tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61031804250574873772011-10-10T03:02:46.259-07:00Loveliest of all, the magic of this Bungalow shall remain in your heart for all the days of your life..1930s Glamour intermingled with 1940s Homefront Attitude and Style! Hubba, Hubba!Jolenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962232924050995528noreply@blogger.comBlogger921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103180425057487377.post-85034096605647031262011-09-20T16:12:00.000-07:002011-09-20T17:51:58.620-07:00

Well, hellooooo my fine and gentle readers!  How are you dahlings?  Do you know what? Do you?  I could barely,  BARELY wait to share the news that Quite The Stir Bungalow at 500 West Middle Street in historic Gettysburg, PA is now ready to once again serve up delicious and delicate teas on Tuesdays and

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It's going to be beautiful today in many places across the USA. AND, I most certainly AM  traveling everywhere in my Mercury! Why not take advantage of the gorgeous weather, I asked myself? Get outdoors, slip into something more comfortable... a delicate silken blouse and 'nipped at the waist' cotton skirt with a draped overskirt...for effect.  Then to put the convertible top down and take a

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I Soooo (sooo for a tad more dramatic effect) miss The Thirties to Forties AND I wasn't even THERE! How many times have you looked in the mirror and be~moaned..."I soooo miss the '40s?" No, now, I'm not talking age (we're all ageless and priceless anyway), I'm talking decades!"   Here's what I think I shouldn't have missed HOW's About YOU?     1.  Hollywood, The Glamour, The Glitz and

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The merger of two entrepreneurs' dreams became one of the largest snack food companies in the United States. In fact some reports say this snack food accounts for 59% of the U.S. snack chip industry! Were talking Frito-Lay! Who knew and you want to hear more? Back in 1932, C.E. Doolin, happened into a San Antonio cafe, and bought a bag of corn chips. That's when and where the crispy history of

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Find Quite The Stir Bungalow in The Pages of The VAV! Magazine AND on the Vintage Allies Web Pages Too!

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This is entertainment . . . coming to our readers and listeners soon. . .through Vintage Allies (VAV!) web pages and via a brick and mortar homefront radio broadcasting station. Coast to Coast, Vintage Allies will be bringing live and pre-recorded broadcasts, interviews, reviews and commercials to the listening audience. It is time again, for those lazy days by the pool with the family, for

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The O.W.I.'s famous Poster No. 20, A Homemaker's War Guide. The Office of War Information enlisted the support of all major Radio networks to devote hundreds of hours of broadcast time each week to inspirational, informative and patriotic messages and updates on the status of the troops. The OWI also produced thousands of patriotic and informative posters throughout the period. Poster provided

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January 2, 1941, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was recorded by The Andrews Sisters in Los Angeles, CA. The song was heard in the movie, "Buck Privates", starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. These vivacious sibling talents will forever be associated with their very active patriotic entertainment duty during World War II and the culture of the era. During the 1940s, the Andrew sisters found

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The Office of War Information enlisted the support of all major Radio networks to devote hundreds of hours of broadcast time each week to inspirational, informative and patriotic messages and updates on the status of the troops. The OWI also produced thousands of patriotic and informative posters throughout the period. One of its most famous posters, the O.W.I. commissioned Norman Rockwell to

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By Starlight Reporter Geraldine Doyle, the woman featured in the iconic WWII-era "Rosie the Riveter" poster above, has died at age 86. This image would eventually become the central face of Rosies everywhere and serve as the rallying cry for an entire social movement." Rosie the Riveter was one of the most widely known personas of the 1940s. With her hair in a polka dot kerchief, sleeves rolled

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In 1937, the Lincoln Tunnel in New York opened to traffic, passing 1.5 miles under the Hudson River and connecting Weehawken, N.J., and Manhattan in New York City. The Tunnel was designed by Othmar H. Ammann, designer of many of the 20th century's greatest bridges including several in New York. Construction on the Tunnel, which runs under the Hudson River and connects New York's Manhattan with

