flapper style. She would famously show up at The New Yorker at about 4 a.m. without … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, Beauty, Roaring Twenties
Tagged Flappers, Ken Burns Prohibition, Lipstick, Lois Long, Martinis, PBS, Prohibition, The New Yorker
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Flapper Fashion
The Prohibition Era flask in a garter belt was optional. Bobbed hair was mandatory. Beaded wrist purses carried art deco compact mirrors for checking rouged knees between dances. Scalloped hemlines embodied the defiant freedom Flappers embraced with fashion. “In his blue gardens men and girls came and went … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Roaring Twenties
Tagged F.Scott Fitzgerald, Flapper Fashion, Prohibition, The Great Gatsby
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Speakeasies and Kindles
Photo courtesy of Patrick and Penny Matthews In Splendid Summer, Grace Wentworth asks Jack Brewster, “Do you know all the speakeasies in Southern California?” “No”, Jack replies, “Only in San Diego.” When Prohibition began in 1920, and the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alchohol became … Continue reading
Posted in Roaring Twenties
Tagged Grace Wentworth, Jack Brewster, Kindle, Prohibition, Speakeasies
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