Category: Relationships

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 /

MARION DAVIES HOUSE LIT UP FOR CHRISTMAS – 1937

I may have mentioned Marion’s domestic arrangements and a boxy, boring, Tudor… My friend at http://foxpudding.wordpress.com/ said I must be referring to Mr. Hearst. If you check out his posts you will find wit and a deep appreciation of fine arts. In the meantime here’s the house at Christmas:

December 12, 2012 /

A STRIKE AND A NIGHT VIEW AT THE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY

Waiters outside the Hollywood Brown Derby – on strike in 1934: A night view in Hollywood some thirty years later… You can see the Brown Derby’s neon sign glowing on the right:

December 12, 2012 /

LUNCH MENU AT THE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY

I love the informal map of Hollywood on the cover of the Brown Derby menu. . If you click on the menu it’s easier to see.

December 12, 2012 /

THE BROWN DERBY – FOUR LOCATIONS – EVERYONE ATE THERE

I never did, different generation (quite a few generations), but here a few stars at the Brown Derby – oh, and the pattern on the china is “Blue Willow”: George and Gracie, Jane and Ronnie. This is another industry couple dining at the Derby, she’s an actress, and he’s a…

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December 11, 2012 /

CHISTMAS CAROL LUNCH BEVERLY HILLS – 1983

Okay, now we’re talking about an era I actually lived in… Can you say garish? What’s with this eye-popping shade of red? .

December 7, 2012 /

BEGUILING IS PUTTING IT MILDLY – BILL PERSKY AND COMEDY

December 6, 2012 /

DISNEY’S HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS – PAST AND PRESENT

Season’s greetings, poppets! This is an image floating around the interwebs from the January, 1940 edition of Better Homes and Gardens. A year or two ago this same house sold to a perfectly beguiling man who fully appreciated the home’s heritage. He did a sensitive restoration, and, when he happened…

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December 6, 2012 /

DISNEY MEETS OSCAR IN 1932

A lot’s been written, positive and negative, on the man and the company – I’m not going to add to that stew – I’ll just say before there was a multinational fully diversified corporation – there was a young man with talent and ambition and organizational aptitude.

November 29, 2012 /

MY FRIEND ANDY WROTE A BOOK – ALL ABOUT LIFE IN LA