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There are few identifiable toys that have transcended beyond the passage of time, and are able to retain notoriety despite all the other competitive products to contend with today. The Frisbee is one such product that is both incredibly simple, and a great deal of fun to play. The Frisbee has origins with William Russel Frisbie who founded the "Frisbie Pie Company" in 1895 at Bridgeport

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The Long Awaited Vintage Allies, VAV! has arrived!And we're not just whistling Dixie either! Join us in the first ever world wide American VINTAGEMulti-Media Mixed Broadcasting web pages,on-line magazine and brick 'o mortar broadcasting station. Can't get enough Vintage? Colonial through to the 1960s BABY WE WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU. Want to visit the Ladies Parlour?Stop by the After

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Welcome to Vintage Allies Variety Broadcasting © VAV! VAVulous Broadcasting! Join us on FB at Facebook IS The Place for Vintage Allies Variety Broadcasting© VAV! or Vintage Allies (A Vintage Masterpiece Under Construction) or   - We are a truly integrated iconic Vintage Lifestyle media platform with a monthly on-line magazine, a Vintage radio resource AND a Brick/Mortar Golden Age

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Hither and yon our 1947 Woodie exponentially roams ever so far from our home(s) !  The miles upon miles upon miles tipple behind us! Gentle readers? Do you have your art hats on?! The next slippery slope were slipping into from the high dive is IS?  IS?  IS? (Titillation builds here!) THE National Musuem Of American Illustration Here?  You'll be amazed to see an art collection primarily

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Gentle Readers?  Could IT possibly BE?Is THAT Quite The Stir Bungalow, Gettysburg, PAstraight ahead and locked in my vintage sights? OH BUT YES! TIS! Looks Like IT IS TIME... HIGH Time to take another Break from our 1947s Woodie Route!  We're headed, full tilt onto the 1940s Bungalow...Quite The Stir Bungalow.   (Alright, I'll admit I AM shamelessly sharing this delicious cinema below, but you

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1937 Tilt-a-Wheel Gentle Readers?"I SO Want To Express Myself At The Carnivals"! Don't you simply just reach Dizzying Heightsthinking about the pleasures of good old fashioned AmericanCarnivals, Fairs, Church Socials, Cake Walks and Cat Walks?(Well, maybe not actually cat walks, but it could happen, pon my words!) As promised in "yon early on" Blog...We're pulling the brakes on this now

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LOOK MOTHER?! IT'S AN AMERICAN TRADITION! THE CARNIVAL! Our All-American Roadtrip in the 1947 Woodie doth begin! Are you with me gentle readers, dahlings, Mothers and others?  The windows of "this wood paneled wagon" are cranked full down to the nubbie for a most delightful upshot of wind "a whippingthrough our tendrils of hair"! Should have worn the kerchief or cap...you're thinking most

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Gentle Readers...let's do gather our baggage and roll out the 1947 Woodie! We're headed 'ore the bi-ways and hi-ways of America on a splendid ROAD TRIP! We'll belaying heated rubber atop the asphalt pavement, careening one way streets the wrong way, navigating hairpin curves of  delight and excitement,and bumping down ivy tangled dusty back country roads looking for lovers and others...

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Rule Number 1, Gentle Readers?  Wherever there are women, there are bound to be men.  Rule Number 2, Gentle Readers?  Wherever there are women, there are bound to be the needs for beauty essentials, hair styles, make-up and fashion. Naturally, this need is a sincere response to these abounding men and a myriad of other reasons as well! Alright, so Jolene Bungalow Gal stretched Rule Number 2 a

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It's entirely time to have a bit of Girl Time 1940's Girl Time, that is!  What were the the hairstyles and their trends of a "heyday ago"? Oh, you may be surprised at naughty and nice! COMING SOON! Go on Now? Pamper Yourselves until Jolene Bungalow Gal Returns in her best Carole Lombard style, Rita Hayworth headress and  the full story as only SHE can tell it?

