Что там, в сумочке. Дамское.

Разбираю сумку. Вспомнились дурацкие тесты “узнай женщину по содержанию её сумочки”. Что, интересно, можно обо мне нафантазировать по такому содержанию? -проспект торговцев “антик модерн” мебeли и артефактов, с офисом в Лондоне и НЙ -Декларация Независимости Соединённых Штатов Америки, напечатанная Heritage Foundation -три вырванных листка из подарочного блокнотика с лого Monster, заполненные набросками планов квартиры, чертёжиками [...]

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Checklist

Done this weekend (items in blue are outstanding) Bank: deposited a check, took some from ATM Thrift store: made a donation, 2 bags of this-n-that+ a CD rack from IKEA, never used (Hemingway’s reference not-intentional) Shoemaker’s: left winter boots for seasonal maintenance, got a new battery in my watch Gym: worked out @ two classes, [...]

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Spcl. Shoe Edtn.

Taken at a discount shoe store while searching for a decent summer evening shoe. Guess if I was able to buy any. PS I just got an alert that someone “Liked” this post and now “Follows” me. That someone has a WordPress blog and wordpress thought it appropriate to recommend a few posts from it; [...]

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In memory of Whitney

Только сейчас заметила @2:25 мин: она поёт где-то на крышах НЙ, может даже на 4th of July party, at a roof garden – за спиной знакомо-подсвеченные Empire-State и Chrysler. Это был первый (и самый лучший) её клип, кот. я видела – и мы были почти ровесницы… RIP, sparkle.

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Noble gentlemen vs. “brainless nazi bitches”*

Catastrophe with the cruiser Costa Concordia and indecent behavior of it senior crew triggered series of flame wars in surrounding blogosphere on the topic of …”feminism”. – Huh? – But don’t you see?  It’s the feminists’ fault that some of the men-passengers and a big part of senior members of the crew ran to save [...]

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Equal opportunity asshole’ treatment

I was in a jolly good mood this morning after a hearty laugh last night that I had at the expense of one small-minded little sanctimonious pissant linked to here. Until I read comment #23, by Kevin McGee. I have to say this: Some of my best friends are women! McG is factually wrong. I [...]

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New year, new book

“Many used the pretext of seeking a book for the pleasure of seeing Nancy. A brief chat with her would brighten the rest of the day for them. Among the habitues were Evelyn Waugh, Lord Berners, Sir Osbert Sitwell and Raymond Mortimer, and the very books seemed to join in the laughter during their exchange [...]

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Merry Hanukah!

[Shlomita returns to Noquedim, Israel. Photo taken by Manyam]

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Farewell, Barefoot Diva

If you write me letter,… I will write you back If you forget me,… I will forget you… Until the day… You come back On December 17, 2011, Cesária Évora died in São Vicente, in her native Cape Verde, from cardiorespiratory insufficiency and hypertension. Her voice has been a source of [sometimes the only] consolation [...]

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Confessions on a train bench

Couple of days ago I went to a Benefit Auction of a design association where I am a member. It was held in a brand-new furniture vendor’  showroom, all glass, stone, hard plastics: slate-gray, steel and fuchsia. Guests arrived bearing gifts (I had a peek into donation chart), dressed in their cocktail-hour best, wine was [...]

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