My infatuation with fine jewels is somewhat similar to my deep interest in French châteaux
Boudin, Bourbon, Voodoo and The Feast of the Assumption - Essays and Interviews
Friday, December 21, 2018
Beautiful and Different - A Closer Look - Fine Jewels
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Tudors to Windsors British Royal Portraits - Background - Essay
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Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Henry VIII, 1540, oil on wood, Palazzo Barberini, Rome |
"..It’s easy to imagine Henry glittering in the torch light at Whitehall Palace..."
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Carolyne Roehm Design and Style - Theta Charity Antiques Show 2018 - Essay
"...posh hotels and restaurants in the area inflated costs, us geezers recall when that part of downtown was an armpit..."
Labels:
2018,
Antiques and Interiors,
Fashion and Style
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Choosing Red Wine at Sorrento Restaurant - Brunello di Montalcino - Sergio Vazquez - Essay
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Montalcino region Sangiovese grapes |
"...John’s nose was two inches from a Darioush Napa Valley Cabernet, a Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet, a Far Niente Russian River Pinot Noir, and a “mild” Brunello..."
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Irene’s Cuisine - A Closer Look at 529 Bienville Street, New Orleans
Friday, August 31, 2018
Fernando Casas - Interior with Disappearing Mirror - After Velázquez - A Closer Look - Essay
"Fernando Casas would be residing with the shades at this moment if the tree branch had fallen on his head instead of his arm..."
Labels:
2018,
Art and Art History 2018-2019,
Painting
Saturday, July 28, 2018
A Closer Look - Christy Karll’s Painting “Swerve” - Interview
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Christy Karll, Swerve, 2018, Oil on archive paper, 17 x 16 1/4 inches (framed), from Barbara Davis gallery |
“...You bitch,” I replied. Surrounded by inspiring architecture. I on the other hand was in Houston..."
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Beef Empanadas with Olives - Seco’s Latin Cuisine - A Closer Look - Essay
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Parrilla Seco,” Margarita and Malbec |
"...green olives that juice-up Seco’s beef empanadas yanked my mind back to the time I was lost in an olive grove in Spain.."
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Giacomo Restaurant’s Teroldego, Foradori, Rotaliano, Trentino 2015 - A Closer Look - Essay
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Teroldego, Foradori, Rotaliano, Trentino, 2015 |
Jose, the waiter at Giacomo, listened politely while I reminisced about “the old days.”
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Michelangelo and Pope Paul III Background Story - Michelangelo and the Vatican Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples - Essay
"...his unwavering belief that Michelangelo was as much saint as genius, 'infused with divine grace,' can be tiresome..."
Labels:
2018,
Architecture,
Art and Art History 2018-2019,
History,
Recommended
Friday, May 25, 2018
T-Coon’s Restaurant - Savage Breakfast - A Closer Look
Monday, April 23, 2018
Thoughts about Crawfish and Slot Machines - Louisiana Food Politics - Essay
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Crawfish Etouffée - Billeaud's No. 3 |
"...my instinct tells me that only a dumb-ass would boil a sack of crawfish inside..."
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Notes on Lynda Frese’s Batwoman - Hilliard Museum - Essay
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Lynda Frese, "La Femme Chauve-Souris (Batwoman)," 2013, 11x14” pigment prints, found postcards, egg tempera, metal foil on gesso board |
"... perhaps it was too early in the day for two old broads to be “drankin” at T-Boy’s Lounge..."