| | I think I may have reached an age where it is no longer appropriate to admit my favorite album right now is by a band called "Vampire Weekend." One might argue that it was -never- okay, but I disagree. I have no idea why they chose that name, they are a boppy happy group. The song I really like is "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa."
I went dancing last Friday with Sterling. We hadn't been dancing in a long time, and we had both worked that morning, so it was exciting and exhausting. I have a really cute new blouse, that I didn't like in the store, but loved when I got home.
I miss Janeway.
I finished one of my papers, I have two to go, one of which I have done all of the reading for (which is due in a month) the other I have not started the reading for (rough draft due in a week and a half). I think I planned this poorly.
posted by Amber at 11:23 PM
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| | You know what is awesome?
City directories. I spent about an hour today tracing a few people through them (this would be through the Sacramento city directories for the years 1921-1946), and you can learn -a lot- from them. I can tell you where these guys lived, where they worked, when they moved (and died!). It was really cool. From what I learned today I can you that Leonard Starks moved to Sacramento (from New York) in time to be listed in the 1922 directory, he worked solo as an architect in one building for the next five years. Then in 1927 (maybe earlier), Edward Flanders joined up with him (Starks and Flanders the firm is created), they stay at Starks' old address for a year, then move downtown to a new address, until two years later they end up on R and 9th, in an office they'd stay at the rest of their careers. During this time they do some pretty awesome buildings (make a pretty sweet high school with PWA monies, build a gorgeous theatre or two, create the amazing federal courthouse/postoffice. Swear to god, it's both, not sure how that works). 1942, under Flanders, you see Edward's widow (which is how she's listed), meaning he died the year before. Starks keeps their office for a few years, but it's no longer Starks and Flanders, then he retires in 1945 (is listed only under his home address in 1946).
I learned all of this (except the building names I knew those before) from the city directories.
Like I said, it was really cool.
Okay it was really cool if you are a historian lady who gets excited by research. And I am that lady. Research (assuming it's fruitful) makes me hot, there I said it.
I wouldn't mind doing this all the time, if I could then take this research and put it in a lecture format or something. It's the papers that are evil.
posted by Amber at 8:56 PM
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