Episode #27: Let's Talk About the Gilded Age

Oops!  Jennifer forgot the show was called Circa SUNDAY Night,  and posted this week's episode on Monday.   But, we'll forgive her this time because tonight's show is all about the Gilded Age in New York, and as this episode of Circa Sunday Night goes up, a new episode of the HBO drama The Gilded Age is airing as well.  Wait...could this have been part of her brilliant plan all along?  We'll never know.  But what we can say is that tonight's show is weird.  One minute we're talking about Downton Abby, the next we're talking about the Vanderbilts, and somewhere in between we're taking a stroll down memory lane with Jennifer as she recounts key moments from high school at her old hometown's soon-to-be-demolished shopping mall.  On second thought, it's not so weird; it's just another romp around Circa 19xx Land.  Once we leave Jennifer's childhood mall we'll make our way to a sparkling 19th Century dinner party, meet the Mrs. Astor, and learn about the fine art of ormolu.  It's all in a night's work.  Won't you come along?

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Really beautiful and awesome books for this episode:
The Gilded Age in New York by Esther Crain
A Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York by Greg King
When the Astors Owned New York by Justin Kaplan
The Gilded Age: Overture to the American Century by Alan Axelrod

Article
Examples of Ormolu:  The Mayfair Gallery
Article about Ormolu: The Mayfair Gallery Blog

Urban Explorer Video about White Lakes Mall that Upset Jennifer
Look for the Orange Julius Canopy!

Circa 19xx Land