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Words to TapsDay is done, gone the sun,From the hills,from the lake,From the skies. All is well,safely rest,God is nigh. Go to sleep, peaceful sleep,May the soldieror sailor,God keep. On the land or the deep,Safe in sleep. Love, good night, Must thou go,When the day, And the nightNeed thee so? All is well. Speedeth allTo their rest. Fades the light; And afarGoeth day, And the starsShineth

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"I showed the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed." —Norman Rockwell He was as American as Apple Pie and Uncle Sam! Who was he?  He was, Norman Rockwell, a reknowned and prolific artist, illustrator and historian who held the hearts and imaginations of Americans! Through the genius of his works of art, Norman Rockwell recreated and interpreted  the essence of

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HERE SHE COMES, MISS AMERICA! While femininity reigns supreme and long legged women sashay across the stage before millions of admirers, the air is abuzz with vibrant energy and zeal surging from both audience and participants! This cachet of talented and beautiful women parade before our eyes!  They're the epitome of women with a dark and sultry air of seduction to the color and charm of

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Chin Up, Shoulders Back and flash those pearly whites,  Dahlings. DO let us ponder the  All-American Girl's Dream  and the women who graced the American Runways in the 1930s and 1940s! Prepare yourselves,...gentle readers...for a bit of  entertainment, information, consternation,a proffered revelation or two andperhaps tads and scads ofhyperventilation. Keep thine eyes on the talent

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HEADLINES TODAY and Just Weeks Away... Help Us Pay HOMAGE And GRATEFUL TRIBUTE to WWII Veterans, GI Joes and Janes from Home Front to Front! Dedication Ceremony June 26, 2010 "God and Country" Gettysburg Fringe Festival Gettysburg, PA CONSIDER JOINING OR SUPPORTING US? OUR AMERICANS WERE SO GALLANT UNDER THE MOST DIFFICULT CONDITIONS KNOWN TO AMERICANS TODAY. Contact:  gettysburg11@

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Born March 1, 1904 in Clarinda, Iowa, his name was Alton Glenn Miller.  Americans knew and may yet remember him as an American jazz musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. The tumultuous years from 1939 to 1943 found Glenn Miller to be one of the best-selling recording artists in America!  He nosed-out other great bands of the era!  Miller's signature recordings include

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HEADLINES TODAY and Just Weeks Away... Directly from Bungalow Radio and The Creator/Founder of Quite The Stir Bungalow, Bungalow Themed Teas, Quite The Stir Couture and Herbal Essences, Iconic Women WWII Spies, Vintage Fine, Home For The Holidays Childrens' Charity and Creating Quite The Stir Event Planners ... The unveiling of a non-profit foundation "GETTYSBURG'S GREATEST GENERATION!" Honoring

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Right into the Heart of Americacame these words,...andmother? THIS MUSIC! "And, yes...Bungalow Gal Jolene can indeed say...I've Found My Thrill."Which coincidentally was on Blueberry Hill, alongsideall of America, too! There's more coming, right here, with  Glenn Miller and his band...soon and VERY soon! Hubba, Hubba!Oh-Dad-E-Oh Let's Swing!

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An American LegendAudie MurphyBorn 20 June 1924. Died 28 May 1971. Interred in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Texas born and of Irish ancestry,he is remembered as one of the best fighting combat soldiers America ever had to offer! With 33 awards, the Medal of Honor and the highest military award for bravery beyond any call of duty, Audie Murphy, was the most decorated

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MARCH IS NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH The WWII era selection and quality of quotes offered below and for the enlightenenment of our Gentle Readers are,at times, randomand at other times simply personal preference...why? "Because I can." A WOMAN'S VOICE “The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and

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"From the magnitude of a specified force or quality of history there arises... the QUOTE" Jolene Bungalow Gal  The WWII era selection and quality of quotes offered  below and for the enlightenenment of our Gentle Readers are,  at times, random and at other times simply personal preference...why? "Because I can." Fighting Words... "In war there is no substitute for victory."  Gen

