tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post5343883370298459713..comments2024-03-27T04:15:22.918-07:00Comments on BIG OLD HOUSES: An Old Kentucky HomeJohn Foremanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05062464473900774511noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-32228330421904000962023-11-01T07:55:02.812-07:002023-11-01T07:55:02.812-07:00Thank you so much for this trip down memory road. ...Thank you so much for this trip down memory road. My background growing up on Poppy Way was separated from Whitehall by a negligible barrier. I met Hume Logan Jr. in a funny incident. My neighbor and I decided to sell our toys at a street side stand. A dashing man in a yellow convertible drove up and bought everything. When my mother found out what I had done, I had to walk over, knock on hi impressive front door and explain that I had to reclaim my toys. (He'd bought them for his nieces and nephews when they came to visit.) He was incredibly kind, took me on a tour and returned my toys. It's hard to believe my mother sent me alone...probably at around 7 or 8. She brought us up to be independent, accountable and self-confident. It provided me a lovely visit with a charming and gracious man in his beautiful home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-51910222504178497232016-02-14T20:08:45.219-08:002016-02-14T20:08:45.219-08:00Oh will you crybabies stop your incessant whining....Oh will you crybabies stop your incessant whining. Is the house in one piece, lovingly cared for with immaculate gardens? Give it a rest.montana channinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653665432364488811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-78220548495211708492014-11-21T02:39:41.592-08:002014-11-21T02:39:41.592-08:00Yeah! I am really attracted towards the beautiful ...Yeah! I am really attracted towards the beautiful views of this grand place” Old Kentucky Home”. But I want to confirm; can it be advance booked for any wedding celebration as like <a href="http://eventup.com/venues/seattle-wa/" rel="nofollow">Seattle Wedding venue</a>? Please tell me fast.dennymourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672467802142725375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-37925877163379929512014-07-23T12:08:58.341-07:002014-07-23T12:08:58.341-07:00Love how you romance the past...Love how you romance the past...Explore & Discoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057365429833173774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-50839958026865348822014-07-18T08:05:39.167-07:002014-07-18T08:05:39.167-07:00The endless acres of floral-birdcage wallpaper ......The endless acres of floral-birdcage wallpaper .....are more like forty miles of bad road. I had to avert my eyes and pretend it wasn't there.<br /><br />The modernized bathrooms....oh, try to avoid them if possible. Use the local gas station if you have to powder your nose.<br /><br />The chandeliers, sconces and fireplaces are magnificent. The interior and exterior columns add grandeur, like a miniature White House. Lovely and charming.<br />Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061842302314196314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-87946293969291990942014-07-17T14:22:49.268-07:002014-07-17T14:22:49.268-07:00Very funny!Very funny!John Foremanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062464473900774511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-88385644469880058642014-07-17T13:07:13.901-07:002014-07-17T13:07:13.901-07:00Impressive portico, although the Triglyphs and Cor...Impressive portico, although the Triglyphs and Corinthian colums are an odd combination. I suppose it was all Greek to them.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-17178346531248434962014-07-17T10:38:40.433-07:002014-07-17T10:38:40.433-07:00Well, truly a genteel house, spacious and easy, wi...Well, truly a genteel house, spacious and easy, with lovely bits of 'Colonial' details...it must have been marvelous to live here. But the current decorators have managed an antiseptic charmlessness that is, somehow, both curious and boring. The gardens, on the other hand, are charm itself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-60713569075935132212014-07-17T05:46:11.994-07:002014-07-17T05:46:11.994-07:00I meant to say that Jack Pickford was married to O...I meant to say that Jack Pickford was married to Olive Thomas! She was the first of his three wives. The second was the Broadway star Marilyn Miller. He must have been a charmer...Shawn Cullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270423231633162242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-54695916434092475572014-07-17T05:38:32.954-07:002014-07-17T05:38:32.954-07:00I rather like the wallpapers, which seem to go wel...I rather like the wallpapers, which seem to go well with the "Colonial" woodwork albeit that they are a bit too light in color and probably too small in scale to be authentic. When house shopping, as I have recently, one always notes with dismay that a house is "full of wallpaper" (which is usually hideous and will have to be laboriously scraped off) but it's nice to see it in an historic home or a doll's house.<br /><br />Mary Pickford's brother was Olive Thomas, a Ziegfeld show girl. They had a stormy, alcoholic marriage. On a second honeymoon in Paris, she accidentally ingested ant poison and died a gruesome death. All the Pickfords like to drink.Shawn Cullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270423231633162242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-77255652360487297902014-07-17T04:54:34.232-07:002014-07-17T04:54:34.232-07:00That is one superb fireplace fender! Pity there a...That is one superb fireplace fender! Pity there aren't color photos of the Logan family en famille at Christmas. I agree with you, John, that the current color scheme is much too light and airy to be an authentic Old Kentucy Home. That cranberry and gray floral utility carpet; however, THAT I recognize as a genuine Mohawk standard-issue for Midwestern mortuaries.Beth Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720634636307254576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-488112711091312722014-07-17T04:53:18.060-07:002014-07-17T04:53:18.060-07:00Polyeurothane and vulgar wallpaper - ick. The nic...Polyeurothane and vulgar wallpaper - ick. The nicest thing in this house was you, posing in your yellow shirt. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170852285107502075.post-78064794830220265122014-07-17T01:30:58.227-07:002014-07-17T01:30:58.227-07:00mary pickford's brother...who knew!?mary pickford's brother...who knew!?normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.com