Comments on: A Lament http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/ antiquarian gems and gently-loved jewels Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:40:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mimi http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Mimi Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:46:33 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=159#comment-1196 Lovely blog this! I've just stumbled upon it. Must explore a bit more. I'm wondering what you think of the Victoria Magazine of the last two years? To me, it lacks depth. Mimi, a magazine lover Lovely blog this! I’ve just stumbled upon it. Must explore a bit more.

I’m wondering what you think of the Victoria Magazine of the last two years?

To me, it lacks depth.

Mimi, a magazine lover

]]> By: Debra http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Debra Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:12:18 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=159#comment-865 I too am a devoted reader of Victoria Magazine...I have every issue from it's first in 1987 and I love going thru them - they never look dated and they truly were the lovliest magazine I have ever subscribed to - with the exception of SEVENTEEN Magazine - the ones that were published in the 60's and 70's. They were beautilful too and I still have my copies carefully packed away. It's fun to pull those out once in awhile and see a teen age Cybil Shephard in a Cover Girl ad or those Bonne Bell cosmetic ads and their articles and photographs were top notch just like Victoria's were. I just received my subscription card today from Hoffman Media asking me if I'd like to reserve a subscription for the newly revived Victoria and I immediately responded YES and THANK YOU! I am confident that Phyllis Hoffman will maintain the integrity of the original Victoria while adding her distinct flair that she's become so well known for with her other publications. My favorites are Southern Lady, Tea Time and of course, Paula Deen. Thank you Phyllis for giving us back a beautiful magazine that we can escape into again! I too am a devoted reader of Victoria Magazine…I have every issue from it’s first in 1987 and I love going thru them – they never look dated and they truly were the lovliest magazine I have ever subscribed to – with the exception of SEVENTEEN Magazine – the ones that were published in the 60’s and 70’s. They were beautilful too and I still have my copies carefully packed away. It’s fun to pull those out once in awhile and see a teen age Cybil Shephard in a Cover Girl ad or those Bonne Bell cosmetic ads and their articles and photographs were top notch just like Victoria’s were. I just received my subscription card today from Hoffman Media asking me if I’d like to reserve a subscription for the newly revived Victoria and I immediately responded YES and THANK YOU! I am confident that Phyllis Hoffman will maintain the integrity of the original Victoria while adding her distinct flair that she’s become so well known for with her other publications. My favorites are Southern Lady, Tea Time and of course, Paula Deen. Thank you Phyllis for giving us back a beautiful magazine that we can escape into again!

]]> By: Ana Maria http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Ana Maria Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:00:11 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=159#comment-864 I arrived home, sorted through my mail, and couldn't believe my eyes: a card inviting me to receive the first issue of the soon to be re-released, Victoria Magazine! Along with the rest of you, I too had a long friendship with Victoria. On a beautiful day in March, 1987, my wonderful secretary Trish, came back from lunch with a present for me. She said, "I saw this in a newstand and as I flipped through the pages, it reminded me of you and your home". When I saw the pictures and read through the articles of the magazine, I realized how blessed I was to have this lovely woman working with me! I have kept and treasured most of the old issues and since Victoria was "timeless", I often turn to them while I sip a cup of tea. About the new Victoria: I'm a bit worried. Will Nancy Lindemeyer be involved with it? I truly believe she was the soul of the magazine. When she left, Victoria began a steady decline that culminated in its sad ending. Don't worry about finding it. The new publishers will find us! I arrived home, sorted through my mail, and couldn’t believe my eyes: a card inviting me to receive the first issue of the soon to be re-released, Victoria Magazine!
Along with the rest of you, I too had a long friendship with Victoria. On a beautiful day in March, 1987, my wonderful secretary Trish, came back from lunch with a present for me. She said, “I saw this in a newstand and as I flipped through the pages, it reminded me of you and your home”. When I saw the pictures and read through the articles of the magazine, I realized how blessed I was to have this lovely woman working with me!
I have kept and treasured most of the old issues and since Victoria was “timeless”, I often turn to them while I sip a cup of tea.
About the new Victoria: I’m a bit worried. Will Nancy Lindemeyer be involved with it? I truly believe she was the soul of the magazine. When she left, Victoria began a steady decline that culminated in its sad ending.
Don’t worry about finding it. The new publishers will find us!

