Since the President’s Weekly was released on Thanksgiving, I thought I’d give the space to one of my favorite photo journalists, Bill Cunningham and his “On the Street” column covering NYC’s street fashion scene during the Thanksgiving week. Granted Bill’s coverage is a lot less humble or sober, but we have plenty of time for [...]
If Zora were here, she might jump up on the table and dance. Washington Post (November 16, 2009) I’m still trying to figure out the Crow Dance? The first Food and Folklore event at Eatonville Restaurant was a big success with food, company, talk time, and spirit. The maiden launch which coincided with other Zora-themed [...]
Back in the day, school teachers would assign a poem for their classes to memorize for the month. The poem was usually thematic to the month, if possible, connected with a holiday. Around the month of October, I reflect back to a poem my father learned in school. It’s so easy to remember. It’s also [...]
I’m just going to post some links and quotes from the press etc. about the State Dinner. It was a tremendous success considering the dreary rain outside the White House and tent where the State dinner took place on the South Lawn. The President included a reference to the tent in his toast to the [...]
Nikki Finke has a partial list of Hollywood guests for tonight’s White House state dinner for Indian prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and his wife, Ms. Gursharan Kaur. Note the word “expected” which means the full guest list printed in tomorrow” Washington Post will confirm the validity of Ms. Finke’s source. Her post also says [...]
President Richard Nixon went to China in 1972 and all he got was two panda bears for the Washington zoo. Okay, that’s how kids of the time may remember it. Nixon’s trip was hailed as a huge diplomatic success by the press, opening the doors for a U.S.-China relationship after a long hard cold war [...]
Something new from the National Endowment for the Arts. Here’s the blurb from the website. About Art Works NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman has laid out the guiding principle that will inform his work at the agency, which can be summed up in two words: “Art works.” Chairman Landesman means this in three ways: 1. “Art [...]
Yesterday evening – My first visit to Madame Tussauds in Washington, DC. Why is Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the room with the Founding Fathers (Jefferson, Washington , Ben Franklin)? There’s a gray costume you can wear to take a picture. Where’s Ulysses S. Grant (who did become President) or Sherman? I’ve got Confederates [...]
Every time I hear a pundit, commentator, or political analyst describe Sarah Palin as someone who can still grow up to be a viable political force my head just spins. Are the 40s the new adolescence? How many teens have I heard say, “I’m just being myself,” “keeping it real” to shrug off the (hopefully) [...]
The arts and humanities have become chic in Washington in that “In Style” or should I say “in Vogue” kind of way. Even real estate developers are getting into the act with “creative communities,” a way to increase real estate value by “curating” a finite number of creative assets or artists in designer living/work spaces. [...]
