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A few days ago I asked you to guess what was hidden in a picture of some of my trinkets and I loved reading your guesses!

Well... the mystery item has now been revealed. 😏

It’s one of the many curious little things I’m sharing in my new video, A Little Tour of My Vintage Treasures, where we’re having a proper nose around my living and dining room.

Were any of your guesses correct? You’ll have to watch to find out! 😉

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I have a new video coming this Sunday where I’m giving you a closer look at some of the vintage treasures around our home, including a few things you may have spotted lurking in the background of my videos over the years.

But before I show you this particular little treasure, I thought we could play a game. 👀

What do you think is hiding behind the white silhouette?

I’ll give you one hint: it’s vintage, and it might not be quite what you’re expecting. Comment your guesses below 😏

All will be revealed on Sunday!

5 days ago | [YT] | 78

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You know it’s been a hot summer when I don’t even have the energy to wet set my hair. 😂

This is my natural hair, lots and lots of curls, which you don’t see very often because apparently my commitment to a weekly wet set has one very firm boundary: heat.

At some point this summer I simply decided that if my hair wanted to do whatever it wanted, it was welcome to it. I was too hot to argue.

Which is rather fitting because tomorrow’s video is a little late-summer vlog about exactly that: how much I dislike being hot, why summer has never really been my season, and all the things I’m looking forward to when autumn finally arrives.

Basically, it’s a few days of me proving that I can enjoy summer, provided the temperature remains within my very specific terms and conditions.

See you tomorrow at 6pm CEST! 🍂

1 month ago | [YT] | 463

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I'm thinking about taking you on a closer little tour of some of the vintage trinkets and treasures around my home!

My apartment tour was so well received, and quite a few of you wanted a closer look at some of the individual pieces. I thought it might be fun to go room by room (not all in the same video of course), sharing some of my favourite finds, what I know about them, where I found them, and how they've found their way into all these little corners of our home.

So, what would you most like to see?

1 month ago | [YT] | 85

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Hey there friends! I don’t have a video for you this week, we’ve been dealing with yet another major heatwave here in Vienna that has absolutely zapped my energy. And I’m not sure if it’s related or not, but our internet keeps going out, it’s super strange.

I have the next video written and I’m hopeful that I can get it filmed and edited this week 🤞🏻

I hope you are all doing well and I’ll see you soon 🥰

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1 month ago | [YT] | 453

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Happy Sunday 💐

Picked these lovely wildflowers while on a walk with Mildred this morning. I think this is my favorite sort of flower arrangement: a little wild, a little wonky, but utterly charming.This evening I’m hosting my monthly Patreon virtual meetup, and we’ll be discussing Vintage Gardens and Green Spaces. Gardening, botanicals, old kitchen gardens, healing herbs… I could happily talk about this subject for hours. There’s something so satisfying about learning how people have connected with plants throughout history and thinking about how we can bring a little of that into our own lives today.Do you have a flower or plant that instantly reminds you of someone or somewhere?

1 month ago | [YT] | 241

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One of my favorite things about collecting old books is that you never know what you'll find inside.

A few years ago I picked up this 90-year-old Home Economics textbook and stumbled across a chapter called "The Well-Dressed Girl." It includes guidance for young women like:

✨ "Are you a vision or a sight?"

✨ And a warning that dresses hanging unused in your closet "aren't paying their rent."

Some of it is wonderfully old-fashioned, some of it made me laugh out loud, and some of it... I have to admit... still makes a surprising amount of sense.

In tonight’s video, we'll be reading a bit of this chapter together to see which ideas deserve to stay in 1936... and which ones still have something to teach us today.

What do you think a 90-year-old Home Economics textbook would say about being "well dressed"?

I can't wait to hear what you think! I’ll see you at 6:00 pm CEST

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2 months ago | [YT] | 286

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Off to Berlin. 🚆

I love traveling by train, watching towns pass by, reading a book, chatting, seeing different places I’ve not seen before… it all feels a little calmer. Sure we could have gotten there faster by plane, but I really enjoy this slower pace of travel. Not to mention it is quite a bit more economical.

The Art of Slow Travel is something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately, and it ended up becoming the topic of my latest YouTube video and the fifth video in my “Vintage Living in the Modern World” series. It goes live tonight at 6:00 PM CEST, and it’s all about how slowing down has completely changed the way I travel.

For now though, I’m just going to enjoy the ride.

We are heading to the Critical Role event on Monday, then we’ll be seeing The Cure in concert on Friday. With of course lots of great food, museums and seeing some friends in between. See you from Berlin. ❤️

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2 months ago | [YT] | 298

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Mildred loves her gel cooling mat! We are all surviving this heatwave. We have two AC units and all the curtains and blinds are drawn to keep the relentless sun out.

I hope you are all staying safe and cool ❤️

2 months ago | [YT] | 245

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Baking fail! As part of my 50 new things in my 50s I tried to make bagels and utterly failed. Here in Vienna there just aren't any good bagels, so I wanted to try and see if I could make decent bagels at home. I bought bread flour, barley malt syrup and followed a New York Times recipe. I even kneaded it by hand for 20 minutes (I don't have a stand mixer and that's what the recipe called for).

It all seemed to go well, the dough came together really nicely, I shaped and then chilled them in the fridge for 24 hours. But as soon as they hit the boiling water they started to deflate and then kept deflating in the oven. They are chewy and have a good flavor, I'll give them that, but other than that they aren't great.

So if anyone has advice on what I might have done wrong, or if you have a tried and true bagel recipe for chewy New York style bagels, help a gal out.

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