Today though, I want to blog about the 1940's. I had a busy day today, as Zach would call it, Virginia and the Busy Day. (He feels as though I should write my life as children books). I worked this morning, and then babysat. I was out of my house from 8:30 am until 6:30 pm. I didn't really have ALOT to do today, but when I am gone from my house ALL day, I feel particularly stressed. I just miss the comfort of my own home. Once I finally got home, I had many emails and such to attend to since I had no access to a computer all day. I decided that Nat King Cole would be a good background, and it was. It is amazing to me how calming that style of music is. It's so slow, but not depressing. Just romantic. It makes a glass of wine and small apartment seem like a NYC loft with a vintage bottle of wine overlooking Central park. I feel classy and can escape into an entire different state of mind. That is glamorous compared to my running clothes, messy hair, and scattered mess of a desk.
That era, the 40's, is where I would go back in time. The romance, the fashion (Couture ladies), the SHOES, the men, the music, the thrill of the cinema, the food. Despite the war going on, that would have been a great time to be alive, granted there is a war now and it might be even better to live in that time than now. I mean, it was so simple. Who cared about emails, cell phones, cars, work. It was a time of life. When I think of the movies, I always go back to this time. That was when people got dressed up and excited to go to the movies. It was an event, not a way to kill three hours. It seems like things were not taken for granted then. Maybe it's just me, but that is a time that we could all learn from. So, here are some images of things I love from that time.
(PS, if anyone wants to participate in a photo shoot based around this era, let me know) I've been wanting to put one together.