]]> By: lilyoake http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-863 lilyoake Fri, 18 May 2007 02:17:23 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=159#comment-863 Dear Lamenters, lament no more! I just read an article describing the return of Victoria magazine as Hearst teams with another specialty publisher to bring the magazine back, in all it's glory. VICTORIA IS COMING BACK!! THE FIRST ISSUE WILL BE A NOV/DEC ISSUE ON THE SHELVES IN OCTOBER 2007!!! I remember the moment I discovered the magazine too....while on vacation, on a shelf in a Fred Meyer's store in The Dalles, OR. I couldn't believe such a magazine existed and wondered why I had never seen it before, until I saw "Premiere Issue" written across the top of it. I have every issue made ever since and I too cherish them. As a designer, they have been an inspiration to me when I felt my own ideas had all dried up. I could open an older issue and feast my eyes on a million things that would inspire more art in me to come out. I never wavered with my loyalty. I liked the changes it made over the years. Like an old friend, you have to roll with the punches and grow and excpet and try not to become stagnant. My tastes changed over the years and so did Victoria magazine's. Change isn't always bad...sometimes it is sideways. But when it ceased to come, I was so broken-hearted. I did not want to except it and have spent many a year searching for an alternative. When, a few days ago, an old coworker emailed a link to a business news website with a story about Victoria magazine coming back, I was giddy and immediately punched out on my lunch break (even though it was 8:30 am) just so I could immediately search the net for more info. I found it, called Hearst and got it all confirmed. I left a message asking when/how I could resubscribe but have yet to hear back. The coworker who sent the email left our company on less than cordial terms and stated she wished never to see me again so for her to break her silence and send me that email proves just how deeply I loved that one publication, let it influence my life and art, and wished for it's return! VICTORIA RETURNS!! As I turn in my desk chair, i can see all the issues secure in their magazine boxes on the shelves behind me and I feel happy that I can add to their numbers in just a few short months. ;) Dear Lamenters, lament no more! I just read an article describing the return of Victoria magazine as Hearst teams with another specialty publisher to bring the magazine back, in all it’s glory.
VICTORIA IS COMING BACK!!
THE FIRST ISSUE WILL BE A NOV/DEC ISSUE ON THE SHELVES IN OCTOBER 2007!!!
I remember the moment I discovered the magazine too….while on vacation, on a shelf in a Fred Meyer’s store in The Dalles, OR. I couldn’t believe such a magazine existed and wondered why I had never seen it before, until I saw “Premiere Issue” written across the top of it. I have every issue made ever since and I too cherish them. As a designer, they have been an inspiration to me when I felt my own ideas had all dried up. I could open an older issue and feast my eyes on a million things that would inspire more art in me to come out.
I never wavered with my loyalty. I liked the changes it made over the years. Like an old friend, you have to roll with the punches and grow and excpet and try not to become stagnant. My tastes changed over the years and so did Victoria magazine’s. Change isn’t always bad…sometimes it is sideways.
But when it ceased to come, I was so broken-hearted. I did not want to except it and have spent many a year searching for an alternative.
When, a few days ago, an old coworker emailed a link to a business news website with a story about Victoria magazine coming back, I was giddy and immediately punched out on my lunch break (even though it was 8:30 am) just so I could immediately search the net for more info. I found it, called Hearst and got it all confirmed. I left a message asking when/how I could resubscribe but have yet to hear back.
The coworker who sent the email left our company on less than cordial terms and stated she wished never to see me again so for her to break her silence and send me that email proves just how deeply I loved that one publication, let it influence my life and art, and wished for it’s return!
VICTORIA RETURNS!!
As I turn in my desk chair, i can see all the issues secure in their magazine boxes on the shelves behind me and I feel happy that I can add to their numbers in just a few short months. ;)

]]> By: Michelle http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Michelle Wed, 02 May 2007 02:18:20 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=159#comment-862 I couldn't believe it the day my husband called to say that Victoria was being cancelled! How could they? Even though I noticed a decline in the old Victoria I had grown to love, but I was just buying my first house? How could it be no more? I needed that magazine to help decorate my first home. I have every issue, and I re-read them all the time (I am flipping though the September 1999 issue right now). I am so glad that I found this site - there are so many of us that reminisce of a time when Vicotira arrived in our mailboxes each month. Maybe one day, a magazine will come along that will recapture the grace and style Victoria gave us throughout the years. I couldn’t believe it the day my husband called to say that Victoria was being cancelled! How could they? Even though I noticed a decline in the old Victoria I had grown to love, but I was just buying my first house? How could it be no more? I needed that magazine to help decorate my first home. I have every issue, and I re-read them all the time (I am flipping though the September 1999 issue right now). I am so glad that I found this site – there are so many of us that reminisce of a time when Vicotira arrived in our mailboxes each month. Maybe one day, a magazine will come along that will recapture the grace and style Victoria gave us throughout the years.

