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It Is Still the 20’s

Posted on January 2, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

Oh dear, I last posted on Monday and today is Thursday. I have had no Mohawk Valley Adventures to blog about. I have no profound thoughts to share about the new year, except to perhaps observe we are halfway through the Roaring Twenties and we seem to be wasting them. Then again, what did I think was going to happen. Speakeasies and bathtub gin? It was really not the thrill we make it out to be. A lot of the illegal alcohol was industrial stuff the bad guys added stuff to that was supposed to make it potable. Sometimes it did, sometimes not so much. The thrill, I read, was that you were taking your life in your hands every time you gave the password and ordered a “cup of coffee.” Yeah, great gamble. You win, you get a hangover. You lose, you go blind or die. Where was I going with this?

Me, pretending it was the ’20s in 2019.

I do enjoy the pretend 1920s, where we wear flapper dresses and listen to jazz music. Oh why not gloss over all the negative aspects? We are looking for entertainment not historical accuracy!

Here’s a suspicious group.

These shots were from a fundraiser at one of the Rutgers mansions in Utica, NY. Look how handsome my husband was (he’s the one on the left, you know, the handsome one).

I haven’t had a chance to wear this dress in a while.

Here is the last year I went to the fundraiser. I found the dress at a local thrift store. I fear the headband made me look more That Girl and It Girl, but it was the only way I could make the wig work.

Perhaps I could make one of my murder mysteries this year a 1920s theme (preview of coming attractions). In any case, I have blathered on for over 300 words. I’ll slap on a headline, call this a Non-Sequitur Thursday and drive on. As always I shall try for a better blog post tomorrow, and I thank you for tuning in.

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April Lame!

Posted on April 15, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

OK, I said I was going to make my Lame Post Friday post on Friday and here I am. Unfortunately, I got nuthin’. That should not matter on Lame Post Friday, but somehow it does.

Remarkably similar, yes?

I thought a picture might spark more words and found this one from April 2021. I confess it does not look a whole lot different from more recent pictures of crocuses, yet I cannot stop from taking pictures of what they look like this year.

J’accuse!

Here is a different April shot. I just SEARCHED through my posts from April 2019 to find that the title of this murder mystery was Murder by the Book. I am not inclined to also do a Google (or even a Duck Duck Go) search to see if “J’accuse” is the proper French spelling.

Earlier today I went to a wine tasting at Valley Wine and Liquor in Herkimer. I also spent some time sitting on my front porch, enjoying the weather. I sipped a little wine while I did so. I also spent some time planning my Mohawk Valley Adventures for tomorrow.

I need to get such a short ‘do again!

Just to give another picture from April, here are my friend Kim and I at Gerber’s 1933 Tavern in Utica in April 2017 for their Prohibition Party. I love to dress up!

Ooh look, I have gotten myself over 200 words. Not bad for a Lame Post Friday post, I say. Thank you for tuning in.

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Non Sequitur Movies and Post

Posted on July 10, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

I was going to call this a Throwback Thursday Post to when I decided to watch old movies on my day off. The only question is whether I will have sufficient pictures to make it interesting.

She is SO fabulous!

The first picture I see is of our second feature, Being Julia starring the wonderful Annette Bening.

Here is a revolting development: I cannot find illustrations for Rear Window, which we watched before, or Gosford Park, which we are watching now.

Point that portable keyhole!

I’ve loved Rear Window for years and often remember the first time I saw it, on a small black and white television in a crappy apartment in Potsdam, NY. Yes, the good old days, when we were neither good nor old nor were they days, they were nights.

Love the 1920’s styles!

That took me a long time, to find appropriate illustrations. The above is from Gosford Park, a rather delightful murder mystery set in the 1920’s, one of my favorite eras. I have written a couple of murder mysteries that take place in the 1920’s. I do not rule out writing a few more. People love the 1920’s. Is it the beads? Is it the booze? Is it the fringey dresses? Or is it the jazz music? So much to love!

It is also very enjoyable to write a blog post about watching movies on a hot and sticky night. Some people love summer. I do not. To each his own, as the old lady said when she kissed the cow.

Market, Motors and Memory

Posted on August 2, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

I went to the Clinton Farmer’s Market today. What a crowd scene! I brought my Tablet to take some pictures, but the only real photo op was a display of some vintage cars. The cars reminded me of a previous experience, so this may turn into a Throw Back Thursday post.

My companions at the market included my sister Cheryl and great-nephew Sheppie. We were the three who walked across the street to see the cars. I love classic cars.

I would love to tool down the road in this!

A fellow there showed us the engines of a couple of the cars and explained some of the mechanics involved. These were Franklin cars, which were apparently the best made at the time.

Cheryl and Sheppie.

The cars reminded me of a time I dressed in 1920’s garb and posed near an old automobile.

This is not exactly like the car in my memory.

I was unable to show my pictures of the other car at the time, but I can show them to my readers now.

Hmmm… not really like it at all.

Here is the car I remembered. It was parked in front of one of the Rutger Mansions in Utica, NY, for a fundraiser for the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica. But that isn’t the picture I really wanted to show.

I rarely ignore a chance to flash a little leg.

Yes, this is me, impersonating a society lush from the 1920’s.

My husband Steven and friends Kim and Wayne.

This picture was actually taken a year later than the previous one, but it us the same car.

I guess this also can count as a Non-Sequitur Thursday post, since I veered from farmers market to memories. Who says I can’t multitask?

Ruby But Not Rubbed Out

Posted on September 15, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

What an awesome poster!

I thought I would use today’s post to plug a fundraiser I will be privileged to participate in on Saturday. “Ritz and Ragtime” will benefit the Landmark Society of Greater Utica on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Roscoe Conkling House, 3 Rutger Park. There will be food, drinks, and entertainment. I will be part of the last mentioned.

I’m in the red dress, being strangled.

Longtime readers may remember a little event called Rubbed Out at Ruby’s, which was presented by LiFT Theatre Company at the Overlook Mansion in Little Falls. I wrote it and was featured as Ruby Van Rensselaer, a rich society lush, uh, I mean lady. I am going to reprise the role on Saturday. We aren’t going to present the murder mystery, or even a real story. We just get to dress up and interact with the crowd in 1920’s character. It should be fun!

I’m not sure how many of the original Ruby’s cast will be there, but I know some of us are really looking forward to it.

We are rather a suspicious-looking lot, aren’t we?

I wonder how it will be to mingle in character and not have to be dropping clues or even talking about the murder. I’m sure my improvisational skills are up to it (in other words, I like to make shit up). And if I miss the dead body, I’m sure there will be other murder mysteries. In fact, I may have a blog post about one soon (preview of coming attractions). In the meantime, here’s a chalk outline to dream about:

Alas, no chalk outlines on Saturday!

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