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January 21, 2013 /

INAUGURATION 2009

From dance to dance – a sweet moment with the President and First Lady:  

January 20, 2013 /

GEORGE BELLOWS AND JACK DEMPSEY AND THE GREATEST FIGHT OF ALL TIME

The Met is displaying the works of the Ashcan School titan: George Bellows. The Metropolitan Museum of Art – George Bellows. Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel Firpo, September 14, 1923, The Polo Grounds, NYC Watch Dempsey knocked out of the ring by Firpo at about 1:50:

January 2, 2013 /

THE UPLIFTERS – HARRY HALDEMAN, SPENCER TRACY, HAROLD LLOYD, L. FRANK BAUM,

January 1, 2013 /

HAPPY NEW YEAR

That was some party! Who are these guys?

December 27, 2012 /

I’D TELL YOU

But then, I’d have to kill you. Let’s talk about nondisclosure agreements and secrecy in movie production. The norm is to hand out numbered movie scripts to department heads with the name of the reader superimposed in grey over each page. Some particularly squirrelish folks print the script on red…

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December 25, 2012 /

SUNRISE OVER THE MOVIE COLONY

No worries, no responsibilities, no deadlines, no appointments, no meetings, no agenda, no obligations, and I think I can handle it for just about a week… Christmas week. How about you? Wishing you a New Year of civility, accomplishment, profound good humor, and love.

December 24, 2012 /

2012 – Holidays with a stack of books, a ham (I’m not referring to my husband), and a desert sojourn

Top dog and I are venturing out for a spell. At Midnight on Christmas Eve look for Santa and his reindeer flying above Wilshire Blvd. In the morning I’ll be cooking for twenty-one. Oh my! I wish you all a joyous-warm-wonderful holiday, Vickie

December 14, 2012 /

…BECAUSE THEY ARE NO MORE…

…Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more…

December 14, 2012 /

1930 – CHILD AT BEACH

In memory – there are no words to contain the sorrow of Connecticut.

December 7, 2012 /

BEGUILING IS PUTTING IT MILDLY – BILL PERSKY AND COMEDY