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Smelling Sweet in the Regency: Beyond Floris (Part 1)

by Gail Eastwood Posted on April 12, 2021

(This rabbit hole sprouted a few tunnels and wound up as a multi-part series! I hope this topic interests you as much as it did me.) We’ll start with Floris first, before we explore everything else. If you don’t already … Continue reading →

Posted in Frivolity, History, Regency, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged Floris, Gail Eastwood, Jermyn Street, Perfume History, Regency Scents | 4 Comments

Regency era people you’d like to hang out with

by Elena Greene Posted on May 21, 2020

I’ve been running an Artist’s Way group (doing the program based on the book by Julia Cameron). We’re currently on Week 3, and one of the week’s tasks is to list five people you wish you could meet that are … Continue reading →

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Happy May Day (and more)!

by Gail Eastwood Posted on May 1, 2020

Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing, cuccu; Groweth sed and bloweth med, And springth the wode anu; Sing, cuccu! (words from a 13th century song) Happy May 1st 2020! I’ve been steeped in May Day customs recently as my next … Continue reading →

Posted in Frivolity, History, Holidays, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged Customs, Folk Customs, Gail Eastwood, History of Holiday Customs, Holiday Histories, May Day | Leave a comment

Looking for Luck in the New Year?

by Gail Eastwood Posted on January 3, 2020

New Year’s Eve has come and gone, and here we are, already three days into the new year. If you were hoping to increase your chances for a lucky year, it’s too late now for most of the folk lore … Continue reading →

Posted in Frivolity, Holidays, Reading, Research, Risky Book Talk, Uncategorized | Tagged Folk Customs, Gail Eastwood, Holiday Folklore, New Year Customs, New Year's Day, Regency Customs | Leave a comment

Haunted London

by Gail Eastwood Posted on November 1, 2019

If you do a Google search on “ghost sites london”, guess how many hits you can get? About 31.4 MILLION!! Needless to say, I am not going to claim that I went through all of those in putting together this … Continue reading →

Posted in Anything but writing, Frivolity, History, Holidays, Uncategorized | Tagged Gail Eastwood, ghosts, London, Spaniards Inn, Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Leave a comment

Shall We Dance? Part 3 -The Waltz

by Gail Eastwood Posted on July 25, 2019

Why does the WALTZ (or French “Valse”) fascinate us? I’m sure it’s partly because it was so scandalous during the Regency, and partly because we love the potential for romance when our heroes and heroines share the intimate dance. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Frivolity, Music, Regency, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged Dance History, Gail Eastwood, Regency dance, Waltz | 4 Comments

About All That Lace (and some pretty dresses)

by Gail Eastwood Posted on June 7, 2019

Before we get into the lace-talk, I just wanted to alert those of you on Facebook to a new Regency group (I know, another one!) that has formed. Last week I was featured at Regency Kisses: Lady Catherine’s Salon (no, … Continue reading →

Posted in Clothing, Frivolity, History, Regency, Research | Tagged Gail Eastwood, HIstory of Lace, Regency fashion, Women's Fashions 19th Century | 4 Comments

The Great British Baking Show!

by Elena Greene Posted on October 16, 2018

I’m finally starting to feel better after nearly a month of being down with a sinus infection. It’s really hard being that sick when you live alone. One thing that helped me through were friends who checked in on me … Continue reading →

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Something about snuff

by Gail Eastwood Posted on September 7, 2018

The habit of taking snuff is one of those areas of very authentic period life that seem distasteful to our modern sensibilities. If I wrote a hero who took snuff, be honest –wouldn’t your reaction be “eeeuwww”? He would instantly … Continue reading →

Posted in Frivolity, History, Regency, Research, Writing | Tagged Gail Eastwood, Regency habits, snuff, snuff boxes, snuff health effects, snuff users | 4 Comments

Familiar Foods From the Eighteenth Century

by Isobel Carr Posted on June 15, 2018

Today’s post is going to be short and sweet (pun intended). I’ve been coming up blank all week about a topic to post about (nothing was grabbing me). So last night I pulled out my copy of Hannah Glasse’s The … Continue reading →

Posted in Anything but writing, Food, Frivolity, History, Isobel Carr, Research | 2 Comments

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Category Archives: Frivolity

Smelling Sweet in the Regency: Beyond Floris (Part 1)

Regency era people you’d like to hang out with

Happy May Day (and more)!

Looking for Luck in the New Year?

Haunted London

Shall We Dance? Part 3 -The Waltz

About All That Lace (and some pretty dresses)

The Great British Baking Show!

Something about snuff

Familiar Foods From the Eighteenth Century

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