My "newest" old book: The Works of Hanna More from 1801!

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How would I buy, and receive a 210 year old book without this little wonderful thing called the internet...

Just received this little gem from 1801: "The Works of Hannah More".

I really have never heard of Hannah More before, but doing some internet research (again my friend, the internet!) discovered that Hannah More (February 2, 1745 – September 7, 1833) was an English religious writer, and philanthropist. She can be said to have made three reputations in the course of her long life: as a poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical philanthropist.

The thing is that I cannot believe that I've just received a 210 year old book, a book that went through innumerable hands all through these centuries for under eleven dollars... ELEVEN dollars

with shipping mind you!!!

Just browsed it a little, besides fixing the falling front cover, and this book seems like a very interesting read: the basics on educating a woman in the late 1700's to the early 1800's. Just am curious on how much anyone would be willing to educate their daughters in those days.

This is what some of these young ladies were wearing in 1801:

Fashions of 1801.

More 1801 ladies... Very Jane Austen!

Can you imagine who has touched this book? How many houses has it been? Something like that always fascinates me...

New York in the snow. Then and now

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I simply love to travel in time and at this wonderful website called Retronaut makes it all possible!
Cannot recommend this site enough. Made for people like me! People who like to travel in time from the comfort of the 21st century that is!

Just saw this post and had to share a picture my husband took from the same area, with a 95 year difference...

 

New York in the snow in 1905. 

New York in the snow in 2010

The Flatiron is one of my favorite buildings ever! I am very fortunate to walk around it every day on my way to work!

Go and check the Retronaut website now!!!

Still in love with All Saints Spitalfields: Fierce top!

I simply LOVE that store... Their clothes are so me: a modern steampunk Victorian... If I could, I would buy everything in there.

So, I did have a friend visiting NY and I went with her to this temple of doom. I did resist and did NOT buy the above top at the time while mt friend actually did.
This cool t-shirt was on my my for some days before I decided to get it!
On my lunch break, I did get the subway and went all the way to their awesome Meatpacking store.
Unfortunately, everybody had the same idea and the smaller sizes of this shirt were sold out (it runs really big).
So, thank God for the interwebs! I've managed to get me a smaller size before it was completely sold out!
Ferosh, fierce clothing! Yeaaah!!

One more scarf for my collection!!!

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A cute scarf with little birds... Who can resist? It can give a major pop in any basic outfit.
Looking forward to wearing it!

Belated post - Old Navy Military Jacket

Cute for those in-between days... And I did pay less than the above sales price! Just 50 bucks!!!
Yay again

Large Calf Girl and Boot Shopping

Yeah, my legs are kind of thick... At least for the people who design the average boots in this world...

I love tall boots, but shopping for them can be very challenging...
I usually have a very hard time finding one that zips all the way to the top.

Then I saw this one at Aerosoles and thought that it could work!

Someone from Aerosoles had a brilliant idea of adding a second zipper on this boot, so it adjusts to your leg! Brilliant indeed!

Fairly stylish and comfy - just cannot deal with heels with the amount of walking in NYC's sidewalks!
Been wearing it a lot and even getting some compliments ;-)