AN APARTMENT OF ONE’S OWN
VIRGINIA WOOLF WROTE OF A Room of One’s Own, and Vivian Marino writes of “An Art Installation She Called Home” in The New York Times, September 20, 2024. “She” in … Continue reading
DUDLEY CLARKE—MASTER OF DECEPTION
NOTES WIKIPEDIA, “AT THE TEHRAN CONFERENCE WINSTON CHURCHILL made his famous remark that in wartime ‘truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” By … Continue reading
FIAT-ABARTH TWIN CAM—SNARLING BRIO
R&T SUMMED UP THE FIAT-ABARTH BIALBERO perfectly: “expressly for the discriminating enthusiast.” The magazie continued in December 1959, “This extremely small Italian car, which has the rather top-heavy title, Fiat-Abarth … Continue reading
JUS’ SWANNIN’ AROUND
I DON’T THINK OF MYSELF AS an ornithophile, but swans, Cygnus olor, seem to get pretty good coverage at SimanaitisSays. Tidbits here have related them to cars, opera props, Ogden … Continue reading
NANO-SHOCKING NEWS!
ANDREW PAUL WRITES IN POPULAR SCIENCE, September 18, 2024, “After 2600 Years, We Finally Know How Static Electricity Really Works.” Well isn’t it about time? No, it’s about nano particles. … Continue reading
DON’T FORGET THE WATERCRESS SANDWICHES
IN COZY ENGLISH WHO-DONE-ITS, watercress sandwiches at teatime seem to coincide with reveal of the rascal. Now according to Korin Miller writing in Food & Wine, September 12, 2024, “The … Continue reading
ALVIS SPEED 20—A GENTLEMAN’S SPORTING MACHINE PART 2
YESTERDAY, R&T JANUARY 1959 INTRODUCED US to the 1932 Alvis Speed 20. Today in Part 2 we review this luxurious Brit four-seat tourer with tidbits gleaned from R&T’s Classic Road … Continue reading
ALVIS SPEED 20—A GENTLEMAN’S SPORTING MACHINE PART 1
IMAGINE YOU’RE AN (EVIDENTLY WELL-HEELED) auto enthusiast in 1932. You have enjoyed the likes of Amicar and Bugatti two-seaters, but now there’s the wife and little Artemis calling for suitable … Continue reading
A LOT MORE THAN A ROOF OVER ONE’S HEAD
AN AVOWED ENTHUSIAST OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (see for example “FLW at the MOMA,” particularly its Part 2 “You Can Own an American Home”), I’m surprised I’ve never cited Ennis … Continue reading
GUS’S WORLD FAMOUS FRIED CHICKEN IS BEST!
I REPEAT, GUS’S WORLD FAMOUS FRIED CHICKEN IS BEST!! Well, I concede that you may have a fav fried chicken place too, so let’s praise the concept as well as … Continue reading
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