Tag Archives: Tatania

Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Boxed Set Bargain Price

Posted on February 6, 2013 by splendidsummer

Grab your Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Boxed Set at a Bargain Price by clicking on the link below: Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Boxed Set Celebrate 1920s glamour and enjoy four stories in this special boxed set featuring romantic … Continue reading →

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Pacific Coast Steamship Company

Posted on January 16, 2013 by splendidsummer

Photo Credits Bjorn Larsson In their next adventure, Grace, Jack, and their magical cats, Tatania and Zeus, are on the trail of a missing person who was last seen at the Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s dock in San Diego. The … Continue reading →

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Splendid Summer

Posted on July 7, 2012 by splendidsummer

Please click on the link below to pick up your copy of Splendid Summer: Splendid Summer Praise for Splendid Summer: “Splendid Summer is a great romp, funny and fast-moving.” Lis C, avid reader. The Roaring Twenties are rocking again. Magical … Continue reading →

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Art Deco & Splendid Summer & Movies Contest

Posted on September 12, 2011 by splendidsummer

Art Deco, short for Art Decoratif, became celebrated during a 1925 Paris Exposition by combining Roaring Twenties glamour with daring geometric style.    Newly built Art Deco style theaters showcased elegant movies.    To celebrate Roaring Twenties Art Deco theaters, we’re having a … Continue reading →

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Thank You Petties for the Honor of Choosing My Tweet!

Posted on September 8, 2011 by splendidsummer

Thank you to the Petties for choosing my congratulations tweet to Modern Cat as one of your two best!  The Petties honor winning pet bloggers with awards of donations to the animal shelter or rescue of their choice http://dogtime.com/petties   This year, the … Continue reading →

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Splendid Summer

Posted on August 7, 2011 by splendidsummer

   Splendid Summer captures San Diego during the Roaring Twenties with its glorious Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Tent City, Dance Pavillion, Speakeasies, and Bathing Beauty Contests. Grace Wentworth’s plans for a splendid summer go awry when her guardian uncle dies … Continue reading →

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North Island Aviation and John D. Spreckels

Posted on July 25, 2011 by splendidsummer

                                       Photo courtesy of Patrick and Penny Matthews In Splendid Summer, Aviator Jack Brewster explains to Grace that John D. Spreckels sold Coronado’s North Island to the government during WWI.  North Island is the country’s premiere Naval Aviation base. Who was … Continue reading →

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Jack Brewster, Grace Wentworth and Tatania

Posted on July 19, 2011 by splendidsummer

“When I was born the Doctor slapped my mother.”   Jack Brewster quote. Aviator and Detective Jack Brewster barely made it out of WWI alive.  Some of his buddies weren’t as fortunate.  For those who fell, Jack will honor their sacrifice by ridding the free … Continue reading →

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Hemingway’s Cat is Missing — The Paris Wife

Posted on July 5, 2011 by splendidsummer

 Hemingway’s Cat is missing.    I felt drawn to The Paris Wife, Paula McLain’s novel written from the perspective of Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley, because A Moveable Feast, Hemingway’s own memoir of Roaring Twenties Paris,  has passages that remain indelible to me today … Continue reading →

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