Pucker Up
Hunters have known for decades that a red handkerchief can literally save your life. Conversely, a white handkerchief could spell your doom. When spotted from a distance, a fluttering white hankie can be mistaken for a deer’s tail, and a hunter dressed in camouflage, stifling a sniffle, may find himself the target of an eager bullet. The wise hunter always carries red. A hunter of “big game” of another sort – her trophies included Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Clark Gable, and Pepsi CEO Alfred Steele – was Oscar winner Joan Crawford. Legend has it that Ms. Crawford is responsible for...
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To say Coreen Cordova is a colorful personality is an understatement. Her home, her design studio, her wardrobe, are all awash in brilliant hues that make you smile. Not surprisingly, she is also an Accidental Collector. Although some collectors find their passion and delve deeply in one area, there are others who find something fascinating in everything they see and touch. They’re explorers on a grand scale, often with multiple collections that reflect their grand curiosity. Coreen is an explorer extraordinaire. Before I show you her passion that became her profession, let’s peek inside...
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...
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