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I'll come back as soon as I can with as much as I can. In the meantime, you've got to hold."General MacArthur - Speaking to General Wainwright - March 1942 Gentle Readers? Many's the words and quotes that have changed the course of history, enamoring and influencing millions. That being said,...we're full-tilt, hard bent, torches flaring and forging onward to visit, and compile right

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IT'S THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY!  "Hey there, neighbor, goin' my way? East or west on the Lincoln Highway? Hey there Yankee, give out with a great big thank-ee; You're in God's Country! When You Travel the Great Lincoln Highway!" In the 1940s, the Lincoln Highway became a backdrop for an NBC Saturday morning radio show broadcast before nearly 8 million listeners entitled...you know it  Lincoln

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This  World War II soldiers' name is John. A lifelong  resident,he resides in Gettysburg, PA yet today. He has a remarkable story to share. And in this story, you'll come to find that he has witnessed much in life. It is my hope that you will come to understand what all American soldiers, over time and space and through history, have given to America and Americans with the gentle abiding

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An American Love Affair She Had All The Right Curves In All The Right Places, and...   It was love at first sight!"C'était le coup de foudre!"       Sometimes, Less Said Is The Most Noble Course and in this case...Gentle Readers... "That Sometimes is Now!"   Let the pictures speak volumes!       Weren't These Beauties Lovely And Worthy Of A Sigh? Rest Assured, Gentle Readers...There's

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You Heard it Here Gentle Readers!It's not just Bungalow Gal Jolenesaying this...EVERYONE IS!Gettysburg, PA Is Socked In Under The Snow! So, Let's Just Polka! What could be more delightful in the snow?  Beer Barrel Polka, otherwise known as Roll Out the Barrel, is a song which became popular worldwide during World War II. Need I say more? Of Course Sillies...I always DO! Hubba, Hubba

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Every once and again in a lifetime, an infinitesimal moment of cataclysmic phenomena crystallizes. Whether designed by the omnipotence of deity, absolute karma or the fervor of happenstance, a mercurial bonding inspires, emanates and insinuates itself in that magic moment through any time, space or matter. Just such a phenomena sparked the passions of two.  The year was 1941 in the full bloom

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Gentle Readers...Now may be a fine time to query...Among Other Items of Miscellany in Life What actually was a Blackout During WWII? One Gettysburg, PA resident and a World War II Veteran recalls blackouts and drills this way: "These drills were meant to prepare Americans in potential air attacks." The first signal all "yellow" siren warning gave alert that volunteers had about 15 minutes

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May, 1941 DEAR AMERICA: Ten Hut! We Are The U.S. Office of Civilian Defense. We've got your backs and your shores! THERE IS GONNA BE A WAR! Love, Regards, and Best Wishes US Office of Civilian Defense! Join us next, as we SALUTE the capable efforts, and role of the US Office of Civilian Defense WWII  Era!

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One witness reported... "It was a beautiful clear night and you could see for miles. It hardly seemed minutes before the plane faded away over the Charleston range when I saw a flash and then big tongues of flame rising from the mountainside. The plane cracked in two like a piece of kindling wood."   Shock spread throughout the nation.  War time America!  Exactly when every man, woman and

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I Said I Wouldn't Do "An Exposé" on the 1930s and 1940s Hey Day again for just a bit. I was actually off  of the wagon for an hour or so... then contrarily and  Goodness Gracious, 'Mes amis'! By Darn, if I am not, good and righteous, back on the wagon again! Jeff, most debonair, handsome and fine gentleman of the Social Club,here's to you and the wicked good inspiration... The Paying of

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First off the top...anyone want to get down and dirty with retro ingenuity as Jolene goes Rogue?  That's right! You've heard it here for the first time! Vintage Bungalow Gal, Jolene, is going Rogue and you're invited! Prepare for Utopian enthusiasm, global enlightenment and immersion as we get cracking again, gentle readers! Rogue along with yet another sidelong glance, into the glamorous and

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                 For Whom, anywhere, can actually believe that we are on this earth to behave...in all good endeavors... ordinarily rather than extraordinarily? Jolene Vintage Bungalow Gal