]]> By: garden_antqs http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-861 garden_antqs Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:41:42 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=159#comment-861 I too couldn't wait for the next issue of Victoria Magazine to arrive. I really wish someone would publish another Victoria Magazine as great as it was. I buy all the old issues that I find and sell them at the Antique Shows I set up at. The ladies that buy them tell me how much they miss Victoria. There ARE STILL a lot of fans that continue buying the old issues and would still buy it if it were still around. I too couldn’t wait for the next issue of Victoria Magazine to arrive. I really wish someone would publish another Victoria Magazine as great as it was. I buy all the old issues that I find and sell them at the Antique Shows I set up at. The ladies that buy them tell me how much they miss Victoria. There ARE STILL a lot of fans that continue buying the old issues and would still buy it if it were still around.

]]> By: vickilborg http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-860 vickilborg Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:01:30 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=159#comment-860 A lovely thing that I share in common with my 92 year old mother-in-law is Victoria magazine. I introduced Virginia to Victoria when it was just a new publication. She spent her summers in Idaho and her winters in Arizona. The winter issues came to her in sunny Arizona and the summer ones to her Idaho home. All of the copies were treasured as old friends that she would revist at the changing of the seasons. The beautiful Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine's issues resided in Arizona. The lovely spring and summer were at home in Idaho. This past year when she returned to Arizona she discovered to her horror that the cleaning lady who prepared the house for her coming had thrown out all of her old Victorias. She was so sad (and pretty mad, too!) That is when we discovered that you could buy old copies on E-Bay and that there was an on-line following of others who missed Victoria like we did. I still have many of mine, though I didn't have the space to keep all of them. I gave many of the issues to a local thrift store several years ago, only to learn that a friend purchased the ones I donated. Virginia is looking forward to visiting her spring and summer issues in Idaho when she returns in April. A lovely thing that I share in common with my 92 year old mother-in-law is Victoria magazine. I introduced Virginia to Victoria when it was just a new publication. She spent her summers in Idaho and her winters in Arizona. The winter issues came to her in sunny Arizona and the summer ones to her Idaho home. All of the copies were treasured as old friends that she would revist at the changing of the seasons. The beautiful Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine’s issues resided in Arizona. The lovely spring and summer were at home in Idaho. This past year when she returned to Arizona she discovered to her horror that the cleaning lady who prepared the house for her coming had thrown out all of her old Victorias. She was so sad (and pretty mad, too!) That is when we discovered that you could buy old copies on E-Bay and that there was an on-line following of others who missed Victoria like we did. I still have many of mine, though I didn’t have the space to keep all of them. I gave many of the issues to a local thrift store several years ago, only to learn that a friend purchased the ones I donated. Virginia is looking forward to visiting her spring and summer issues in Idaho when she returns in April.

]]> By: Kristin http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-859 Kristin Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:52:05 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=159#comment-859 Many thanks to Lanier for this entry and also to Nancy Lindemeyer for her kind comments. Victoria is my all-time favorite magazine, and I subscribed from its inception until it changed editorship and became too modern. My wedding cake was designed after one I saw in Victoria! I still have all my old issues and will never get rid of them! There is now another place to get in touch with other kindred spirits at the Yahoo! group called "Missing Bliss." We chat about recipes, decorating, gardens and other lovely things that make us think of the old Victoria magazine. Join our Yahoo! group if you like. We have self-published several issues of an Internet magazine called Victorianne that you can read online. Many thanks to Lanier for this entry and also to Nancy Lindemeyer for her kind comments. Victoria is my all-time favorite magazine, and I subscribed from its inception until it changed editorship and became too modern. My wedding cake was designed after one I saw in Victoria! I still have all my old issues and will never get rid of them! There is now another place to get in touch with other kindred spirits at the Yahoo! group called “Missing Bliss.” We chat about recipes, decorating, gardens and other lovely things that make us think of the old Victoria magazine. Join our Yahoo! group if you like. We have self-published several issues of an Internet magazine called Victorianne that you can read online.

