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Retrotimes Productions

New Film Company!

We are so thrilled to announce the launch of our RetroTimes Productions film company! Our film company will be focused on bringing a little bit of the past to the 21 century through movies and documentaries about retro living, retro design, and retro style.

For this month RetroTimes Productions presents our first film comedy "A Date In Celebration". We are sure that you are going to love this comedy! So come join me as I bring to you the best retro things of the Town of Celebration.

Building Your Self- Esteem

17 Steps

Do you feel at times inadequate and not sure about yourself? These following steps will help you buildup your self-esteem:

1-Eat healthy foods and avoid junk foods (foods containing a lot of sugar, salt, or fat).

2-Exercise. Arrange a time every day or as often as possible when you can get some exercise, preferably outdoors. Take a walk, run, ride a bicycle, play a sport, climb up and down stairs several times, put on a tape, or play the radio and dance to the music–anything that feels good to you.

3-Do personal hygiene tasks that make you feel better about yourself–things like taking a regular shower or bath, washing and styling your hair, trimming your nails, brushing and flossing your teeth.

4-Have a physical examination every year to make sure you are in good health.

5-Plan fun activities for yourself. Learn new things every day.Things like playing a musical instrument, doing a craft project, flying a kite, or going fishing. Make a list of things you enjoy doing. Then do something from that list every day. Add to the list anything new that you discover you enjoy doing.

6-Get something done that you have been putting off. Clean out that drawer. Wash that window. Write that letter. Pay that bill.

7-Do things that make use of your own special talents and abilities. For instance, if you are good with your hands, then make things for yourself, family, and friends. If you like animals, consider having a pet or at least playing with friends' pets.

8-Dress in clothes that make you feel good about yourself. If you have little money to spend on new clothes, check out thrift stores in your area.

9-Give yourself rewards — you are a great person. Listen to a CD or tape.

10-Spend time with people who make you feel good about yourself — people who treat you well. Avoid people who treat you badly.

11-Make your living space a place that honors the person you are. Whether you live in a single room, a small apartment, or a large home, make that space comfortable and attractive for you.

12-Display items that you find attractive or that remind you of your achievements or of special times or people in your life. If cost is a factor, use your creativity to think of inexpensive or free ways that you can add to the comfort and enjoyment of your space.

13-Make your meals a special time. Turn off the television, radio, and stereo. Set the table, even if you are eating alone. Light a candle or put some flowers or an attractive object in the center of the table. Arrange your food in an attractive way on your plate. If you eat with others, encourage discussion of pleasant topics. Avoid discussing difficult issues at meals.

14-Take advantage of opportunities to learn something new or improve your skills. Take a class or go to a seminar. Many adult education programs are free or very inexpensive. For those that are more costly, ask about a possible scholarship or fee reduction.

15-Begin doing those things that you know will make you feel better about yourself — like going on a diet, beginning an exercise program or keeping your living space clean.

16-Do something nice for another person. Smile at someone who looks sad. Say a few kind words to the check-out cashier. Help your spouse with an unpleasant chore. Take a meal to a friend who is sick. Send a card to an acquaintance. Volunteer for a worthy organization.

17-Make it a point to treat yourself well every day. Before you go to bed each night, write about how you treated yourself well during the day.

Information:AtHealth.Com

Photo:Florida State Library

How To Be A Stepford

Time Warp Wives are not Stepford Wives, though their manners are undeniably similar.

APPEARANCE:

1. Always wear your makeup.

2. Always take care of your hair. Not a strand should be out of place.

3. Wear a nicely shaped undergarments to enhance your figure.

4. If you are not thin, wear a girdle.

5. Wear hourglass figured dresses (Remember to wear an apron during housework)

6. Look in the mirror. Imagine yourself as a girl in a television commercial; you should look flawless, at all times. The picture of the Stepford Wife is the picture of a person who is healthy and takes good care of herself.