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Let's Not Just Talk About It You Little Dickens!...Time To Get Cooking NOW in any number of delicious, electrifying and electrific ways! Grab your helmets, grab your schtick, grab your aprons and holy cow, do hold on to those pin-up gal posters as we get set to bear down upon the world of appliances, gadgets, menus and gizmos of the 1930s and 1940s. Await us will you?  We Most Heartily

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Le Brigand, Contributing Her Eminence Magnifique Scoundrel Mon Dieu! Could Her Eminence Magnifique Scoundrel, Le Brigand....be ze dirty rotten scoundrel? To your many queries, may we say...   Le Brigand offers a world of adventure to our gentle readers.  With the determination of Amelia Earhart, with the curiosity of Anais Nin, with the forthrightness of Eleanor Roosevelt, the moxy of

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It's that time again,...easy listening pleasure from Bungalow Olde Time Radio courtesy of Quite The Stir Bungalow in Gettysburg, PA! Things are beginning to get a wee bit suspicious around here...let's call out for some heavy and hard hitting sleuthing!  Why, we need, why we need.... the Falcon! Folks,...here in the North East, good old Gettysburg, PA and beyond....looks like it may be a

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Join me for Hot Toddies on the Gettysburg Square on New Years' Eve?  Non-Alcoholic of course! It is the perfect time to pack the 1940s vintage roadster, bring the family, or travel solo and take an evening to visit Gettysburg!  Join in the New Year' Eve festivities on the Square!  Never too late to book your reservations for an overnight stay anywhere in Gettysburg!  See you there?  Tell

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I'm fond of saying that the true "Kitsch" of the 1930s and 1940s is well...Earthy!  Uninhibited!  Robust!  Lusty! The word Kitsch has become a bit synonymous with items, things, people, attributes...and so on...being of poor quality and taste.  Some do dispute the total reference to the word... Stop!  Was that you?  Say what...never ever heard of Kitsch?! "Well, you're about to hear of Kitsch

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IT'S ALMOST TWILIGHT...TIME FOR THE DRIVE-IN MOVIES?! Will you indulge me, momentarily... to use sleight of hand, wicked bad convolution and imagery to introduce, co-mingle and interweave the popular Drive-In Theaters of yesteryear together with the concept of good family entertainment and old-fashioned parenting? (Keep in mind, Gentle Readers, that parallels are intended to be drawn, right here

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Meet me under the STARS tonight? Let's talk Drive-In Movies...from the very beginning! Whilst you wait for us to return with the full "news reel", do make haste and headway to the refreshment stand for buttery popcorn, thirst quenching sodas and All-American hot dogs! Don't forget to attach that window speaker to your fine 1948 Chrysler! Turn the volume up now! Oh, and "The whole family is

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From Creators of Quite The Stir Bungalow We Proudly Introduce Bungalow Radio The era of radio voices wisped into WWII homes with regularity during the 1940s.  The Red, White and Blue American family gathered together, with kith and kin, around their living rooms and kitchens to listen to the radio news.  GI Joes or Janes and Rosie The Riveter would tune in, when time would allow, by the

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There's time for a well-goomed appearance!  Holidays are coming!

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On the whispered wings of golden silence, I left my vigil at Ema Mims bedside. Ever so tenderly, I closed the door to her familiar, warm bedroom leaving behind the scent of talcom and liniment. Somewhere from the depths of this gracious old home of my childhood memories, the willing ancient boiler could be heard gently purring whilst sending a swirling brew of warmth through the flooring

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The Creators Of Quite The Stir Bungalow proudly introduce  the next American Classic... American Vintage Perfume© Let them remember you in their dreams! Hubba, Hubba

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And so it began, as always before.  Ema Mims and I huddled together in the sheltered comfort and warmth of her bedroom as the winter winds whipped a cresendo of frightening chill and fury upon us.  Her porcelain hand rested cooly in my own youthful hand.  As I had always done, I sat still upon the vinyled green hassock at her side, while the warm glow of lamp light danced upon her fine silvered

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"Ema Mims?  Ever so gently now...steady old gel.  It's alright, ...  Ema...there, there darling...here take the tissue? Wipe your tears, now?" "Ema...Ema tell us about your memories?  Why not  at the beginning, the very beginning... as you feel comfortable dear and as far and as wide as your memory will carry you, darling".   There, there now,...it's alright, go on now...".  "What's that? 

