It’s been a while since my last Book Club post. Last month’s visit to Warsaw and Krakow made me (temporarily) set aside my medieval queens in order to read two books about Polish Jews and the Holocaust: Sala’s Gift and The Lost. I had read a lot about the Holocaust in the past in part…
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We saw this in Warsaw. Photo by WendyB Very Magritte, no?
Red Lipstick #2: YSL Rouge Pur 131
Today’s red lipstick recommendation is YSL’s Rouge Pur 131, also known as Opium Red. It’s deeper than my favorite red. I found a wall in Krakow that kind of matched. This lipstick doesn’t have the extra lead or whatever it is that makes my favorite lipstick semi-permanent. Still, it survived a pierogi lunch.
An Example of Extremely Poor Planning
Tomorrow is our last full day of vacation … and we’ll be spending it in Auschwitz. I think I might have planned that better. On a happier note, I enjoyed molesting some ivy in Krakow today. (I decided to give the flowers a break.) Ivy League We also visited some good kings and queens at…
Trendy Dudes in Warsaw
Peacock feathers are still hot, according to these two handsome Poles. “I dare NBC to get all copyright on my ass!” Pimp Peacock says, “Where my peahen bitches at?”
Greetings From Poland
The most gorgeous sight in Warsaw was definitely my friend Monika. I was sad when she went away for a month last fall, so imagine how I felt when she moved here (where she grew up) this spring. I was forced to hunt her down in her native land. At the city wall Cheers!
London, Day 5: Out of Town
Yesterday we took a taxi, two trains, a bus and another taxi (one way) to visit the ruins of Kenilworth Castle. Kenilworth Why was I so determined to get there? Because the castle has many links to the royal ladies in my life. The castle was given to its first owner by Empress Matilda‘s dad,…
London, Day 4: The Wallace Collection
Thank you to Times of Glory for recommending that we check out the Wallace Collection. We loved it. Hertford House The museum at Hertford House displays the art collected by Marquesses of Hertford. Sir Richard Wallace, after whom the collection is named, was the son of the 4th Marquess. The collection is known for its…
London, Day 2: The Wizard of Ossie
Today was all about Ossie Clark. Ossie obsessives like gorgeous blogger Sharon Rose know that the late designer, who was never good with money, sold his financially troubled line to clothing manufacturer Al Radley in the ’70s. (A large percentage of the vintage Ossies floating around nowadays are from the Ossie Clark for Radley line.)…
London, Day 1: Standing in the English Rain
Greetings from sunny London. Look what the rain did to my carefully straightened hair! Wearing:McQueen jacketDorothy Perkins t-shirt (the black and white version of this)Acne JeansPrada bagNewsprint umbrella from Rain or ShineMy own skull ring We arrived yesterday morning and spent most of the day napping, despite my good intentions of fighting jet lag by…