Posts Tagged ‘Old-Timey’

Upcoming Chicagoland Steamy Events

Feb
24

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Chicago is becoming a very good destination and playground for Midwestern Steampunks. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that this weekend there is a Vintage Clothing and Jewelry Show, and we’re having our monthly get-together at a French Restaurant …

The Tie Bar Takes Care of All Your Ascot Needs

Feb
19

The Tie Bar is a well-kept gentleman’s secret. They carry a wide range of ascots and cravats at affordable prices.

Love and Romance for the Proper Neo-Victorian.

Feb
18

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Dating, love, lust, sex and personal relationships for the Neo-Victorian must be handled delicately. Aged, proper old-timey sex cries, woos, euphemisms and proper colorful words should be sprinkled liberally in your daily (and nightly) vocabulary.

A proper starting point is …

The Stolen Airship by Karel Zeman

Jan
21

Airships, Zeppelins, dirigibles and lighter-than-air steam powered travel are common motifs in both steampunk ideology as well as fiction. The days of the airship have not fully vanished, and continue to occupy a fancy in the collective steampunk consciousness. It’s …