Running Behind

I'm terribly sorry to be running two weeks behind in the current story's posts, but the editing has been some of the most intensive that I've ever had to do. I have the next installment ready to go up and am hoping to finish up the editing of this current story by the end of the week. This piece has truly been a case of "just get it down". Nearly ever sentence seems to need work, even if it's only fixing the verb tense. After this, getting back to my novel should be easy.

Anyhoo, look for a new post this weekend. And in the meantime, here's a fun little link for 5 Speakeasy Cocktails...And Their Shady Pasts for you to enjoy. After all, this story may very well drive me to drink, which I don't often do.

Tanqueray Southside - I think Bridgette would have enjoyed this one.

Bonus Fun Post! Belle's Car???

As you will learn in later tales from our adventures, Belle may be one of the damned best pilots in the world, but she's not so great behind the wheel of a automobile. Heehee, one bad experience, and now we don't trust her to drive at all. Of course, she did kill herself and Leonard...

Anyway, I came across this marvelous blog post on the web entitled Preserved Moments of Historical Sass, (Vol. 3) and there was this picture of the cutest little car. Maybe we could trust Belle with it...

(Photo found on Shorpy, where you can find it for sale.)

If you get the chance, go check out the blog link. There are some other photos of the 1920s there, along with some other great and sassy pics.

Blog Link! - A 1920s Speakeasy

It's a double-post day!

I stumbled across this link on Facebook and just had to share. Messy Nessy Chic offers some details AND photos of a 1920s speakeasy in D.C. It was a very bohemian business, complete with a treehouse in the back yard!

 

 

It's a short article, but still interesting. And the photos are wonderful, circa 1921.



OOC - History of Pulps Article Series

By wonderful chance, I happened to stumble across the beginnings of this article series on IO9, written by a historian and tracing the development of pulp magazines from their early beginnngs onward. The focus is on how the genre of science fiction developed, but at least the first article deals with other genres as well. There are currently only two articles in the series, but they are proving an intersting and enjoyable read.

Where Did Science Fiction Come From? A Primer on the Pulps (Part 1)
and
The Golden Age of Science Fiction: A Pulp Primer, Part 2

Also, our wonderful Storyteller (Game Master) discovered an interactive map of the US in 1926. It's at a site that sells maps, but the image lets you zoom in on different areas of the country. Very cool.

Okay, that's it for now. Hopefully Bridgette will have something more to share wtih everyone soon. There is so much happening right now that's keeping her busy, she pretty much spends all of her free time - what she can find!- in her lab working.

Melinda

OOC - Smithsonian Article on Shell-Shocked Soldiers in WWI

Thought some of you might find this article in the current (as in 2010) issue of the Smithsonian Magazine of interest.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Shock-of-War.html

Is it any wonder Bridgette wound up walking away from medicine for awhile?