Monthly Archives: November 2013

You Can Now “Like” Us on “Facebook” So Please “Do So”

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Go here for our new Facebook fan page. Now you can get the entertaining, thought-provoking, obscene, Nobel-prize winning content you’ve come to expect right in your Facebook feed to horrify share with your mothers, grandmothers, and spinster aunts.

Posted in Personal reflections | Tagged blog news, Facebook | Leave a comment

“The Middle of the World”

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Alain Tanner’s “The Middle of the World,” released in 1974, is a movie about cultures clashing in the most subtle of ways. Maybe it’s more appropriate to say it’s about cultures slipping past each other in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Movies, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged Alain Tanner, Feminism, Film, John Berger, movies, Olimpia Carlisi, Philippe Leotard, Roger Ebert, Switzerland, The Middle of the World | 5 Comments

Saturday Evening in Bjørvika

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Atypical Neurotic

Atypical Neurotic writes: Taken from the pontoon bridge linking the Opera House with the Sørenga development. As I walked back toward the Opera House, I was struck by how quiet it is without the roar of traffic.

Posted in Photography | 4 Comments

Umami Burger, and Some Reflections About Culture and SoCal

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Though L.A. partisan Blowhard, Esq. has been urging the Question Lady and me to give Umami Burger a try for a couple of years, we’ve never found time during our L.A. visits to indulge. So how convenient … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Personal reflections, The Good Life | Tagged Adam Fleischman, food, hamburgers, Keith McNally, Minetta Tavern, restaurants, Umami Burger | 14 Comments

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: If you absolutely must build something of glass and steel, this is the model you should be following. Click on the image to enlarge. London’s Crystal Palace, built in 1854 and destroyed by a fire in 1936.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Crystal Palace, London, traditionalism | 2 Comments

Yves St. Laurent

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: The fashion and fragrance house of YSL has produced some memorable and controversial advertisements. Here are a few of the best for your ogling pleasure. The gorgeous nude Sophie Dahl, for Opium: The equally gorgeous, nude Samuel … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Photography, Sex, Women men and fashion | 17 Comments

Art Du Jour

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: John Singer Sargent, Dr. Pozzi at Home, 1881 Sargent’s adoring portrait of the infamous Dr. Samuel Jean de Pozzi (3 October 1846 – 13 June 1918), pioneering gynecologist, lover of Sarah Bernhardt (and it is rumored, of … Continue reading →