ACTIVITY:

Now you are ready to start your day. You are a domestic queen and the home is your domain. Your home away from home is the supermarket. And the only higher power you answer to (and only when you are spoken to) are the men in your lives. That means, in order: your husband, your son, and then other men.

7. Clean clean clean! Everything needs to be spotless. Even if it takes a dozen repeated rubs, scrubs, and buff in the same spot. Clean and clean some more, in every corner of the house.

8. Cook.

9. Shop at the supermarket. Push your cart slowly. All items need to be placed in your shopping cart neatly, methodically, and in an orderly fashion.

MANNERS:

Stepford Wives are the model of etiquette. They are quiet and they speak softly. They use good manners, apologize often, and are perennially cheery. A Stepford Wife smiles as smiling is an act of submissiveness and agreeableness.

10. Practice gracious and polite behavior even when you are alone. Eat with the silverware in place even when you eat alone. Etiquette and proper manners begin at home, when no one is looking.

11. Never raise your voice.

12. Always say “please” and “thank you” for the smallest things, in public and private.

13. Always apologize for the smallest things, in public and private.

14. Do not possess any strong opinions on any subject, unless you are expressing enthusiasm for cleaning products or food ingredients and recipes.

15. Your man is No.1. He is the kingpin in your life. You answer first to him, then to your son, and then other men (and only when you are spoken to).

16. Don’t read, because who has time when you have this much housework to do and so many men to attend to?

Ira Levin’s original 1972 novella The Stepford Wives

Time Warp Wives Documentary

Meet The Ladies

Joanne Massey, 35: "Today's society is all rush, rush, rush, whereas I like to take my time". I admit I am in retreat from the 21st century. When I look at the reality of the world today, with all the violence, greed and materialism, I shudder. I don't want to live in that world.

Today's society is all rush, rush, rush, whereas I like to take my time. I never leave the house without lipstick on, and I also like to help neighbours - collecting their pensions and doing shopping for them, just as women in the 1950s would do.

It may sound silly, but living like this really does make me happier - as though I'm existing in one of those old-fashioned TV shows where everything is always wonderful.

Debbie Cleulow, 34: "I try to make my home perfect for my husband". I think I have a far happier marriage than many other people I meet, because we have strict demarcations in our roles.

I do all the cleaning, ironing, washing and cooking, and Martin puts up shelves and looks after the car. He's the breadwinner and I create a lovely - and loving - environment for him.

Diane Rowlands, 38: "I love to wear dresses and skirts, look immaculate and be treated like a lady". My love for the Thirties started with the music. As a teenager, I loved to listen to the big band sound and I would sit entranced for hours watching films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. They were so glamorous.

Back then, the world just seemed a sunnier place, even though it was an austere time between the wars.

Men and women knew their roles in society and there wasn't all this pressure on women to have to go out to work and try to be equal to men.

I do work part-time, but only because we need the money. However, we still have clearly defined roles in the home and I am the one who does most of the cooking and cleaning.

You can read more about Time Warp Wives in the U.K. at:

Daily Mail

To watch a clip of the Time Warp Wives video: Video Documentary

Joanne Massey as Lola Lamour

1940's Weekend

A beautiful British song from 1940 with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin. Most famously performed by Vera Lynn in the same year. Performed here by glamourous vocalist Lola Lamour at the 1940's Weekend, an event held bi-annually at the Crich Tramway Village, Derbyshire, UK. Produced by Hayswood Films.

SEASIDE COMMUNITY, FLORIDA

The Truman Town

Seaside is an unincorporated master-planned community on the Florida panhandle roughly midway between Fort Walton Beach and Panama City.

This real old-fashioned small town was built from scratch since 1981. Developer Robert Davis and planners Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk have laid down simple, thoughtful rules derived from epicenters of charm such as Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, with their narrow streets, porches, alleys, wood siding, pitched roofs and absence of picture windows. On this master plan they let individual owners (148 so far) execute their own versions of the Seaside housing code with personal architects. The heterogeneity is real; the harmony is deep. Seaside could be the most astounding design achievement of its era and, one might hope, the most influential.