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Amidst the plethora of treasures within this Bungalow,  there are remarkable mementos and memories from  "The Greatest Generation".  And, naturally, you will find World War II memorabilia is interspersed in the mix of the bounty too. Quite unexpectedly, I came upon the most wondrous gift of all, yet this Holiday Season. How glorious can you imagine anything to be as what was experienced in

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Oh, Give Us A Home Where The Bungalow Roam and the skies are not cloudy all day! Did I just sing BUNGALOW ROAM? I fear, yes.  Oh go on, scoff if you will! As I wander around this Bungalow, Quite The Stir, right here in Gettysburg, PA and perhaps strain on tip toes reaching upwards whilst lowering the folding attic stair steps or mayhaps adjusting a transom here and sliding a wooden pocket

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Could I Be Possibly Be A Bungalow Enthusiast Too?  After a bit of pondering that age old question, we'll give you a positively resounding....Maybe! Firstly, we'll need to explain what a Bungalow is all about.  Secondly, we'll hope to offer up some magnificent historical treasury, trivia and facts about Bungalows, just to reflect upon, that is.  Finally, into this wonderful Bungalow mix we'll

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 We'd be oversimplifying things if we said we'd keep this brief...bah that's pure bunk! Let's talk Pin-up gals who were so gorgeous they could pop the rivets out of a B-47 Bomber in the line of their indirect fire! These were real beauties, box office queens, cheescake idols and ideals of glamour! You could've seen these pin-up gals painting the night and day through any number of ways. From

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Let's Meet Up in Manhattan! Friday, December 4, 2009 When Jolene Macks created a group on Dreamers into Doers with the purpose of meeting other members of the site, she wasn't sure what to expect. Three months and 29 members later, a trip to New York City is in the works! Jolene has enlisted the help of fellow members Rachel Gaffney and Terry Grahl, and the trio is creating a Dreamers

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Actress, singer, dancer and indisputably the number one Pin-Up girl of era-WWII-May we present Betty Grable?! And why the appeal of this Pin-up gal?  Oh, yes, somewhere in the dregs of  history, it comes to the forefront of ones' mind...the legs!  Indescribable legs!  And, those legs were insured to the tune of $1,000,000 with Lloyds of London! We'll be sharing indescribable moments of

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It is a special and sacred privilege,... my fellow Bungalow enthusiasts, lovers of history, all things Gettysburg being both great and small, intermingled with a few New York attitudes or so... to recount the following history, myth or legend! Hubba, Hubba! As you grow more curious by the moment...allow what follows not to be a digression or an irreverence of the truth. Rather let us venture to

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Washington Irving, New York, "Father Knickerbocker", the 1930s and 1940s, and Gettysburgs' Quite The Stir Bungalow? Whatever do they have in common? Follow along as we re-tell a tall tale, (which may not be quite so tall, after all!), unravel a web, and unwind a yarn...coming soon, VERY SOON! Hubba, Hubba!

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THIS JUST IN FROM OUR RADIO SPONSORS... THE SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAY DOOR DECORATING CONTEST sponsored by GCVB in historical Gettysburg, PA finds Quite The Stir Bungalow Swing Dancing, Jitterbugging, rounding the corner and nearing completion with their WWII era kitchy submission! VISIT Gettysburg, and while you're at it... "jitterbug" on by, 500 West Middle Street for a "look see" at a Genuine

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Today, through gauche words that lack the lustre and polish called for, we endeavor through intent, to celebrate history! We pay homage to The Pioneers, The Women, The Wasps, and forever, The Flygirls! Climb and soar with these Immortals of the Air! Join as we fly into dawns' bomb bursting sky 'neath the sheltered wings of history, and aside, very possibly, the greatest women pilots of all time!

