My Latest Obsession

Pride and Prejudice is my all time favorite move and I love all period dramas. Thanks to my mother-in-law I have a new series to feed that obsession and addicted is an understatement. 

Downton Abbey is a Masterpiece Classic miniseries on PBS that follows an the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants before World War I. I am fascinated by the relationships between the help and the family and how houses of that size used to run. I love the pomp and circumstance of everyday life and the simple things that were then considered so scandalous. Not only is the story line wonderful, but the costumes and homes are also breathtaking. Vogue has several articles on the beautiful sisters and fashion of Downton Abbey here, here, here, and here.  

I was late to jump on the Downton Abbey bandwagon, as the second season has just premiered, but Netflix has the first season available to stream online if you are interested! 

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Quality TV

No, I'm not talking about the latest season of The Bachelor. I am a little embarrassed to admit that I watch all that drama. I'm talking about the OWN channel and my new favorite TV show.

It is a behind the scenes (in case you couldn't tell that from the title) look at the Oprah show and I think it is fabulous. I usually DVR it because it comes on Friday nights, but I think it is so interesting. It gives you a whole new perspective of what is going on at the Oprah show and what it takes to produce six to seven shows a week. You get to see how everything works and Oprah tells you what she really thinks about all the stuff they have her doing.  I have been watching Oprah since my babysitter introduced her to me in my single digit years and hate it is going off the air because I think the behind the scenes is almost more interesting than the actual show! You should check it out tonight!

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