]]> By: Sarah B-D http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-855 Sarah B-D Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:11:20 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=159#comment-855 Oh and I meant to say (sorry, having 3 children under 4years really muddles my brain at times!), thank you so much Lanier for sharing your wonderful thoughts and insights on Victoria and so many other subjects. Your site is exquisite and I find your writing breathtakingly beautiful. I have so enjoyed reading through your family stories and other life experiences. Please keep it up. It really makes my day! Oh and I meant to say (sorry, having 3 children under 4years really muddles my brain at times!), thank you so much Lanier for sharing your wonderful thoughts and insights on Victoria and so many other subjects. Your site is exquisite and I find your writing breathtakingly beautiful. I have so enjoyed reading through your family stories and other life experiences. Please keep it up. It really makes my day!

]]> By: Sarah B-D http://laniersbooks.com/2006/02/10/a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-857 Sarah B-D Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:44:15 +0000 http://laniersbooks.com/?p=159#comment-857 Over the last few years I've searched the internet hoping to find kindred spirits who, like myself, still lamented the loss of VICTORIA magazine - and now I have! It seems silly to mourn its absence after all of these years, but as many of you have said - nothing has ever come close to replacing it on the magazine stands! A once dear friend of mine bought me my first copy in 1996 after her trip to America from our home in Australia. I started subscribing soon after and literally cried when I got the notification that it was ceasing publication (incidentally I demanded and received my money back from Hearst, as the substitutes offered were an insult). Receiving the international envelope each month never ceased to thrill me! Every page was a masterpiece, and I read it so slowly as to savour every detail that sometimes a month wasn't long enough! The same friend who introduced me to Victoria, bought me 12 back-issues for a wedding present. My husband was somewhat mystified when I declared it to be the best wedding gift ever! I was thrilled when my parents-in-law took my advice and built a 'garden shed' in the fabulous style of the VICTORIA backyard cabins. We now have pictures of my children sitting on its flower-strewn porch. I too always loved the February issues; but nothing beat the Christmas issues -which provided and still do total inspiration on how to celebrate the season. VICTORIA's strength was that it went beyond the surface of just showcasing beautiful objects and things (something no other magazine seems to understand); it acknowledged and celebrated the realisation that true fulfilment and enrichment comes from less tangible things (like personal relationships and self-worth and in using your gifts and in sharing happiness with others). I really miss the dear friend who showed me VICTORIA years ago - and I'll always miss VICTORIA magazine for celebrating so many things that are beautiful and good in this world. If you're reading this Nancy, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your wonderful contribution over so many years! Over the last few years I’ve searched the internet hoping to find kindred spirits who, like myself, still lamented the loss of VICTORIA magazine – and now I have! It seems silly to mourn its absence after all of these years, but as many of you have said – nothing has ever come close to replacing it on the magazine stands! A once dear friend of mine bought me my first copy in 1996 after her trip to America from our home in Australia. I started subscribing soon after and literally cried when I got the notification that it was ceasing publication (incidentally I demanded and received my money back from Hearst, as the substitutes offered were an insult). Receiving the international envelope each month never ceased to thrill me! Every page was a masterpiece, and I read it so slowly as to savour every detail that sometimes a month wasn’t long enough! The same friend who introduced me to Victoria, bought me 12 back-issues for a wedding present. My husband was somewhat mystified when I declared it to be the best wedding gift ever! I was thrilled when my parents-in-law took my advice and built a ‘garden shed’ in the fabulous style of the VICTORIA backyard cabins. We now have pictures of my children sitting on its flower-strewn porch. I too always loved the February issues; but nothing beat the Christmas issues -which provided and still do total inspiration on how to celebrate the season. VICTORIA’s strength was that it went beyond the surface of just showcasing beautiful objects and things (something no other magazine seems to understand); it acknowledged and celebrated the realisation that true fulfilment and enrichment comes from less tangible things (like personal relationships and self-worth and in using your gifts and in sharing happiness with others). I really miss the dear friend who showed me VICTORIA years ago – and I’ll always miss VICTORIA magazine for celebrating so many things that are beautiful and good in this world. If you’re reading this Nancy, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your wonderful contribution over so many years!

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