LOVE that movie. One big love letter to Los Angeles and great quirky performances. Every time I go to the Redwood Room I think of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and remember why I never--ever--do karaoke....
[/IMG][/IMG] I think that this 1930s pocket watch/travel clock by the New Haven Watch Company is a perfect little piece of Deco design. Also very pure Deco is this set of silverware that my grandmother got in the 1930s.
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A 1940s rose gold Chronographe Suisse that I got in France years ago just got a new strap! Shown on one of my favorite pocket squares (by Rober Talbott).
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This is one of my favorite paintings by one of me favorite artists, Sir Alfred Munnings,who is best know for his paintings of horses. He was blind in one eye from having bent over a bramble hedge to free a dog's paw and got a thorn stuck in his eye. He went on to become the president...
I am brave enough--just hopeless figuring out how to scan and then post old photos. Mine--despite being in 1980 was actually pretty retro--it was on the Queen Mary. I wore a white DJ and my date--bucking the trend towards pastel Qiana and wore a whispy white silk 20s style dress with a...
Hot day in So Cal, so drinks on the patio. Had a grown up lemonade: a slug of homemade Limoncello in a tall, ice-filled glass, with the juice of half a lemon and topped up with club soda. Really refreshing.
Are you reading the SIx Stories in the First Person Singular collection? If so, enjoy! There is one--I believe called "Jane" that I really like but they are all good!
Gray...... unless you are planning on wearing it in the country, to the races or hunting/shooting/fishing, in which case I think that a blown hat is indicated--and should be a Trilby anyway in that case.
A great book, indeed! One of my favorites. While TMAM is clearly his masterpiece, The White Guard and Heart of a Dog are well worth reading as well. Anushka has already bought the sunflower oil.....
Great ads--thanks for posting. One of my guilty pleasures is looking through back issues of the Illustrated London News--mostly for the ads. These are right up there.
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