So, when I satirize, or say dark things about the city in my novel, know that it comes from an abiding devotion to a place I call home. These pictures… Read more I love Los Angeles. I love the light. I love the eclecticism and the architecture. Most of all I love the people. →
Have you read Maria Popova’s always intriguing “Brain Pickings”? Beautifully written and researched pieces…an eclectic and fascinating collection of essays, often slyly funny… In 1916, as he was about to… Read more William Faulkner’s Little-Known Jazz Age Drawings, with a Side of Literary Derision | Brain Pickings →
“I name my wife: Gala, Galushka, Gradiva; Oliva, for the oval shape of her face and the colour of her skin; Oliveta, diminutive for Olive; and its delirious derivatives Oliueta,… Read more Gala and Salvador Dalí — a post for WJM →
But there’s this one thing I wanted to say… I’m so ashamed of myself… When Jack quoted something, it was usually classical… no, don’t protect me now… I kept saying… Read more Camelot →
It’s all in the eye of the beholder: I find this illustration both somber and vital, and I wanted to post something that reminded me of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. … Read more René Gruau – fashion illlustrator →
Dearest friends… All the visa paperwork for a certain young man has come through and he’s on schedule for departure this Wednesday for four years of study overseas: I couldn’t… Read more HOUSTON, WE HAVE LIFT-OFF →
“Hedge fund guys do not create jobs, and we do,” he said. “On the movie we just made, we put 300 people to work every day. I’m talking about nice,… Read more George Clooney To Hedge Fund Honcho Daniel Loeb: Stop Spreading Fear At Sony – Yahoo! Movies →
Sometimes I just post things that are pretty — this is a corner in our living room. The deco tile is architectural salvage and the wooden cylinder is industrial –… Read more FOUND ART IN HOLLYWOOD →
