[h-cost] London's Hidden Gems

2009-06-06 Thread Onaree Berard
Anyone know of any little known or hidden gems in London? I'm going in late Oct and I know all the big stuff but was wondering about the lesser known stuff. Usually I ask about museums and old buildings but in London that is like asking someone in Los Angles if they know any highways. Onaree

Re: [h-cost] London's Hidden Gems

2009-06-06 Thread Alexandria Doyle
May I suggest the museum of Children in Bethel Green? I went there to see the dolls but they do have a bit of collection of children's clothing. I went several years ago, but the curator in charge of the dolls had some wonderful stories about the clothing as well, since they can document exactly

Re: [h-cost] London's Hidden Gems

2009-06-06 Thread julian wilson
Onaree,  one of the oldest Pubs in London is The Prospect of Whitby, on the River, down in Wapping. It was Winston Churchill's favourite place to hide out and unwind, during the dark days of WW2; and the London Dockers were very proud that Winnie came to relax amongst them, accompanied only by

Re: [h-cost] Advice on Web Presence

2009-06-06 Thread Cin
It's not clear to me whether you're looking to advertise a business, outline the research youve done, explain the process of construction or just host a brag book. I'm of the latter sort use Google pages, but I've heard it's closed to new members. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com Here I

Re: [h-cost] Advice on Web Presence

2009-06-06 Thread Käthe Barrows
It's not clear to me whether you're looking to advertise a business, outline the research you've done, explain the process of construction or just host a brag book. If you want to have a website, there are books on how to create these in HTML and programs like MicroSoft FrontPage so you don't

Re: [h-cost] Advice on Web Presence

2009-06-06 Thread Sharon L. Krossa
Greetings! At 10:14 PM + 6/5/09, Jane Pease wrote: Here I come meandering along behind the times as usual, but I have been thinking that it is time to have a costume presence on the web, both for the purpose of organizing and storing information and providing information to others. Some of

Re: [h-cost] London's Hidden Gems

2009-06-06 Thread Anne
Once you're in the central area, just try to walk from place to place as much as possible rather than taking the tube, and you will find all sorts of gems which will be just yours. I cut across Green Park one time on my way to a meeting and came across the original Bluecoat School. They are,

Re: [h-cost] Mascara Advice

2009-06-06 Thread Gilbert
I had to wear mascara for a dance recital, and find that it's still there--not only that, it ran (cried while Mary and her little lambs danced). My questions are these: how do you get the stuff off, and what mascara is tear-proof? I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you in advance!!

Re: [h-cost] Mascara Advice

2009-06-06 Thread Sylvia Rognstad
I use cold cream, but any make up remover will work. I also wear waterproof mascara, which doesn't run. Sylvia R On Jun 6, 2009, at 5:08 PM, Gilbert wrote: I had to wear mascara for a dance recital, and find that it's still there--not only that, it ran (cried while Mary and her little