Memories

Question of the Day | 11/20/2009 2:00 am

Remember shopping pre-Internet? What era/memory in the evolution of shopping do you think of most fondly?

Best & Co., trips into ‘the city,’ tailors … Join Joan Ganz Cooney and Liz Smith in the conversation

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Joan Ganz Cooney | 11/20/2009 1:00 am

Joan Ganz Cooney Still Shops the Way She Always Has

I go to Saks or Bergdorf where I have personal shoppers …

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Liz Smith | 11/20/2009 1:00 am

Liz Smith Remembers the 'Good Old Days' of Department Stores

Lord & Taylor, Bonwit Teller, Saks, Best & Co, Bergdorf …

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Mary Wells | 11/05/2009 9:42 am

Mary Wells's First New York Experience

We didn’t have milkmen …

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Question of the Day | 11/04/2009 4:00 am

The milkman cometh back! Do you remember a time when he delivered your milk?

The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article about the resurrection of the milkman, which inspired Cynthia McFadden, Sheila Nevins, Liz Smith, Joan Ganz Cooney, Mary Wells and Candice Bergen to take a stroll down memory lane …

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Sheila Nevins | 11/04/2009 12:00 am

'City Girl' Sheila Nevins

Never milked a cow …

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Cynthia McFadden | 11/04/2009 12:00 am

Cynthia McFadden: Move Over, Milkman

It’s memories of the Fuller Brush man that really have stayed with me…

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Liz Smith | 11/04/2009 12:00 am

Liz Smith on Milkmen, Ice Men and Newsboys

Our Grande Dame of Dish reflects on memories and progress …

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Joan Ganz Cooney | 11/04/2009 12:00 am

Joan Ganz Cooney: 'The Milkman Delivered in a Horse-Drawn Cart'

… and little Joan would hop aboard for a ride around the block

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Candice Bergen | 11/04/2009 12:00 am

Candice Bergen: An 'Adohr Gal'

This Los Angeles girl only trusted milk from one man …

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Question of the Day | 10/08/2009 2:00 am

Wannamaker's, Oldsmobile, Polaroid and PanAm … What defunct brands do you now miss?

Join Liz Smith and Joan Ganz Cooney on a walk down memory lane

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Joan Ganz Cooney | 10/08/2009 12:00 am

Joan Ganz Cooney: 'This Is Where We Came In'

On remembering the movie experiences of her childhood

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Liz Smith | 10/08/2009 12:00 am

Favorite Places and Brands That Liz Smith Adored (and Are Now Extinct)

Stouffer’s, Schrafft’s, Horn & Hardart, the Forum of the 12 Caesars …

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Lily Tomlin | 09/29/2009 2:15 am

Lily Tomlin Gets a Lesson in Class

From about the age of seven, I was class conscious …

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Entertainment | 08/06/2009 11:00 pm

Mr. wOw Remembers: My First Time With Liz Taylor

It was July of 1973 …

By Mr. wOw

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A Friend Stopped By | 03/10/2009 11:25 am

The Memory Keepers, by Michele Neff Hernandez

Michele Neff Hernandez discovers where memories go when a loved one — in this case her husband — dies

By Michele Neff Hernandez

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Entertainment | 02/25/2009 8:00 am

Liz Smith ... in Pictures

A look at Liz’s life thus far, as she’s shared it with wOw. What’s next for our Grande Dame of Dish? Only time will tell …

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Mary Wells | 02/24/2009 12:00 am

Mary Wells: The Cool Treat That Is NPR

The only radio I listen to is NPR …

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Poll | 10/10/2008 12:00 am

Did you go to your high school reunion?

No I went to my 10-year reunion I went to my 20-year reunion I went to all my reunions Other (tell us below)

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Mary Wells | 09/12/2008 12:00 am

Mary Wells: Princess Grace, As I Knew Her

November 12 marks the birth date of Princess Grace Kelly, the Princess of Monaco. wowOwow’s Mary Wells shares her personal memories of the princess as she knew her in Monte Carlo

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