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Back from the Congress.

It was/is phenomenal! A fuller writeup at some nebulous future point - for now, I'm going (mostly) incommunicado until after Weds. (math final). Meanwhile, amuse yourselves with Chaucer's Kalamazoo pick-up lines ("The preeste telleth me that we aren more than VII degrees of consanguinitee. Game on!")

jlsjlsjls: the book rooms (rooms!!) are to die and kill for! I can send you a full listing of my personal damage (or post if others are interested).

Until then, kysse kysse....

brief link roundup

From before the trip:

From fabucat: Elizabeth Keckley's biography online. Keckley was born a slave and later bought her freedom. She also worked as a dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln in the Lincoln White House. Not sure when/if I'll have time to read this but it looks interesting.

From jlsjlsjls, purveyer of fine bookish links: Bat Secundo's podcast interview with Sarah Waters. Because more Sarah Waters is a Good Thing (side note: finally got "Night Watch" from the library!)

The Surviving Garments Database - oh, so many kinds of shiny and it's not even finished yet! Many of the entries are text not photos, but you get a wealth of information (where it was found, where it is now, primary fiber, type of garment, gender, catalog numbers, other references). Go play :)

Melanie Schuessler's Costumes - lots of the shiny!