Seaside is often cited as an example of successful implementation of New Urbanism. Time magazine has called it "the most astounding design achievement of its era and, one might hope, the most influential". It has been used as a model for other new urbanist developments in the United States and abroad. However, some have criticized Seaside as being overly rigid (the community's architectural standards provide strict limitations on the external aesthetics of the houses), resulting in conformity of style rather than creativity, which some people call a manufactured fantasy.

The Truman House

Many scenes of the 1998 film The Truman Show were shot at Seaside. The movie's director Peter Weir was planning on building a movie set town for the movie when his wife happened to see Seaside featured in an architect's magazine and thought it would be perfect for the film. The former superintendent of Okaloosa Schools, and now a member of the Florida Senate, state Senator Don Gaetz, was one of the original property owners of Seaside, and his personal cottage was utilized as the Burbanks' house in the film.

CELEBRATION, FLORIDA

Retro Living Town

Step into a retro living with Disney Celebration Town. It is the first planned community developed by The Walt Disney Company. If you are a fan of The Truman Show, Pleasantville and Stepford Wives, you are going to love Celebration! Walking through the streets of Celebration will bring you back to that Old Americana Living. The town is very colorful, pleasant to the sight and yes, very Spick n Span!

The Concept: for this town is a reproduction of 40's and 50's era. The town has a classic feel, though with different design building concepts: Victorian, Colonial Revival, Mediterranean, Coastal and French. Unlike most planned communities, where different uses and housing types are developed in separate "zones", Celebration will blend townhouses, apartments and Estate Homes in the same neighborhoods, which makes it more unique.

The Downtown Includes: The Celebration Hotel, Town Hall, Post Office, Bank, Theater, Amc Cinema, Specialty Shops, Bookstore, Restaurants, Health Facility, School and they even have a Farmers Market available on every Sundays. And like any other small American town, Celebration host many events throughout the year. They even have activities for the whole family like: Movie Under the Stars, Art Workshops, Ball Room Dancing Classes and much more!

Location: Celebration is located on the south side of Route 192, five miles south of Walt Disney World at the intersection of I-4 and U.S. Highway 192 East.

Community Website: To find more information on Event Schedule you can visit: http://www.celebration.fl.us/

Communications Department/Celebration Town Hall: 851 Celebration Ave. • Celebration, FL 34747 • (407) 566-1200 celebration.news@celebration.fl.us

Celebration Hotel: 700 Bloom St. Celebration, FL 34747 | Tel: 407.566.6000 | Fax: 407.566.1844 | Toll-free: 888.499.3800 • info@celebrationhotel.com

50's PRIME TIME CAFE

Disney's Hollywood Studios

Bring your appetite and sense of humor. The theme is Mom's kitchen circa 1955. There are TV's throughout the restaurant broadcasting black and white sitcoms. From "Father Knows Best" to the original "Mickey Mouse Club," you can't help but smile when you see these blasts from the past. Everyone is "family." Your server will introduce you to your "cousins" while giving you stern warnings to keep your elbows off of the table and to eat your vegetables. It's all in good fun and adds to the unique experience. There are lots of 50's knick-knacks and the dessert menu is on a Viewmaster!

The cafe is not only pleasant to the sight but also pleasant to the taste. The cafe has one of a kind delicious menu like: meatloaf, fried chicken, pot roast and milk shakes. You will leave a very happy guest!

Typical menu items:

Appetizers: Shrimp Cocktail ,Chicken Noodle Soup, Caesar Salad, Beer Battered Onion Rings, Fried Herb Cheese.

