Life as a Bridgerton

The Bridgerton series was based in the early 1800’s. Here are some things that have to do with their everyday life as members of the London upper class.

Here are a few examples of similar outfits the characters and family members would be wearing as members of the upper class:

Here are some of the hair styles of the day for the women:

They get around in a horse drawn buggy:

I imagine the Bridgertons main city residence was not unlike this one:

The story of the Bridgertons

The Bridgerton family consists of Mrs. Bridgerton, Violet, Mr. Bridgerton, Edmund (passed away) and their eight children (from oldest to youngest): Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory, and Hyacinth.
Yes, you will notice Violet and Edmund named their many children with the progression of the alphabet.

Each sibling has a romance novel following them falling in love.
Book 1: Daphne with Simon Basset in “The Duke and I”
Book 2: Anthony with Kate Sheffield in “The Viscount Who Loved Me”
Book 3: Benedict with Sophia Beckett in “An Offer From a Gentleman”
Book 4: Colin with Penelope Featherington in “Romancing Mister Bridgerton”
Book 5: Eloise with Sir Phillip Crane in “To Sir Philip, With Love”
Book 6: Francesca with Michael Stirling in “When He Was Wicked”
Book 7: Hyacinth with Gareth St. Claire in “It’s In His Kiss”
Book 8: Gregory with Lady Lucinda Abernathy in “On the Way to the Wedding”

START READING!!

Oh, how I wish I were a Bridgerton

“The Bridgertons are by far the most prolific family in the upper echelons of society.”

The above was the very first line that sucked me into my favorite book series ever written: The Bridgerton series written by Julia Quinn.
It was junior year and I was sitting in my biology class with some friends waiting for the bell to ring (all the cool kids hung out in Mr. Brown’s room before school…O,K well maybe not the cool kids, but all the advanced placement kids at least….so yeah, definitely NOT the cool kids).

Anyways, My best friend Jane walked in and handed me a book called, “The Duke and I.”
“OH MY GOD! Jenee’!” shes says. “You absolutely have to read this! You’ll love it!”
And holy goodness was she right. I had never loved a book a so much as I loved that one… then i found out there were 7 more in the series! OH HAPPY DAY! From that moment on I had my nose in a Julia Quinn book constantly.
Yes, everyone made fun of me for reading a sappy, over sexual romance novel but, pfft, they were the ones missing out!

For the next several weeks I will be conducting my own blog series focusing on the wonders of The Bridgertons. Hopefully my enthusiasm for the stories and the information I provide you will encourage you to become part of the blessed and obsessed readers of the Bridgerton and Julia Quinn fanbase.

Bump In The Night

Does anyone else remember the MOST FANTASTIC show EVER from when we were kids?
Well, Im sure there are differences in opinion, but for me, it was definately Bump In The Night.
I was glued to the screen every Saturday morning when it came on ABC during the Saturday morning cartoon line up.
It unfortunately only ran for two seasons in 1994 and 1995. It broke my little kid heart, but those two seasons will be epic in claymation history.
Bump In The Night was created by David Bleiman and Ken Pontac.

The three main characters reside within a ten-yea-old boys house. Mr. Bumpy (Jim Cummings) a small green monster covered in purple warts that lives under the boy’s bed and enjoys eating dust bunnies and socks, Squishington (Rob Paulson) a blue monster that is made of goo that resides in the toilet tank of the bathroom, and Molly Coddle (Gail Matthius) who is a thrown together rag doll belonging to the boy’s sister. Each episode the characters would go through an adventure, fight a villian, and at the end perform a musical montage explainging the life lessoned learned from thier adventure.

I realised the otherday how much i truly missed this show and spent hour on youtube surfing videos of the episodes. I implore you, if you were a poor sap that missed out on this show while it was on tv, or if you loved it as much as i did, check out youtube and the vidoes available to watch. Throw on your pajamas, grab a bowl of cereal and relive those childhood Saturday mornings again.
Lists of episodes are available in multiple locations.

Also, If you are interested:
Bump In The Night: Night Of The Living Bread
and Bump In The Night: Twas The Night Before Bumpy are both available on Amazon.com.