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A sartorial post
The interesting aspect of having a fashion designer-slash-trend analyst for a best friend (who is also incidentally my cousin, as I'm sure I've mentioned many times by now), is that they do have the ability to come up with, shall I say, surprising methods of assembling their outfits. Particularly when dressing for a book launch (the one I had ( Read more... ) -
For this next trick I will be needing a volunteer...
Tricked into it by jbacardiComment and I will ( Read more... ) -
Strange weather
For the first time ever, I am in a christmasey mood early this year. Listenin' to Diana Krall crooning 'Let It Snow', and thinking: skip over my birthday, forget summer parties and year-end functions, I want to be home ('home' implying the place where you want to wake up on Christmas morning), sitting in front of a decorated tree and relaxing ( Read more... ) -
Photography, that old thing?
In other news, a colleague and I will be attending a lecture on photography by Stephen Shore, which I am looking forward to. More info.
I'm hoping that the lecture will inspire me to work harder on the last ends of my dissertation. -
For what it's worth...part 2
There are moments in my life that I realize just how little I really know. More specifically of a culture-historical nature pertaining to American life. I try to thread information inbetween these gaps and redeem my limited education by sharing these thoughts on this here little soap box of mine. I do this to understand and make sense of the ( Read more... ) -
Moneypenny's music radar: Carla Bruni
It was last year at a dinner party that the topic of Carla Bruni, from my photography-related frame of reference known as a model-turned-singer, came up regarding one of her albums, which my friend recommended that I give a listen. The album in question was of course her debut, Quelqu'un M'a Dit, which astounded me in its folk-pop sensibility much ( Read more... )
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