Entrees: Glazed Salmon, Char-grilled Pork Tenderloin, Traditional Meatloaf, Grilled Chicken, Top Sirloin Steak, Old Fashioned Pot Roast, Roasted Pepper

Desserts: S'mores, Ice Cream Sundaes, Brownie Sundae, Seasonal Cobbler, Ice Cream Sodas, Angel Food Cake with fresh berries and whipped cream.

50's Prime Time Cafe Information:

Website: Prime Time Cafe Dining Page

Location: Mickey Avenue

Map: MGM Map Page

Hours: Lunch: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Dinner: 4 p.m. - Park closing.

Prices: $10-$20

Priority Seating Recommended: Call 407-939-3463

How To Collect Dolls

Steps

Just about everyone in their life has played with dolls. At a certain age though some people donate, sell or dispose of their dolls. But, there is a large group of people who continue with the love that they feel for dolls. These people are people who we call "doll collectors". I'm going to specifically talk about how to buy, collect, store and mantain your "Barbie" collection.

1-Start your collection. If you haven't started your Barbie collection, start one now. The best thing to do is to search on-line for some of the dolls that you like. Once you find some dolls that you like, write them down. It will be much easier to find the doll to buy if you know the dolls specific name and even the year made.

2-Find your dolls. If the dolls are more recent (one year old tops) You can still probably find them in the store. If it is a special make of the doll you will probably have to get in contact with a doll dealer or doll store. But, by far the easiest way to find your dolls is the internet. You can go to "BarbieCollector.com" for specialty makes or "Ebay.com". Ebay will usually have the doll that you want, but if not try to search the web (the search is half the fun). Win ordering dolls off the internet.

3-Learn the "doll lingo" (see Tips).

4-MIB or not MIB, that is the question... After you learn the lingo, you must decide what kind of dolls you want. Do you care if she has a box? Or, do you want her to look like she just came of the assembly line. But, if you do want her to be MIB, keep in mind that the older the doll, the older the box and that means if the doll is older it is harder to the box in mint condition.

5-Maintain your collection. After you have you collection starting to grow, find a place to put it. You should ideally keep the dolls in a safe place where pets can't get to them. And also a place with limited sunlight. The sun can be very harsh to the dolls and their boxes, so if you have curtains, close them! It is also very important to keep your dolls dust free. The dust can be very harmful to the dolls as well. It can dull the outfits and the overall appearance of the doll.AND dont be embarassed if you think your too old for collecting!! There is no age limit.

Tips:

*Doll lingo.

*A/O - All Original. This phrase is often used at online auctions and other doll web sites to describe a particular doll.

*HTF - Hard to find. Common abbreviation used at online auctions and other doll web sites.

*MIB - Mint In Box (factory mint-condition doll in original box).

*MIP - Mint in Package. Similar to MIB. Denotes that all accessories are still in their original packaging.

*MNB - Mint No Box (pristine-condition doll, no box).

*NM - Near mint. Interchangeable with "excellent" when describing a doll's condition.

*NRFB - Never Removed From Box.

*Collect small, cheap, collectible dolls. For instance, AG dolls cost about $87 plus they're big.

*Make a place to keep your dolls. It could even be a house !! (Check out"Build a dollhouse out of a cabinet")

Research: Wikihow & Flickr

How to Create a Time Capsule

Steps

A time capsule is a way to communicate the present day to the future. It may also be a way to preserve parts of the past - such as when a time capsule is opened and the old contents are 're-capsuled' along with current items. Follow these steps to make a time capsule that will be sure to please and surprise whoever opens it.

1-Choose a duration for your time capsule. One way to do this is to consider who you would like your audience to be. Would you like to open the time capsule yourself? Would you like to share it with your own children or grandchildren? Would you like your message to last long into the future?

2-Decide where you will store your time capsule. Burial may not be the best choice, for several reasons. It is very likely to be forgotten or lost, and it is much more susceptible to damage from moisture.

