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The Gamble House is another one of those too amazing to be true structures which causes my brain to whirl in fantasy of what life was like for those folks. And Peter, your local Hollyhock House build by the Barnsdall [?] sisters...what a treat that is and the poor crumbling Ennis Brown House..........back to Anne Slater, to be able to maintain that lifestyle into the 21st century, quite a good deal. The folks she hung around with were questionable [la duke and la duchess] two truly creepy people, not only were they hideous nazi sympathizers and snobs to the snobs but really, were either of them really THAT entertaining ??? Yet, Anne's home was remarkable and I'm glad New York Mag did the article.
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Gyri, I remember you said that your grandmother had an Imperial ... can you share some of your memories?
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The only people alive who were privileged to see that stove are my mother and aunt. They both remember it well in part because they actually saw the stove and in part because my great aunt (who lived with my grandparents) missed it and spoke about it after they moved (she didn't miss any of their other stoves!). She would have been in complete agreement with the thermowell lovers who have posted odes to thermowell oatmeal (if you are new to the forum do a search on oatmeal) since she frequently mentioned that the cream of wheat and oatmeal made in the thermowell were the best she ever had. She loved those hot cereals and whenever we visited they would appear, much to my dismay as a child, as a breakfast staple (by that time they had moved and left the Imperial behind). My mom recalls that the Imperial was in a very nice home that my grandfather purchased in the 1940's after achieving some success in business, around the time my mother and father were married. It couldn't have been in the same league as the Slater residence, but any private residence that included an Imperial would certainly have been a very nice place.
