My most unbelievable family story ever

My mom and I went to see Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at a movie theater that plays retro movies every week. Half way through she leaned over and made a comment along the lines of, "Grandpa measured her at Harvard, I think." I did not know wtf she was talking about so I just assumed she was making a joke that went over my head and didn't really think twice about it. After the movie she said that either Jane Russell or Ava Gardner went to visit Harvard, and the anthropology club took her "scientific measurements" and gave her a human skull as a gift. Um, WHAT? The only thing crazier than that story is the fact that this was the first I had heard of it, ever. That's my grandpa on the right. This post might also be a good time to mention that he was also friends with Fred Gwynne, who played Herman on The Munsters and also went to Harvard. I've heard that story since I was a kid though. I wonder what other stories my family is keeping secret from me.

US Post Office Museum in DC

I have no excuses for not blogging since January(?), I'm just a terrible blogger. Recently I spent my spring break in D.C. Nothing went as planned, but it was still fun to do something different. I had planned on going to the Sewall-Bellmont House Museum which focuses on women's suffrage. They were doing renovations and only gave tours by appointment. That was not mentioned on the website, so if anyone is interested in going, call ahead! I look forward to going back to it sometime.

Instead I ended up going to the US Post Office Museum, mostly as a "joke" because it sounded like the most boring topic for a museum ever, so naturally I had to see what it was all about. Luckily, I could not have been more wrong! There were so many old photos, stamps, and models of cars, trains and planes. There really was a lot of vintage/retro goodness to drool over. They even had exhibits about the Titanic and the Hindenburg, which I never would have expected. They had a lot of hands on activities that would be good for kids. It really was a fun museum. Going along with the "bad blogger" theme, I did not bring a camera, so these are just a couple stolen phone pictures of a cute mail dog, and me being silly.

RIP Patty Andrews

Crappy Computer, Crappy Camera, Crappy Blogger

All of my technology is failing me! I can not stress how excited I will be once I have graduated, and have a (knock on wood) full time job again! Once this semester is over, and I do an internship over summer, I should be done!

My winter break was the perfect mix of being lazy, seeing friends, and working. I finally found the aluminum Christmas tree of my dreams, AND it was on sale! There was no way in hell I was going to set it up in the living room at my parent's house because we have trouble makers for pets, but I managed to find a "corner" of my bedroom to set it up in. Of course that means I have a totally justified reason to hunt for more vintage ornaments.

 Being the drag hag that I am, the absolute highlight of winter break was meeting Sharon Needles, the winner from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5!!! I gave her a PBR Kitten shirt that my friend had designed years ago, She literally shrieked over how much she loved it, and she gave me the longest and nicest hug ever! She was so sweet and I was so giddy and giggly over it for days. My friend and I also saw Willam, Detox, Vicky Vox, and Penny Tration at other shows. I was not kidding when I called myself a drag hag!

And in school news, I have to write a 25 page research paper about anything in history. The topic will be World War II and the impact on woman on the home front, and feminism in general. It would be great to be able to include some research on how WWII changed fashion too, but I'm just starting my research so that will just depend on what works or not. Either way, I have never been this excited for a research paper!

That's pretty much been my life in a nutshell.

Someone help me figure out the new blogger please!

I can not for the life of me figure out how to delete blogs I'm following. I've looked through almost everything, and unless I'm missing something obvious, I can't find any logical way to do this. I was just going to ignore it but recently it seems like many of the blogs I follow have new owners/topics and it's just too much too skip over anymore. Thanks so much and happy Thanksgiving for those that celebrate!

Life Update

This summer ended up being crazy busy. I had three jobs and a lot of changes in plans as far as roommates. It was quite the roommate/cat shuffle. C and M were moving out, and B and I were going to find a new place. B and I ended up having different needs as far as location/price so we ended up parting ways too. I moved back to my parent's house for the summer to save money. Right when I was about to go on my own house hunt, M called me and said he was being transferred back to his old job, and needed a roommate. SCORE! We went from living in a Victorian house to a strange 1913 apartment building that sort of reminds me of Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Grey Cat is mine, and White Cat was C's, but he lived with me for a while over the summer because she couldn't keep him at her new place. :( M ended up taking White Cat permanently before we knew we were moving back in with each other. Grey Cat needed a friend, so I got Mortimer. He was one of the couch kittens that a stray cat had behind my sister's couch. Unfortunately, the girl we were sub-letting from told us the wrong info about pets, and we didn't find out until after we were signing the lease that there was actually a strict 2-cat rule. Soo Grey Cat and Mortimer had to stay at my parents house, while I was reunited with White Cat and Cotton.

I have no idea if this is interesting to anyone, or if everyone is screaming, "OMG, shut up already!" to themselves. I thought it might explain my extreme lack of posting this summer. After typing it, it really doesn't sound as stressful or time consuming as it felt over the summer. I guess that's a good thing? Here are some cute kitty pictures at least:

Musical Monday: West Side Story

Musical Monday: Lucky Me

Couch Kittens!!!

In a post a while back, I mentioned that my sister had a stray cat that ended up having kittens behind my sister's couch. I was going to leave it up to fate. In the long run she ended up having more kittens than people to take them, so I got one!!! Here is Mortimer (named after the character in Arsenic and Old Lace):

It's not too hot for treasures

It's 102 degrees today. That's the number on the thermometer on our porch in the shade, and not factoring what it feels like because of humidity. GROSS! I did stop by a vintage store and bought this super cute kitty brooch!



I had two jobs and an internship most of May and all of June. I literally had two days off all of June. It was good for my wallet, but not for my blog. There was hardly time to do anything vintage related, and even less time to blog about it if I had. I did listen to a ton of Wanda Jackson and Patsy Cline on my commutes though. I hope everyone is having a fun summer!