3-Select a container. How much stuff do you want to preserve for the future? Think about how long this collection must last and where it will go. If you will store it inside, at home, a shoebox, bin, or old suitcase might be quite adequate. If you plan to place the time capsule outdoors or bury the time capsule, you will have to choose a container that is very waterproof and weatherproof. Consider using desiccant "gel bags" such as those included in the packaging of electronic goods and in bottles of vitamin C tablets. These help to absorb any moisture that may have been present at the time of encapsulation or that may ingress in the future.

4-Consider an above ground option. One interesting alternative is to store your time capsule items in a stainless steel vacuum food jar and then hide the jar inside a camouflaged polyurethane hollow rock or log. These above ground time capsules are called Geocapsules and can provide a further level of adventure to the time capsule experience.

5-Collect the objects to go in your time capsule. Who will open your time capsule, and what would you like to tell them? Have fun with this step! Objects for time capsules need not be of high monetary value. Rather, choose things that reflect the spirit of the present. What is unique about today? Anything that captures the spirit of the present is a candidate, but you might want to consider things like these:

* Popular toys or tools.

* Labels or packaging of favorite foods or other products. Include price tags, if you can.

* Newspapers or magazines showing current events or current trends.

* Photographs.

* Coins.

* Indicators of high technology. Even if nobody can read the contents of a DVD in 50 or 100 years, you might still enclose one to demonstrate the state of the art.

6-If you wish, write and enclose your own description of what it is like to live right now. Tell your future audience about daily life. Talk about ordinary day-to-day activities; current fads, fashions, attitudes, and trends; how much everyday objects usually cost; and anything else that you would like to say.

7-Do something to remind yourself or others of the location of the time capsule and the date you intend it to be opened. If you keep a calendar, write at the end of it each year when your time capsule should be opened. Place a plaque or marker if you have hidden or buried the time capsule, indicating where it can be found. Record the date and whereabouts in a journal or scrapbook. If the time capsule is for personal use, choose an opening date with personal significance. Or record its whereabouts in your will, along with any special instructions.

According to the International Time Capsule Society, most time capsules are "lost due to thievery, secrecy or poor planning". If your time capsule is intended for retrieval years or decades after its original placement, make doubly sure that several people know of its exact location and surroundings. If placed outside, above or underground, take photographs of your placement, identify GPS coordinates, and write down all data important for re-locating the precise location. Send multiple copies of the location data to those you can trust and ask them to hold the information for safe keeping. You can even schedule a future email to be sent to you as a retrieval reminder.

8-Seal the time capsule to your satisfaction and store it for the selected amount of time. Remember that a personal time capsule does not need to be of great duration or durability. Even five years from now, the world will have changed and the artifacts of today will stir memories.

Unfortunately Tulsa's 1957 time capsule was built to withstand a nuclear bomb, but it proved powerless to resist the corrosive effects of seeping groundwater, as well as the rigors of time itself. When the 1957 Plymouth was unearthed in 2007 it was a rusty old grandpa. Sorry, the ending was not as exciting.

Research: Wikihow, Flickr, & Youtube

Swing Dance Steps & Tutorial

Basic 6-count Steps

This is the basic step of 6-count swing dance, for those who have forgotten it and for those who never knew...

1-Stand facing your partner, feet parallel- Follow's left foot (usually the lady) is pointing in between the lead's feet. Lead should hold follow's hands in a loose hand-hold, where her hands are folded over his. The lead should hold the hands near the follow's waist level, so the correct height will vary with the follow. This position is Open Position.

2-Lead steps in place on his L foot, Follow steps in place on her R. If you forget which is which, remember that the lady is always Right. Ha-ha, that old chestnut.

3-Lead steps in place on his R foot, Follow steps on her L.

4-And now: the rock step! The follow rocks on her R, the lead on his L. Pick up that foot and place it right behind your opposite heel, shifting weight behind you. Step back on the opposite foot, so the step goes: Right-left for follow, Left-right for lead.

