Category: DIY

March 22, 2013 / Vickie Lester

YOOHOO! WHO TOLD ME TO READ THE DIRK BOGARDE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES?

Whoever you are I love you. This is a picture of Dirk Bogarde and Brigitte Bardot with (as my husband would say) unreasonably short hair. And, this is the most marvelous first paragraph (and a bit) of “An Orderly Man”: I am an orderly man. I say this with no…

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March 18, 2013 / Vickie Lester

UNITED ARTISTS

The founders: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith

March 16, 2013 / Vickie Lester

READERS ROCK – AND THESE ARE FOR YOU – THANKS FOR BEING EVER SO, V

March 12, 2013 / Vickie Lester

THE FIRST TIME EDITH HEAD WORKED FOR CECIL B. – EDIBLE DRESSES

Edith Head worked on some 780 films either assisting or designing. I believe this silent film was one of the first – the ladies are part of some decadent jazz age tale and their dresses are bedecked with marshmallows! “The Golden Bed” (1925) This is in reply to: Bohemian rhapsody……

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February 26, 2013 / Vickie Lester

SALVADOR DALI STAYS AT A HOUSE DESIGNED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON AND OWNED BY THE NOTORIOUS CARESSE CROSBY

She patented the first modern bra at the age of 19 in the year of 1910 and married Harry Crosby after scandal and divorce. They joined the expatriate crowd in Paris in the 1920s where they published early works of twentieth century greats at Black Sun Press. Theirs was an…

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February 11, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ARCHITECTURAL EYE CANDY LA – HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY

I was running around town with my sweetheart and I snapped these photos with my ancient, but mighty, iPhone. This is a neighborhood at the southern edge of Korea Town, south of Wilshire Blvd. When I was a little girl I used to have dreams about Los Angeles. It was…

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February 8, 2013 / Vickie Lester

THIS BEGUILING BOOK IS MINE…

Hello, Today I’m taking a short break as I’m discussing publishing a novel of mine with some charming people – I’ll fill you in if the chips fall my way – actually, I’ll fill you in either way. Over the weekend we’ll see where you might have had a swell…

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February 2, 2013 / Vickie Lester

CLINT EASTWOOD – HUSH PUPPIES

Listen, don’t ever put cream cheese in guacamole, it’s just gross.

January 21, 2013 / Vickie Lester

OUR PURPOSE ENDURES

MR. OBAMA: Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this…

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January 16, 2013 / Vickie Lester

HOW TO MAKE YOUR WIFE HAPPY

Hide the TV. Behind a door, a screen, a tapestry, a painting…