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Fighters of the skies....

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. WHO BUT PONIED UP FOR THE LEGEND AND GALLOPED INTO AMERICAN CHILDRENS' HEARTS?   WHY THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS....THE LONE RANGER, OF COURSE! He grinned in the face of death and grinned death in the face! The Lone Ranger had grit and so can all of America..that means YOU!The epic tall western tale had its start as a local radio show from WXYZ/Detroit and debuted in 1933 as perhaps one of

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From Creators of Quite The Stir Bungalow We Proudly Introduce Bungalow Radio The era of radio voices wisped into WWII homes with regularity during the 1940s.  The Red, White and Blue American family gathered together, with kith and kin, around their living rooms and kitchens to listen to the radio news.  GI Joes or Janes and Rosie The Riveter would tune in, when time would allow, by the

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During the 1940s, upper-crust bearing accents and intonations were the rage among American films! American actors and actresses, politicians and socialites alike, engaged in what some described as rapid fire, laser sharp, egotistical, socialite speak. An example of this type of  vocalizing to consider is within the film "The Philadelphia Story", a product of the Golden Era of Hollywood and

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Eleanor Roosevelt  Delivered 28 September, 1948 in Paris, France (Excerpt) I have come this evening to talk with you on one of the greatest issues of our time -- that is the preservation of human freedom. I have chosen to discuss it here in France, at the Sorbonne, because here in this soil the roots of human freedom have long ago struck deep and here they have been richly nourished. It was

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Oh, indeed, there are some WWII veterans who can yet say, "I was there"! There are some who can yet speak those words with pride of admission "I breathed the same air and fought side by side with heroes who died for America in a patchwork of terror". Do you listen as they, nearly inaudible, tell the tales of brevity and courage and honor they realized a million lives ago? Are you uncomfortable

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. Star Struck and Falling Hard! So, came the war era of Broadway!  With the 1920s stock market crash and subsequent Great Depression which followed, the level of Broadway activity had dwindled as the War Era followed. The new motion picture genre had ignited the hearts and hi-jacked the imagination of the public. Broadway, for a while, was left to a smaller, still valiant, but more ardent and

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Join  Quite The Stir Bungalow Bed and Breakfast and A Sentimental Journey Bed and Breakfast of Gettysburg, PA As We Present HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS II A Gettysburg Open House A Childrens' CharityFriday, December 11, 2009 between 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm, join Gettysburg's finest establishments as they open their doors to the public: Friday, December 11, 2009 between 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm, join

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“Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.” "Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.”                                                                                                    Les Brown One can never consent to creep

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30 Miles South of No Where's Yonder you'll find the Heller twins, Tweet and Rip, hers and his. Alongside of the twins, you'll find two of the dullest, darnedest big hearted "with a lot of tease ripping in them" brothers, Darnell and Guz. Bringing up the rear, sewing the twins in a nice weevil riddled flour bag was the sisters, Justine and Becker, plain shore enough, with smiles that's like as

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                                                     Le Brigand...                                                                      Now in this vast ugliness resides a most powerful beauty which, in a very few minutes, steals forth and charms the mind, so that you end, as I ended, in falling in love with her....                                                          — Henry James, in a

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For New Yorkers, with June 27, 1933, seeing the repeal of the Prohibition Act, or as some called it, "The Noble Experiment", the funeral of liquor was over!  The outcome of a temperance movement in social reform was miserable failure! The wake which followed was still in full swing when the Copacabana Club opened November 10, 1940 at East 60th Street in a sweet little town you may know, New

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Trick or Treat will find some lovely, going forth into the frosty night, dressed as a vamping, steamy, duplicitous, scheming, sultry and sensuous Hollywood Siren of years gone by. Oh yes,  just the perfect costume to be sporting for Hallowe'en! Take on the hard as nails bad girl image! Glare into the night, undaunted, while you turn every stoney stare aside looking for some treats and

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In stunned disbelief, the world watched as the dense fog of WWII began a cruel descent. In the United States, the shadowed dimensions of the fog had begun rearing its especially deceptive and uglier side by sending wisping tendrils slipping beneath the borders of every state. The murky insanity of war was groping, clawing and tugging, exponentially, at the best and the brightest of America.

