Comments on: Why Mamie Eisenhower loved pink — more insight from the Eisenhower National Historic Site

By: Pink

Pink — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:56:12 +0000

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By: 50s Pam

50s Pam — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:23:52 +0000

I believe you, Dan! The more I learn about Mamie, the more I am fascinated with her.

By: Dan Hermann

Dan Hermann — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:17:25 +0000

Mamie didn’t really turn many porkchops. She said that when she was very young, her father (who was a heck of a character) told her that if she learned to cook, that she woul be expected to cook. So she never really did. Ike was the cook in tha family. He had a famous recipe for vegetable soup.
Ike and mamie were a lot more sophisticated and worldly than their mid-western image would suggest. They were stationed all over the world during his military career.

By: Cyn Schoenbrun

Cyn Schoenbrun — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:01:37 +0000

The fixtures in the pink bathroom are the EXACT SAME ONES as in my houe – and I’d LOVe to find a replacement toilet and sink!