So These Two Little Old Ladies Are in a Taxi...
THIS IS HOW WE'RE ROLLING NOWWe've made this little video of us.It's 1:20 - very short.If you can't hear the sound, don't worry about it. This video is not about the sound.It's sort of like that movie,...
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Edo Pop at the Japan Society
On a recent Friday evening, we attended a lecture Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints at the Japan Society, followed by music, dancing, snacks, and a late night viewing of the...
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"Like Lazarus Did" - Stephen Petronio Company Gala
Stephen Petronio Company's New York Season at the Joyce Theater featured an evening-length work based on Lazarus' resurrection, the phoenix rising, and cycles of reincarnation. The title "Like Lazarus...
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Punk: Chaos to Couture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Last week we had a rare treat and privilege when we attended the press preview of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new blockbuster show: Punk: Chaos to Couture. For an hour,...
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LOOK
We can't wait to get our copies of LOOK magazine in the mail because we're in it! And so are our friends Judith Boyd (also known as The Style Crone), Lynn Dell (the Countess of Glamour) and Tziporah...
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The Big Chill
In any discussion of movie trivia, if you say The Big Chill, everyone will say 'that's the movie where Kevin Costner is listed in the credits, and he's the lynchpin of the movie, but all of his...
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In Which the Idiosyncratic Fashionistas Bib + Tuck
Bib + Tuck, an innovative website that eschews the usual pay-for-it model, and instead advocates the barter of what-you-have for what-you-want, sent us an offer we couldn't refuse. How would you like,...
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman
A digital fox hunt leads us to the marvelous art of Rae StimsonA primary perk of writing this blog is the opportunity to meet some really unusual people. One such person is artist Rae Stimson. This...
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Creature Features
Now that we've got your attention, more on this wonderful old Japanese cartoon of marching octopi later.BUT FIRST...The first cicadas were spotted several weeks ago, a bit earlier than expected, more...
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The Scottish Play - Alan Cumming's Macbeth...
...and Lady Macbeth and MacDuff and King Duncan and Malcolm and Banquo and the Three Witches...We RUSHED - RUSHED! - to treat ourselves to tickets to Alan Cumming's Macbeth on Broadway. (See the...
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End of an Era: The Closing of Julie: Artisans' Gallery
In a recent email from Julie Dale, we got the news we hoped we'd never receive. It read, in part,After forty years in business, Julie: Artisans’ Gallery must close its doors in June 2013.In September...
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In Praise of Shadows* (and of Lights)
We recently attended the launch of Artemide's lighting collaboration with Issey Miyake at Miyake's Tribeca store. Entitled IN-EI, Japanese for shadow, the collection combines Artemide's lighting...
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Rose Hartman's Book Signing @ Rizzoli
Just before the weather finally warmed up, we attended photographer Rose Hartman's book signing at Rizzoli on 57th Street. Rose's book, "Incomparable Women of Style", was published last year by ACC...
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Hell on Wheels, Sort Of
When we were in Brooklyn not too long ago, we spied some very interesting bike helmets -- with pink rubber Mohawk spikes -- which were just the impetus we needed to explore New York City's urban...
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Social Tees at The Cat Show at White Columns Gallery
Last Friday evening, we attended The Cat Show at White Columns Gallery in the West Village that featured art focused on cats, side by side with real rescue cats from Social Tees Animal Rescue. The show...
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Goo-Goo Eyes
In summer, a woman of a certain age's fancy turns to ... sunglasses! Now that summer is finally here and we are just two days past the longest day of the year, we are pulling out all the stops and...
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What He Saw Today, and Last Week, and Last Month...
When our friend Jane Folds invited us to a lecture and show at the National Arts Club by illustrator Richard Haines, we jumped at the chance. Haines is currently causing a stir with his street style...
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A Conversation with Edith Head
We recently attended "A Conversation with Edith Head: An Evening of Wit, Wisdom and a Whisper of Gossip", Susan Claassen's incredibly engaging and entertaining one-woman show, at the National Arts...
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Lethologica and Um...
We're going to be unusually brief today. (When better to do that than Independence Day?) We thought we'd bring you some videos centering around a theme we can all recognize and identify with.Warning!...
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Ja! The Idiosyncratic Fashionistas Make the News in Sweden
Last week, we appeared in Sydsvenskan, a major Swedish newspaper based in Malmo. We're told it is a three-page spread starting on the cover of the Sunday section. (Our hard copy is on its way to us...
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