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    Benny Goodman vs. Glenn Miller

    Well if yer gonna talk "art"... then rah-rah Benny Goodman! After all he had the impeccable taste to be so influenced by Fletcher Henderson ;)
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    Correspondence - Find a Pen Pal

    Apologies... ...for not yet sending out letters to my pen-pals (insert usual life-distraction story here). Fortunately this afternoon is free, the typewriter is oiled, and the envelopes and stamps are waiting at the side of the desk. :)
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    What's your favorite candy?

    Oh yes, Annabelle's candy company--a San Francisco (OK, now Hayward, CA) institution! Viva la Rocky Road! Are they distrubuted nationally, I wonder? (Parenthetically, it is so sad many Bay Area sweet-makers (i.e. Mother's Cookies, the Hostess plants in SF and Oakland, etc) have left the area...
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    Moleskine Notebooks; Have One?

    I have the small one (the size of an index card) for lists/notes/reminders, easier than firing up the PDA for writing notes...I like the "pocket" in the cover too! When I'm using a small purse I can just put ID, cash, etc in the notebook pocket and not have to carry a wallet.
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    What's your favorite Breakfast Cereal...

    Weetabix! Weetabix! (as a correlary to someone's post on another thread, me, I was born addicted to this and other Anglo comestibles).
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    Felt hat basics

    Good thinking! I have some vintage zipper cases that were meant to carry shoes while traveling that are hatboxish-shaped (slight taper)--I keep my delicate hats in them. I see the cases on ebay often.
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    What's your favorite candy?

    Thanks! :) Gee, all the Necco stuff you don't see out here--"Peg Bags"? "Window Boxes"?? I feel so deprived.
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    Anyone object to info from your posts being shared?

    Just my opinion, but posting one's writing on a publically viewable internet site (well I know a few forums here are member-only) implies de facto willingness of it being disseminated and read...
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    Keeping things cool

    Oh yep! :) I've read that putting a little lavender (i.e. essence or oil) in with the spray bottle of water has a amplified cooling effect. (I don't know how "masculine" lavender is considered nowadays...)
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    Vintage Makeup Favorites

    Re: which Coty powder... Translucent ("fragrance free" it says which is odd as it does as a faint (nice) scent). I know the drugstores around here have the Extra Coverage and another one, presumably the colored one.
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    What's your favorite candy?

    I recently tried Necco Wafers and alas, was not too taken with them, but I do like Necco SkyBars...Clark bars...and Planter's Peanut bars. Also Coffee Crisp (which seems to be mainly a Canadian treat but is available in the Bay Area).
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    How to Pull Off a Look

    (and an Aside re: ties) Looks pretty sharp! :) If it's not too OT, I had a question re: ties (since I saw ties were being discussed upthread). I was watching some late 30s movies last night and noticed when some of the characters removed their jackets, the *back* of the tie wa a good 3"...
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    Favorite comfort food . . .

    Re: grilled cheese sandwich Of course... and don't forget the bowl of Campbell's Tomato soup on the side! (Geez, I remember when it used to be around 19 cents a can...what happened? :eek:)
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    Taxi Dancers and Jazz Bands

    Hi! I'm sorry this is probably almost no help, but I was browsing in a used bookstore recently and noticed a sociologist's book on taxi dancers and dancehalls in the USA, I think published in the 1970s or 80s. So that might be something to look for if it's useful to you (I don't have the...
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    Favorite comfort food . . .

    Have you tried the St. Francis Fountain at 24th and York? VAlencia 6-4200.
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    How'd you round out your collection of Whatever? (w/ jukebox)

    Greats post(s) and tunes, Cousin Hepcat! :) That *is* very elaborate! :) I assume the names and equipment details are real to give verisimilitude to the story? :cool2: Me, unfortunately I don't have any large, almost-complete collections of anything, just small, very-incomplete...
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    Smokers in films

    Funny, I was thinking the same thing after just watching "Young Man with a Horn" with Kirk Douglas :)
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    What Can't you Do...

    Not to sound too neurotic but... ...leave the house! :) Even if I run to the corner store in dungarees I have to put on lipstick and at least a scarf for my hair or something. (Would that others suffered from my affliction... ;)
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    Cool Wishes For California

    The Poet Laureate of the Fedora Lounge! :eusa_clap ;) Well, here in San Franstinko, I just came home wearing 2 sweaters and a jacket! Hopefully those chill breezes are blowing southward!
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    We're having a baby!!!

    Mazel Tov! :)

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