Yet More Wonderful Still

oscarprgirl: forty second street.

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:05:34 -0400

oscarprgirl:

forty second street.

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:51:49 -0400

A Month of Illustrated Magazine Covers, #9

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:40:23 -0400

newyorker:

newmanology:

The New Yorker, December 16, 1939. Illustration: Roger Duvoisin.

Nice choice, Robert!

theniftyfifties: Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, and Marilyn...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:39:20 -0400

theniftyfifties:

Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, and Marilyn Monroe at the Oscars, 1953.

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:38:40 -0400

matchbookmag: At Home With Trina Turk Photography by Bonnie...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:37:38 -0400

matchbookmag:

At Home With Trina Turk
Photography by Bonnie Tsang

bkfst: (via Coffee Bacon Sandwiches — Joy the Baker)

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:37:12 -0400

bkfst:

(via Coffee Bacon Sandwiches — Joy the Baker)

theniftyfifties: Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn wearing a Balenciaga...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:36:46 -0400

theniftyfifties:

Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn wearing a Balenciaga mantle coat, Paris, 1950. Photo by Irving Penn.

williamvalle: Kinfolk Dinner

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:36:29 -0400

williamvalle:

Kinfolk Dinner

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:34:02 -0400

sorawit: elizabeth—frances: Maria Eimmart - 17th century...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:33:45 -0400

sorawit:

elizabeth—frances:

Maria Eimmart - 17th century illustrations

beatonna: I love reading bad reviews of classic books on Amazon...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:33:24 -0400

beatonna:

I love reading bad reviews of classic books on Amazon and Goodreads

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:33:02 -0400

mountainstage: One more Levon song. Here he is on Mountain...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:32:41 -0400

mountainstage:

One more Levon song. Here he is on Mountain Stage in ‘94 with The Band, playing mandolin, singing Bruce Springsteen’s “Atlantic City.” A definitive cover if there ever was one, exclusive to the Mountain Stage Tumblr. Unless you have a bootleg cassette of the broadcast, this performance hasn’t been heard in decades.

tomorrowsparties: Grace Kelly photographed by Howell Conant in...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:32:24 -0400

tomorrowsparties:

Grace Kelly photographed by Howell Conant in Jamaica, 1955

mobylosangelesarchitecture: ok, so there’s an architectural...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:30:28 -0400

mobylosangelesarchitecture:

ok, so there’s an architectural style from the early/mid 20th century that is either called ‘moderne’ or ‘streamline moderne’ or ‘houses that look kind of like grounded ocean liners’.

and l.a has a lot of these ‘streamline moderne houses that look vaguely like ocean liners from 1930’. not enough, as they’re pretty great, but still: a lot, comparitively speaking.
and this one is arguably the prettiest of the bunch.
because it also sort of looks like a corbusier inspired french/parisian house from 1930, but with palm trees sitting in the background (and uninspiring beige houses on either side of it).

also, i’m advertising my ignorance here: i know nothing about this house. i don’t know who designed or built it. nor do i know when it was designed or built. but it’s beautiful. and it looks like like a grounded and amazing ocean liner. albeit a modest/small grounded and amazing ocean liner.

it does sometimes make me sad that when people/developers put up new buildings they rarely seem to aspire to put up beautiful and interesting buildings, but rather throw up (apt choice of words) a handful of generic beige vaguely missionary houses.

i apologize for editorializing, but the world doesn’t really need any more generic beige houses. but the world would benefit from having more houses that look like grounded, futuristic, art deco ocean liners. like this one.
there, i’ve editorialized.

dear developers: please make more houses like this. and fewer generic, beige houses. if possible.

thanks,

moby

oh, ps. here’s the wikipedia page on ‘streamlined moderne’. oh, and i’m not sure why they tacked the extra ‘e’ on the end of ‘modern’. but it makes it almost impossible to say out loud and not sound really pompous. try it, say ‘moderne’ out loud. see, it’s pretty awkward, huh. like you need a cigarette in a 10” long cigarette holder and noel coward playing in the background.

nationalgeographicmagazine: Fireflies Photograph by Teruo...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:30:15 -0400

nationalgeographicmagazine:

Fireflies
Photograph by Teruo Araya, My Shot
The dream of the night of summer. Many Japanese visualize the dead’s soul, seeing the light of a firefly. It is charmed by the light of a firefly as if it was seeing the momentary dream.

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"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:29:34 -0400

“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”

- Margaret Atwood (via awelltraveledwoman)

brianwferry: Charlotte & Matt’s flat in London, 2 years...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:22:56 -0400

brianwferry:

Charlotte & Matt’s flat in London, 2 years ago

(Photo: Brian Ferry)

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:01:11 -0400