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Posted on March 7, 2015 Leave a Comment
Never underestimate the power of a little old lady. Take Rosa Parks or Edie Windsor for example. Edie, one of my all time biggest heros, said “Wow. We won everything we asked for…” on hearing the historic DOMA ruling that changed the lives of all living gay people and all future generations. I was honored […]
Posted on February 25, 2015 1 Comment
I can get addicted to anything and everything- – that goes for Haagen Daz to heroin. I have to remain ever vigilant, making sure that I don’t put dangerous addictive substances in my body. As a result, I’ve become one of those drug free, sugar free, non smoking, vegetarian people. I know it’s crazy, but […]
Posted on February 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
Happy #musicmonday! Before we talk about any great music, let’s ponder another idea…. I was in a room the other day and there were at least 6 twenty something guys wearing the same plaid shirt. Ok, it wasn’t the exact same shirt. There were variations in the width of the plaid and there were subtle […]
Posted on February 22, 2015 Leave a Comment
Gareth Pugh Fall Winter 2015 – photo credit style.com Fashion needs a little sorcery. Let’s get real for a minute. There hasn’t been anything exciting happening in fashion since John Galliano was dethroned from Dior and Alexander McQueen hanged himself in his closet. We’ve been in the fashion dark ages since 2011. All that changed […]
Posted on December 30, 2014 Leave a Comment
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,000 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 33 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the […]
Posted on December 30, 2014 Leave a Comment
Thinking about your New Year’s resolutions? Well, there are a few new forces influencing fitness that will change the way we workout in 2015. Here are the fitness trends that will sweep the planet this year. Bigger is Better Big Money will meet Big Data in 2015 – and the Big Daddy of Big Money is Apple. The Apple […]
Posted on November 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
It goes without saying that black is back in a big way. All the runway shows were filled with lithe models gliding along draped in head to toe black. So, I wasn’t surprised to learn that Anna Wintour was mounting the first show in her newly named costume institute gallery appropriately titled Death Becomes Her […]
Posted on August 11, 2014 Leave a Comment
In 1914 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was still an obscure figure. Sure, he was a fifth cousin of the US president Teddy Roosevelt. He had all the priviledge of an aristocratic childhood in the Hudson Valley – wealth, education, charm and social grace. But, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, he was hardly a player on […]
Posted on August 5, 2014 Leave a Comment
I’m deep in the research phase of my new book – a story about art, architecture, murder and the trial of the century. Actually it covers two major trials that involved New York County District Attorney William Traverse Jerome. I’ve read hundreds of articles in an effort to fully understand the legal system that supported […]
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