There is a big-band/jazz night every Tuesday but its attendees are all quite old and semi-frail (not too frail as not to absolutely school me on any dance floor.)
Jazz and Elderly Dancers
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Last night was Met Monday. The Met Ball. The Gala. Fashion event of the year and so forth.
And, per usual, there was a theme—”Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” —and that theme was interpreted loosely, literally, and liberally.
Word of the Day
In the eighth grade I approached one of my favorite English teachers and asked if I could write a new and unknown word on the board in her classroom every day.
On Just Doing That Thing
I am happiest in the midst of a few projects, especially if they are things I’ve never undertaken before.
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde | Bookths
The Picture of Dorian Gray. The only novel by Oscar Wilde and the novel that convicted him.
Self-taught
I said I wanted to be in school till I am 85. My friend asked me if I wanted to be in school or learn till I am 85.
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Revisiting the Mirror | 2018
What’s more radical or more progressive? Rejecting the New Year’s resolution or unabashedly embracing it? The black and white of the choice is probably what makes the question unanswerable. I opt for bits of myself that I want to tinker and things that I’d like to make space for.
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote | Bookths
Despite the evidence to the contrary on this blog, I have indeed been reading. Much more than usual, actually. Such are the luxuries of adult life.
Leather vs. Pleather—What to Wear?
Perhaps you’re in search of a new purse, some new shoes, a belt, a briefcase—whatever strikes you as an investment. You know leather is a good material, one that lasts. You go off into a store blindly and look solely for the buzzword “leather”.
What is Black Friday, Even?
Is it a day for sporting fabulous black turtlenecks? No?
Well it should be. There should be a day for that.