Category: Life

April 19, 2016 /

“What I look for in a man isn’t printable! I wouldn’t want to shatter my cool Swiss image.” Ursula Andress

April 14, 2016 /

“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.” Goldie Hawn

April 13, 2016 /

“Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.” Brigitte Bardot

April 9, 2016 /

The light that made filmmakers move to California…

It shines here most of the time, and there are certain places, certain times of year that take your breath away with sheer beauty. Pity that with generations of talent based here so much production is going elsewhere. The migration has to do with tax incentives in some places, and…

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March 27, 2016 /

Cecil Beaton as the Easter Bunny, photographed by Gordon Anthony (1937)

February 4, 2016 /

A Wintery Dinner Inspired by Lucy and Desi

Butter lettuce, pickled shallots, pistachios, and cherry tomato salad Parisian pot roast, or Daube, or Étouffée, anyway it involves a chuck roast or a brisket and a lot of braising A crusty baguette A champagne coupe filled with berries and a splash of liquor – Chantilly creme optional Salad: the…

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January 28, 2016 /

Louise Brooks — photographed by Edward Steichen

January 26, 2016 /

Stars of the 1950s – Sophia Loren

January 23, 2016 /

“This book has reignited my passion for 21st century fiction.” Scott Parker-Anderson

December 16, 2015 /

Reprise: When you think you’re going to live forever…

When I was in college, that’s exactly what I thought. Then I finished school and started working, and people around me kept reinforcing the idea of prolonged youth. Do you babysit? You look like such a conscientious teenager! I’m actually a really inattentive adult—got a liquor cabinet?… I’m in! And…

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