Eggs! Lamps! Crystal!

Pretty things: “Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique” at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, CA beginning February 7. Peter Carl Fabergé (eggs), Louis Comfort Tiffany (lamps), and René Lalique (crystal) were rivals in the creation of decorative arts in the years before World War I....

At the Movies: at home

Seems this is the time of the year to get caught up with all the movies you said you would see and didn’t. This habit is related to the Academy Awards, basically because I have difficulty in being judgemental (a sin, but like chocolate a necessity) if I’ve not seen any of the movies. What always...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I found an old copy of one of the most fascinating fantasies ever – “100 Years of Solitude” by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Written in 1967, the book recounts the history of a family that presides over a South American town called Macondo. It is the perfect “did it happen or didn’t...

Not Another “Miami Vice”

The TV series “Burn Notice” on the USA network takes place in Miami. The male stars wear pretty pastel colored or floral shirts and the scenery is filled with images of ocean, sand and palm trees. But don’t confuse it with “Miami Vice” – the 1980’s cop show that made aqua and tangerine t-...

President Barack Obama!

I can breathe again. It is official. “President Barack Obama”. What an amazing occurrence this is! Yes, I had my “Obama in 2008” button taped to my office desk 12 months ago. Yes, I watched TV as the states turned blue on Nov 4th and listened raptly as he made his thank you and God Bless speech....