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February 12, 2017
1950s Ladies Gloves
Ultra-feminine
Ladies gloves
Ladies Gloves saw a resurgence during the ‘50s, when clothing became ultra-feminine and formal after the war. Accessories were very important, and a matching hat, bag and gloves had to perfectly finish off an outfit.
Most women wore gloves when out in public during the day, especially in the first half of the decade. Daytime gloves were wrist-length in leather or suede in neutral colors or plain white. Jackie Kennedy wore wrist length white gloves for most of her public appearances. She was a model for the decade as to how women should dress.
Gloves came in a number of other lengths, cuts and colors. The scalloped gauntlet remained common as well as long plain gloves. Button details, bows, embroidery, and ruffles adorned many day styles. Peach, pink, and baby blue were all great colors for spring.
Evening gloves were usually worn, elbow-length, and came in satin or nylon, matching the dress. Big sparkly bracelets were often worn over the top. Evening gloves dyed to match a formal dress were ideal for long gloves. Alternatives were sheer net or short lace gloves in a harmonizing color.
For pictures go to http:// vintage1950s.blogspot.com/
Ladies gloves
Ladies Gloves saw a resurgence during the ‘50s, when clothing became ultra-feminine and formal after the war. Accessories were very important, and a matching hat, bag and gloves had to perfectly finish off an outfit.
Most women wore gloves when out in public during the day, especially in the first half of the decade. Daytime gloves were wrist-length in leather or suede in neutral colors or plain white. Jackie Kennedy wore wrist length white gloves for most of her public appearances. She was a model for the decade as to how women should dress.
Gloves came in a number of other lengths, cuts and colors. The scalloped gauntlet remained common as well as long plain gloves. Button details, bows, embroidery, and ruffles adorned many day styles. Peach, pink, and baby blue were all great colors for spring.
Evening gloves were usually worn, elbow-length, and came in satin or nylon, matching the dress. Big sparkly bracelets were often worn over the top. Evening gloves dyed to match a formal dress were ideal for long gloves. Alternatives were sheer net or short lace gloves in a harmonizing color.
For pictures go to http:// vintage1950s.blogspot.com/
February 5, 2017
1950s Shrimp Cocktail
Las Vegas made Shrimp Cocktail popular in the western states in the 1950s. People would visit Sin City and return home wanting of more the tasty shrimp. The Flamingo Hotel and Casino along with shrimp cocktail is featured in one of the scenes in DESERT ICE, a hard boiled murder mystery.
SHRIMP COCKTAIL
for the shrimp:
8 cups (2 quarts) water
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 medium lemon, thinly sliced
3 fresh Italian parsley sprigs
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 pounds (21/25-count) shrimp, peeled except for the tails and deveined
for the cocktail sauce:
1 1/2 cups ketchup
1/4 cup prepared horseradish
1/2 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more as needed
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco
for the shrimp:
Combine everything except the shrimp in a 4-quart saucepan or pot over high heat and bring it to a boil.
Add the shrimp, stir, and remove the pan from the heat. Cover with a tight fitting lid and let sit until the shrimp are opaque and just cooked through, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, line a baking sheet with paper towels and set it aside.
When the shrimp are ready, drain them in a strainer set in the sink. Transfer them to the prepared baking sheet and arrange in a single layer, removing and discarding any solids from the poaching liquid that have stuck to the shrimp (discard the contents in the strainer as well). Let sit until cooled to room temperature, about 10 minutes
Transfer the shrimp to a large bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day. Meanwhile, make the cocktail sauce.
for the cocktail sauce:
Stir all the ingredients together in a medium bowl. Taste and season with more pepper as needed. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill until ready to serve. Serve the shrimp with the sauce for dipping.
SHRIMP COCKTAIL
for the shrimp:
8 cups (2 quarts) water
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 medium lemon, thinly sliced
3 fresh Italian parsley sprigs
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 pounds (21/25-count) shrimp, peeled except for the tails and deveined
for the cocktail sauce:
1 1/2 cups ketchup
1/4 cup prepared horseradish
1/2 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more as needed
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco
for the shrimp:
Combine everything except the shrimp in a 4-quart saucepan or pot over high heat and bring it to a boil.
Add the shrimp, stir, and remove the pan from the heat. Cover with a tight fitting lid and let sit until the shrimp are opaque and just cooked through, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, line a baking sheet with paper towels and set it aside.
When the shrimp are ready, drain them in a strainer set in the sink. Transfer them to the prepared baking sheet and arrange in a single layer, removing and discarding any solids from the poaching liquid that have stuck to the shrimp (discard the contents in the strainer as well). Let sit until cooled to room temperature, about 10 minutes
Transfer the shrimp to a large bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day. Meanwhile, make the cocktail sauce.
for the cocktail sauce:
Stir all the ingredients together in a medium bowl. Taste and season with more pepper as needed. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill until ready to serve. Serve the shrimp with the sauce for dipping.
January 28, 2017
The Wrong Door Raid Scandal
While researching DESERT ICE I found one of the most famous and humorous scandals to ever rock Hollywood involved Marilyn Monroe and her second ex-husband, baseball player, Joe DiMaggio. Their relationship wasn’t always the "sunshine" the press made it out to be. The scandal was known as the Wrong-Door Raid, it occurred in the night of November 5th, 1954, at 8122 Waring Ave, West Hollywood. P.I. Barney Ruditsky, former NYPD detective, was hired by DiMaggio to follow Monroe. Ruditsky saw Monroe's car and called DiMaggio. He agreed to the raid. It was the wrong house!