5-And we're back to the first step, so move your rocking foot back to its original position for the first count of the second basic pattern.

Tips:

* These steps are mostly just lifting the feet in place and putting them down again. Try to do them in beat to music, or to a count.

* This dance is a 6-count measure, so in regular 4/4 time music, each pattern will take up one measure and half of a second measure. It's not important for you to know now, but you'll catch back up to start on the 1st beat of the music on your third basic.

* The count is: 1st step takes up One-Two, Second step takes Three-four, and the rock step (which takes both feet) takes Five-six.

* Swing can be done to a lot of rock and jazz music- if you've got a 4/4 count, you'll probably be able to get a swing out of it. It will work best with songs with a "swing", where the beat lags slightly behind.

* Step lightly, don't stomp. Swing is a light-hearted, fast, and fun dance.

* Good swing songs to start with: "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell is a good slow one, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! is a good fast one. Listening to and dancing to these songs should give you a feel for good swing music.

Swing Dance Video Tutorial

How to Have a Successful Family Game Night!

Steps

A family game night can be a great way to interact with your family and get closer to the ones you love most. Although conversations, family meals, and other gatherings are great for a healthy family relationship; family game nights can really bring out your family member's character.

Keep in mind that having a game night doesn't necessarily mean you have to play the game properly and it doesn't mean that you can't do other things while you play. This is only a general layout for what you might do. All families have their own way of having a great time together. You and your family will gradually develop this as well. An example of this would be if one of your family members had to do something ridiculous when they lose. Try out the following for a great game night.

1. Consider a family game night. Do you even know what a family game night is? Does your family like to play games together? Does your family even like each other enough to interact for two or more consecutive hours? Some families might think that family game night is "corny" or a waste of time. Don't force your family to play. Doing so may result in a not-so-fun game in which no one is trying to win or play properly. Parents often do this to their teenage children.

2. Organize and arrange the game. If no one knows about it, they won't be there for it. Household family members do not need an invite to join but you might want your grandparents to join in on the fun as well.

* Decide where to play it. Where you play is just as important as what you are playing. You don't want everyone cramped in a bedroom and cranky throughout the game. Theoretically, you would play in the family or living room or an open, spacious room.

* Decide when to play it. Tell your family what time you will be holding the event. Try to avoid calling up a family game night at 9PM on a Saturday night. People might have to give up their plans for that night just to play with you. Traditionally, most games are started after dinner around 8PM.

3. Choose what you are going to play. Game nights are often stereotyped as board games with dice and/or each member taking a turn. Some of the most popular are Monopoly, Uno, and Parcheesi. These are great things to play (if your family enjoys them) but you can always spice it up a little. Arrange a family game night with video games. You can connect four controllers to one console (or many consoles) and televisions to create up to 8-16 players. Either one is fine but just be sure that everyone is comfortable with the decision.

4. Set up the game. Recalling back to the area where you decided to play; set up your board or video game. Again, keep in mind how much area your family members will be taking up and how much room will be required to play. For example: monopoly requires players to have room to store their property cards, money, chance/community chest cards, etc. which requires players to have personal space.

* Setting up the game doesn't mean to just set up the game itself, but rather set up anything your family would enjoy during the game. You could turn up the stereo, dim the lights, get food, and so much more before the game. Remember, it's your family and your choices. Customization of your night will lead to better results and a better time playing the game.

5. Play the game. As obvious and ridiculous as it sounds: play the game. Many people will go through the trouble of setting up a game but procrastinate and never play it. This is because people might change their minds, not have enough time, or be unable to play. Remember to do a good job organizing and arranging the game so that you can play.

6. Repeat the steps. A game once in a while is good but playing over and over might develop a stronger bond between your family. You will be able to relate to each other's problems in real life based off the dialogue during the game. Learning more about your family is a great step towards maintaining a healthy family.

Photo: Florida State Library