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fromThe Mercury News
6 days agoRomance and costumes: Why Bay Area 'nerds' are turning to 19th century ballroom dance
A community Regency ballroom class recreates 19th-century dance, costumes, and social etiquette under experienced instructors, attracting enthusiasts who dress and dance in period style.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months agoDickens Christmas Fair: The best, newest and most unusual foods to try this year
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair recreates Victorian London annually with period costumes, immersive atmosphere, long-standing family food vendors, and traditional dishes like fish and chips.
fromPsychology Today
2 months agoThe Gentleman's Code of Connection
For the better part of five years, I've been going to a shooting retreat in the foothills near Yosemite to improve my skills and have a bit of fun. These retreats or camps have themes and one overarching theme-proper club attire. Each year (or time I go), the theme changes. One year it was steel-target shooting, another was "Cowboy Action," the next "turn-of-the-century gangsters." While some folks come and go, for the past three years, the same group of men (and a few women) has shown up.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 months agoSpinners, washerwomen and pig slaughters: The Spanish village of Ochagavia goes back to 1925
Ochagavia's Orhipean festival annually recreates early 1900s life, with locals reenacting forgotten trades, wearing period costumes, and transforming the village.
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
5 months agoIn Berkeley's Northbrae, long-lost lanterns will shine again after over 60 years
A pair of lanterns, known as the Northbrae Lanterns, designed by John Galen Howard, that illuminated the intersection of Hopkins Street and The Alameda, have been rebuilt after going missing for over half a century.
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