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Pic by Franzi. A am really into novels about women mastering their unique way of life, ending either tragic or succesful and happy. The book Das kunstseidene Mädchen/The artificial silk girl by Irmgard Keun falls into the first category. I found a used copy in one of my favorite book shops in Hamburg. This is …
Das Kunstseidene Mädchen/The Artificial Silk Girl by Ingrid Keun! Weiterlesen »
When I had to decide for a topic in this weeks Arts and Books category, my first thought was, „That’s too tough a decision to make. There were just too many great Artists in the 1920s.“ But then I realised that it is really simple because a great number of them were members of the …
Despite the prohibition in the United States (1920-33) as well as the Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic, 1920s people never really stopped drinking alcohol. Instead they became creative in masking the taste of inferior booze by adding fruits to their drinks. Thus, the Old Fashioned Cocktail was born …and more creations that can still be …
„Flapper in the 1920s was a term applied to a „new breed“ of young Western women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. … Flapper dresses were straight and loose, leaving the arms bare (sometimes no straps at all) and dropping …
Music of the 1920s always remembers me of two things: Extremely wild dancing (in one word: Charleston) and the tunes of black and white movies (Have you already seen The Artist? …Again, a point on my to-do list.). International seen, it was the decade of Jazz music including such famous performers like Louis Armstrong or …
Since a few weeks there was this idea in my mind to have once in a while a week-long theme. And today I would like to give it a try. First I plan to travel with you through our last century, beginning in the roaring 1920s. Thinking about lifestyle in the 1920s, the first things …