Get Out the Vote
“Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don’t vote.” William E. Simon. As I write this, we’re closing in on the Presidential election for 2012, which is shackled by a polarized constituency, with little give and take on either side, according to the pundits and polls. Far from taking sides, I’m here to simply showcase the graphics which artists have employed over the years to depict party partisanship. Whether it’s a pack of galloping pachyderms or a band of braying donkeys, there’s plenty of hoopla to be enjoyed by all. In years past, when candidates made their...
Read More50 Shades of Gray
The eyes have it – in 50 Shades of Gray…and green, and blue, and…. Who could resist these every-so-hip, flirty, fun sunglasses? The tangy lime linen provides a zesty backdrop for frames and lenses of electric turquoise. Randomly scattered, like kids rolling down a hill for pure fun, these frames give a tip of the hat to vintage, while barreling headlong down the highway toward modernism. “Shades” have always carried the cachet of cool. The frames you see here made their foray into fashion in the 1950’s, an era when folks forsook cities for the suburbs,and swapped the subway...
Read MoreThe Big Sizzle
Flowers of all description are far and away the most popular image to be found on handkerchiefs. Thousands still exist, and are used and enjoyed daily. The ones that caught my eye and left me smiling however, were the gigantic flowers that seemed to have bloomed at Findhorn. Who carried these beauties? It had to be someone with the chutzpah of actress Rosalind Russell or the zip of a wise-cracking Eve Arden. These were classic “dames” in every sense of the word, who captured the silverscreen in the 1940s & 50s, and were as bold and colorful as these remarkable hankies.. Rosalind...
Read MoreSnow Bunnies and Moguls
For some skiers, mention the word mogul, and their knees involuntarily creak, as they recall plowing over, under, around, and though “the bumps” (enormous man made mounds of snow) whether they were standing upright, or falling end over end down the mountain. Others envision a different concept of “mogul.” When I lived in Denver in the 1970’s, I remember a reporter in Aspen approaching a group of gorgeous, model-like women “lunching and sunning” on the deck. Their outfits were not only supremely expensive, but pristine, as though they had never taken a fall. The reporter...
Read MoreChildren’s Silk Handkerchiefs
Children + silk = a recipe for disaster, or at the very least, an opportunity for Oxyclean. These tissue-thin gossamer gems, depicting fanciful characters and nursery rhymes, reflect a different time in history, and a different way of life – a Downton Abbey life. A life with an upstairs maid, downstairs maid, ladies maid, butler, footman, driver, cook, scullery maid, laundress, gardener, nanny, governess, and more. TV critics who have tried to analyze why the series took off like a rocket with U.S. audiences say it’s because we all fantasize about living the type of life which is...
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