We’re gonna party like it’s 1899! Vegan chef and food history geek Emily Zimmerman is back with her unique take on Victoria Day: a 5-course Victorian-inspired dinner party, re-imagined as a creative and delightful vegan feast. The Victorian English dinner party was a riot of conspicuous consumption; extant menus show a parade of complicated, expensive meat dishes, elaborate desserts, and finicky sides. It was a way to show off a family’s income, their cook’s skills, and their savvy about fashionable dishes. Even today, when most people think of a dinner party they think of dressing up, following the rules, and letting their hosts show off. Of course, at the Dep, (and in many of our homes) a dinner party is more about sharing … Read entire article »

AN Arts and Crafts detached home in an excellent location is for sale with agents Hunters. Number 29 Kettlebrook Road, Kettlebrook B77 1AB has been refurbished and modernised by the current owners but still retains many original features. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ It has four bedrooms, a luxury bathroom and an en-suite shower room. It also has two reception rooms, a good-sized rear garden, a loft room and a shower room. Offers over £249,950 are invited. In brief, the accommodation comprises porch, sitting/dining room, rear lobby, lounge, utility room, cloakroom, kitchen, lobby and bedroom/study on the ground floor; with three bedrooms, one with en suite, and a bathroom on the first floor and a loft room and shower room on the second floor. Instruct Pointons to sell your property for a 1% fee Terms: Valid for new … Read entire article »

Email ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Moonlit Beauty, winner of four stakes and almost $600,000, is by far the most accomplished member of the 12-horse field of Ontario-sired fillies and mares for Saturday’s $125,000 Ballade Stakes. But can Moonlit Beauty shine under the circumstances, making her first start of the season at a six-furlong distance that isn’t her preferred trip? “She does run better fresh, but normally, her first race each year hasn’t been her best,” said John LeBlanc, who trains Moonlit Beauty for owner and breeder Bill Gierkink and rides her in the mornings. “I’ve changed her training a little bit, working her stronger. She has natural speed, and I’ve never really pushed her much. I’ve pulled the trigger a little bit this year, because six furlongs is going to … Read entire article »

  The extremely popular biennial “Gems of South Orange” House Tour, presented by the South Orange Historical and Preservation Society, returns Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Six beautiful and distinctive homes representing a range of styles will be on view. What are they? It’s a secret – for now. “Following mystique-preserving precedent, addresses will not be identified until Tour day, except to say that they range from four fab floors of Victoriana to an open-plan ’60s masterpiece of minimalist angles, built-ins, and fine finishes,” according to SOHPA press release. The popular event, expected to attract 400-600 people, gives visitors the chance to glimpse not only exteriors but also the interior architecture and decor of the houses. Here’s a preview: one of the homes is a stone colonial perched on a ridge 530 feet above the valley that … Read entire article »

New research in the journal Intelligence suggests the Victorians were naturally cleverer than we are, and draws the startling conclusion that “the Victorian era was marked by an explosion of innovation and genius, per capita rates of which appear to have declined subsequently”. Psychologists have studied reaction times – apparently an indicator of intelligence – from the 1880s to the present, and discovered that they are slowing. Other factors such as health and diet mean overall intelligence is increasing, but the researchers insist our genetic IQ is in decline, a trend they attribute to clever people having fewer children than – how can this be put diplomatically? – less clever people. Leaving aside methodological questions and the dangerously eugenicist avenues down which such findings might lead, the report will give a … Read entire article »

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How do I love BBs? Oh, let me count the ways. I love, love, love the houses: those romantic, sprawling Victorians or other gracious old properties full of quirks and character, allure and atmosphere. Not to mention history, which positively seeps from their pores and envelops you in the night. So fabulous! I adore the decor: all those lovely antiques, soaked in the aura of days long past – wish I could take them home with me. Floral wallpaper? Can’t get enough of it. Knickknacks galore? They’re so warm and enwombing (and I don’t have to clean them). Overstuffed couches? Where better to lounge or laze, reading a book or chatting? And the chatting! There’s nothing more fun: The owners or caretakers are always so pleasant. And their tales of the BB biz … Read entire article »

By Jennifer Pearson PUBLISHED: 18:23 EST, 11 May 2013 | UPDATED: 18:23 EST, 11 May 2013 As she strolled around Miami Beach, there’s no doubt that all eyes were on Petra Benova. The leggy blonde looked like all she wanted was to relax as she headed to the shore for another afternoon of sunning and swimming. The Slovakian model and Miami staple was spotted strolling around her favourite city by the sea wearing a super short jean mini-skirt and not much on top. Sexy Slovakian: Petra Benova caused a pleasant scene when she stepped out in Miami Beach in pink bikini top and denim mini-skirt on Saturday She had on just a skimpy pink bikini top with little lace details that was tied at her neck and behind her back by thin strings. The star, whose pert derriere continues to make waves … Read entire article »

1. Gypsey what was your prime motivation and inspiration in creating your book Steampunk Magic: Working Magic Aboard the Airship? I am very involved in both the Georgian and Norse Magic Traditions, and a Steampunker; (if you can use that word). I teach Steampunk in South Carolina to librarians and own a Steampunk conference in the Upstate of SC. When I began looking at the application of the Victoriana and overlaid it on a working magical system the two just made sense. I didn’t start out thinking: “I’m going to create an entire new system of magic that no one has ever thought of before.” I wasn’t that naïve to think I could. I just started doing Steampunk and Magic … Read entire article »