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Category Archives: New Trier High School
Shall We Dance?
Late Breaking Headline: Congrats to the Cubs! Onward! Do you remember when and how you learned to dance? Even though I have hazy recollections of teaching myself to jitterbug copying the kids on American Bandstand,***my formal training began at Avoca … Continue reading
Posted in Avoca School, New Trier High School, pop culture, Television, The 60's, Winnetka
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Happy New Year!
This post is dedicated to Ellen Kander and Judy Lynch. Almost sixty years ago, we were little girls who excitedly waited for the school bus on many a first day of school. Maybe it’s the inveterate student in me, but … Continue reading
Posted in Avoca School, Memoir, New Trier High School, Nostalgia, pop culture
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The Driver’s Seat
Letter From Elba Annual Announcement: Yep, Dear Readers, it’s that time of year again. I’m heading up to the North Woods for some R&R. I’ll be back in your email boxes on Sunday, August 23. But for now, relax and … Continue reading
Posted in New Trier High School, pop culture, Teachers, Tributes, Winnetka
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Class Reunion
These are class photos from Echoes 1965. My New Trier High School year book. (That’s me with the corsage- second row, third from the left. No idea why I’m wearing it. Maybe this picture was taken on my birthday?) I … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Memoir, New Trier High School, pop culture, Restaurants, The 60's
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“It’s Here”
When I was a teenager on Chicago’s North Shore, dating usually meant going to tried and true venues. Like Friday and Saturday nights at the Teatro Del Lago movie theater in Wilmette. Or the Edens theater in Northbrook. Maybe once … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, Dating, Music, New Trier High School, Nostalgia, pop culture, The 60's
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Seventeen
Calling All Girls: If the names “Enid Haupt” and “Colleen Corby” ring a familiar bell, this post should be on your “must read” list. When I was a pre-teen growing up on Chicago’s North Shore, I was rabidly interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Magazines, Memoir, New Trier High School, Nostalgia, pop culture
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Just My Type
HERE I GO AGAIN. Dear Loyal Readers and New Subscribers, Forgive me. I’ll soon be off on another trip, and the exigencies of the blog can not be optimally-managed long distance. Letter From Elba will be back in your email box on … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, New Trier High School, Nostalgia, pop culture
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The Pursuit of Happiness
IMPORTANT LETTER FROM ELBA ANNOUNCEMENT: I am taking a winter hiatus, folks. A short break to break up the gray gloomy doldrums. I’m going to travel and chill out. Hence my next blog will be in your email boxes on … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Memoir, New Trier High School, pop culture, Winnetka
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Arts and Sciences
When I was in college, I majored in English literature. And even though that it meant sweating through Chaucer and ploughing through Milton, I loved (almost) every word of it. Shakespeare, Donne, Austin, Galsworthy, Donne, Pope, Swift, Blake, Shelley, Keats, … Continue reading
Posted in Crosswords, New Trier High School, pop culture, Science, Teachers
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Annie
Author’s Note: This post is dedicated to Melissa Smith Ross. Another beautiful dancer. Can a little girl from a small town in Sweden find fame and fortune in Hollywood and end up going toe to toe dancing and singing with … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, New Trier High School, pop culture, Theater, Tributes
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