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Spring Miscellany
Last month I saw the film The Woman in Gold with my daughter. I was not expecting to be so swept away by the plight of Maria Altmann as she attempts to…
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Laura Quinn, Working Girl Style
Laura Quinn (Demi Moore) is a fascinating style icon for the working girl. Her controlled 1960’s look mirrors her contained deameanor. Always being overlooked for promotions over the Mad Men dressed males…
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The Light in the Piazza
When Nightly News’ Brian Williams was interviewing the women amputees who were so terribly hurt in the Boston Marathon bombings, he asked if any of them were finding comfort by curling up with good…
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Personal
“It’s not personal”, we were told when a few good friends were laid off this week at work. It will be personal to me Monday morning when I walk by one friend’s empty…
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Love and West Side Story
My flu shot didn’t work this year and so I’ve been sick abed in the Land of Counterpane for days on end. After I read the last two Vogues, more of Molly Peacock’s…
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Isn’t She Lovely?
I love the month of October; it is heralded in by my birthday and it begins the happy run up to the holidays. As my custom, I watch the DVD of Mona Lisa…
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What a woman….
Just saw “Coco Avant Chanel” which means “Coco Before Chanel” or Chanel before Chanel became a famous designer. Admittedly, the film was a bit slow in the early years. Touching, as she and…
