Author Archives: Blowhard, Esq.

About Blowhard, Esq.

Amateur, dilettante, wannabe.

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes The courtyard of the Boston Public Library. Photo credit. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Beaux Arts, Boston, Boston Public Library, Charles Follen McKim, Gilded Age, Massachusetts, public libraries, Renaissance revival | Leave a comment

“Norwood”

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I thought this was a wonderful book. Published in 1966, it’s a road novel that takes place in late 50s America as the titular hero ventures from Texarkana to New York City and back. Here I am, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Television | Tagged Breaking Bad, Charles Portis, Norwood, Southern fiction, True Grit, Vince Gilligan | Leave a comment

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture, Art | Tagged Copenhagen, Denmark, traditionalism | 4 Comments

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Chantal Goya and Jean-Pierre Léaud in Jean-Luc Godard’s MASCULIN FÉMININ (1966) Click on the image to enlarge. Related Check out the trailer here. Read Pauline Kael’s review of the movie here.

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Chantal Goya, French movies, French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Pauline Kael | 7 Comments

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I’m currently working my way through the Teaching Company course called The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World by Prof. Robert Garland. I finished the lectures on ancient Egypt and thought I’d share some interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged ancient Egypt, ancient history, herdsman of the anus, Herodotus, mummification | 5 Comments

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Barbet Schroeder and Claudine Soubrier in Eric Rohmer’s LA BOULANGÈRE DE MONCEAU (1963) Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Eric Rohmer, French movies, French New Wave, moral tale | 1 Comment

Music Du Jour: Otis Redding & Friends Stax/Volt Revue in Norway, 1967

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

Posted in Music | Tagged Booker T and the MGs, Duck Dunn, hep cats, hipsters, Norway, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Stax/Volt, Steve Cropper, sweet soul music, The Bar-Kays | 2 Comments

Art Du Jour

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Paul Delaroche, “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey,” 1833. More here. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Art | Tagged Academic art, French art, painting, Paul Delaroche | 1 Comment

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Cinque Terre, Italy Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Cinque Terre, Italian Riviera, Italy, traditionalism | Leave a comment

Quote Du Jour

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Grandfather, or ‘Pa’ as he was known to the entire clan, was an old man from my earliest recollection –- just how old even he did not know. Orphaned shortly after birth in a period of indifferent vital … Continue reading →