Me too! Here's another great site: Victorian Lace- Victorian Lifestyle
It, alas, has shut down but the creator of the site has left it open -- in that you can still klick on various links and check out things like:
1. Society and Lifestyle
CLOSED 4/3/05 The Flutter of a Fan (an unspoken language)
CLOSED 6/15/05 Romance and Relationships of the Victorian Era (courting practices of the 19th century)
Victorian Parasols (A Victorian Lady's most essentail accessory)
Gala and Glamour (Aristocratic social life of the Gilded Age)
Presentation at Court (A Victorian Debutante's "Coming Out" into fashionable Society)
Taking the Waters (The elegance of Victorian era resorts where the Society "Upper Crust" spent their summer months known as "The Season")
The Grand Hotels (Features some of the most magnificent hotels of the era)
Victorian Etiquette and Basic Rules of Propriety (A page detailing the essential Victorian manners, propriety, and etiquette rules--contains many excerpts and quotes from actual 19th century etiquette manuals)
Luncheon: "The Fasionable Luncheon" and "The Victorian Picnic" (The history and etiquette of the "mid-afternoon" meal, whether it was eaten as a social gathering indoors, or outside in the countryside)
Dinner at Eight: Victorian Dinner Parties (The pleasure of your company is requested......)
Welcome to "The London Season" (A page done in Q & A format, detailing the daily agenda for the most glittering Season of the Victorian Era---The London Season!)
The Victorian Ballroom (A glimpse into the history and etiquette of the fabulous balls held during the 19th century. Page describes all aspects of a Victorian Ball, including etiquette, fashions, music, dances, invitations, food, favors and much more!)
BELOW STAIRS: Life of the Victorian Domestic Servant (A comprehensive view of the lives of 19th-century servants, spread out over three webpages, (because each pages is filled with images and is, therefore, graphically heavy). This series provides a compendious look at THE VICTORIAN DOMESTIC SERVANT.)
etc. etc. etc.....
[I don't know how long this site is going to stay up, but I know I'm off to do a whole lot of printing off this site!]
Me too!!! Many thanks...I have long thought I was born in the wrong era. Sigh.