Tag: art deco

February 9, 2013 /

A romantic rendezvous on Sunset Blvd. . . Profiterolles glacees au chocolat aka cream puffs with chocolate sauce are actually pretty easy to make. If anyone wants the recipe let me know and I’ll post it – it would be a “wow” to feed your sweetheart on Valentine’s.

February 9, 2013 /

I don’t know what kind of nerd this makes me, but I was fascinated to find a cup of coffee cost five cents in 1932, and, if you wanted that coffee with cream and sugar it was called a “Boston” and it would cost you ten cents… By the way,…

February 5, 2013 /

We’ll do a little updating on this later in the day, something suitable for a wintery Valentine’s dinner, but for now, with love from Lucy: Note: I think “Accent” was MSG — unless you want a banging headache leave it out.

February 5, 2013 /

They ushered in the sit-com and Desi ended up buying RKO and organizing their own studio, Desilu. They cared about each other throughout their lives, but sometimes the greatest love of your life doesn’t make the greatest spouse. Drinking, whoring, these things tend to get in the way – at…

February 5, 2013 /

But, she started her career as a model:

January 11, 2013 /

As my friend Lanier NAKED DESIRE ~ Nude for Men by Bijan « SCENTS MEMORY quipped, “He’s just checking for implants!”

November 16, 2012 /

Lobby card: In an era of breadlines, Depression, and wars, I tried to help people get away from all the misery; to turn their minds to something else. I wanted to make people happy, if only for an hour.   Busby Berkeley

November 16, 2012 /

“Waltz of the Shadows”: Recognize the set?

November 16, 2012 /

Blah blah blah a book by it’s cover… This one is fascinating, and I happen to love the cover – Mr. Berkeley (who staged and choreographed “Gold Diggers of 1933”) on the set before the earthquake hit (one of the drawbacks of life in LA). To find out what happened…

November 14, 2012 /

Light filled rooms, figurative walls: – –