Then 3 years later Frank Sinatra’s house was raided, ending with him being arrested with “a conspiracy to commit malicious mischief.”
After reading about these "scandals", I chuckled at how much more comical than serious this was and decided to mention it in DESERT ICE. Then, after further reading I realized it was not made public until almost a year later. Amazing!
For pictures of the scandal go to: http://vintage1950s.blogspot.com
Then 3 years later Frank Sinatra’s house was raided, ending with him being arrested with “a conspiracy to commit malicious mischief.”
After reading about these "scandals", I chuckled at how much more comical than serious this was and decided to mention it in DESERT ICE. Then, after further reading I realized it was not made public until almost a year later. Amazing!
For pictures of the scandal go to: http://vintage1950s.blogspot.com
January 19, 2017
Fedoras, Men's Hats 1950s
1950s Men's Hat
The Fedora or Trilby Hat
This hat style never went out of fashion but old blue eyes, Frank Sinatra, certainly helped keep it in style throughout the 1950’s. He wore all types of fedoras but it was this late 1950’s stingy brim fedora that really made a lasting impression on hat history.
Go to: http://vintage1950s.blogspot.com/
The Fedora or Trilby Hat
This hat style never went out of fashion but old blue eyes, Frank Sinatra, certainly helped keep it in style throughout the 1950’s. He wore all types of fedoras but it was this late 1950’s stingy brim fedora that really made a lasting impression on hat history.
Go to: http://vintage1950s.blogspot.com/
January 10, 2017
New Release
DESERT ICE is the third in the Skylar Drake Murder Mystery series. My husband and I cowrite this series, and yes we are still married!
Synopsis
In 1955, a missing Marine and stolen diamonds lead Private Eye Skylar Drake to Sin City, where the women are beautiful and almost everything is legal—except murder.
The FBI and a Las Vegas crime boss force him to choose between the right and wrong side of the law. All the while, government secrets, sordid lies and trickery block his efforts to solve the case.
Common sense tells him to go back to L.A. but is gut tells him to find his fellow Marine.
Excerpt
This was the first Veteran’s Day Parade I’d attended since I got back from Korea. Seems like a lifetime ago. Claire wanted to go every year, even offered to make it a family affair... I never took her up on it.
Standing at attention, I saluted as the color guard passed. Next came the tanks and trucks and I was transported back to my time in the Corps. A pretty young girl dressed in red, white, and blue approached me with a basket full of tin American flag lapel pins. She held one out to me. The paper tag attached to it read Veteran’s Day, November 1955, but my hands wouldn’t come out of my pockets.
“Here sir, take one, they’re free.”
I reluctantly pulled out my hand. She placed one in my palm, and smiled and turned away. The cadence of the drums sounded like artillery as a formation of jet fighters passed overhead. I was back in Korea on Jeju Island, snow, guns, bombs... I shut my eyes and clenched my fists.
A woman wearing a big hat bumped into me. “Oh, excuse me sir.”
Slowly I opened my hand. The sharp edges of the flag pin were stained with my blood but I didn’t feel a thing.
“You should get something for that hand,” she said.
I couldn’t move.
“Come.” She led me to a hot dog stand and handed me a couple of paper napkins.
I leaned against a chain link fence, wrapped the tin flag in a napkin and dropped it in my pocket. I looked down at my blood smeared hand, the one that took shrapnel at Jeju. My head spun. I leaned forward until my head rested on the fence. “Keep breathing,” I told myself.
“So you’re a vet,” the lady with the hat said. “Korea?”
I nodded.
She lit a cigarette. “Here.”
I shook my head. “No thanks.”
“Suit yourself.” She hung the cigarette in her mouth and took my hand. After she wiped the blood, she wrapped another napkin around my palm.
“Just a minute.” She disappeared into the crowd. I stepped back and rested against the chain-link, staring at the tops of the trees. She returned and handed me a cup of coffee. I don’t know why, but my hand shook when I reached for the cup.
“It was pretty tough over there.” Her large hat covered most of her face.
I nodded, “How would you know?”
“47th M.A.S.H., Ouijonbu.” She joined me against the chain link fence and sipped her coffee. There wasn’t much more to say. After a few moments I looked at her. “Jeju Island, 1948. We got caught up in the rebellion.”
She held out her gloved hand. “I’m Nancy.” Still hidden under her hat she said,, “Pleasure to see you again, Mr. Drake.”
I studied her. “Have we met before?”
“We have a mutual association with an Officer Graves of the LAPD.”
I spit out the coffee and threw the cup in the trash. “Did that ass send you to...?”
Nancy shook her head. “No, he didn’t.” She took out a jeweled compact, held it at an angle and looked behind her with the mirror. “I didn’t say I knew him. I said you and I had a mutual association.”
Still checking behind her, she whispered, “Meet me at Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights."
I hope you enjoy DESERT ICE and the rest of the series.
January 3, 2017
New Release
Great news!! DESERT ICE our third book in the Skylar Drake Murder Mystery series will be released January 15, 2017. My cowriter is my husband and yes, we are still married! Go to: http://www.janetlynnauthor.com/
September 9, 2013
Anniversary of South of the Pier
September is the second anniversary of my first novel! To celebrate, I am offering South of the Pier for FREE until Friday, September 13. How’s that for luck? Click on the link below to choose the format you wish and download the book for FREE:
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