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Let us just look closer, let us check beneath the "hooded veneer" of our mother and grandmother's famous outward persona. Let us slowly languish and savor each indelible memory recounted to us. Let us see if we cannot erase our jaded, stock portrayal of mother and grandmother for the first time. Let us see if we cannot find what they leave with us, from the collaborative bane of their existence

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Quite The Stir Bungalow Bed and Breakfast proudly accepts the National Country Inn Bed And Breakfast Award Banner Saturday, October 3, 2009, in Gettysburg, PA. Now into the fifth year, and going global, The National Country Inn, Bed and Breakfast Day, celebrated the first Sunday in October, was inspired by premier author and screenplay series, Tina Czarnota. Ms Czarnota, self described "as one

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Johnny, Johnny where are you?!  You're running way too far behind!  Don't you know a Star is born every minute and I'm about out of time? I've packed my marble colored luggage with everything I'll need!  And, now all I desire is my shining knight and his trusty steed.

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Oh, dear Alexander Graham Bell, with Mr. Watson willingly in tow; what magic hath you conjured upon the hapless unsuspecting masses? Had you known the telephone would inure creation of "The Operator and Party Line"? Shall we thank you or be thankless to you for these by-products of your invention?! In truth and summary, kind sirs, many are the benefits to which we hold ourselves benefactor of

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So popular were teas over the decades that the era of 1930s and 1940s found department stores appointing the greater part of a floor to splendid tea rooms and the devotees of tea! This quiet elegance and genteel service of tea, amidst lavishly adorned palm fronds, became a cloistered oft times all female strong hold. Oh yes, taking "Tea" was an unspoken gesture to one another that life was

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If you were to walk right on in to any particular diner coast to coast in the 1940s on any given day of the year, you'd probably find a stool at the luncheon counter, wrap your leg around the base, give a heave ho and pull yourselves a break on the swivel down.   "Hotsy Totsy day out there" you'd probably overhear a city slicker, who just pulled in with his brand new shining black jalopy, (

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Gotta Laugh...Gotta Dance! Follow along in the hysterical madcap adventures of Dreamers into Doers!  http://dreamers.marthastewart.com/ We may be all talent, and all 1930s and 1940s in this Blog, but we are definitely NOT no work and no play! Watch as Ms. Shopping GoLightly, The Premier Thrifter,.... Kathy "The Hammer Salsa Lady" and Jolene, a Quite The Stir Gal, (Yours Truly)  interweave

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Rosie the Rivetor, Is She Really In The Mood?  Are you? Tomorrow will dawn another day here in the good 'old USA just as it has any other day before and since WWII. Back then, amidst the svelte sounds of Swing and Big Bands pumping out songs of the hey day, such as "In The Mood" and "A Sentimental Journey", the war era of our parents and grandparents was unique in time. One could find women

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Lately, I've been traveling homeward bound by way of  the "country" backroads to briefly capture views of spectacular scenery.  I speed by the miles, watching as the foilage, once green and luscious, begins to shed her bounty of summer.  I'm ever so enchanted with the bright and bold hues of Fall as she slides  silently and almost shadowlike in her demeanor to claim her rightful place in the

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Recently, amidst the hub(ba)bub mayhem of Labor Day Weekend, Quite The Stir was most honored to welcome home, again, family members of her prior owner! For a moment in time,...the Bungalow walls reverberated with beautiful memories shared! Need we say...what a pleasure of joy and camraderie? Come again soon, and often dear friends! Hubba, Hubba!

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A Dialog goes on between my bungalow, Quite The Stir http://www.quitethestir.com/ and me. I constantly feel the sense of character, soul and history so very worthy of saving, preserving and restoring within this bungalow. I will say, some days it's not always been easy to fly into the face of my occasional trendy tendencies and spend hours restoring history back to where it belongs at Quite The

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