The French have a delightful expression for people who are attractive but not conventionally pretty - "jolie laide" (as usual everything that could sound harsh in English sounds lovely in French!).
Thank you for the links - I had a quick look (beautiful photographs) but I can't bring myself to look at these beautiful buildings knowing that they are awaiting the wrecking ball - it's heartbreaking....
This dress is a little on the big side so I hope my tailor can do a job on it for me:
Samuel Winston Dress:
Cocktail Shaker:
This 1933 Chicago World Trade Fair vase:
And two sheets of music - I love the Art Deco artwork:
Cover Girl of Miami dress (I have...
Great links Chas - thank you! We're going to be building our new bathroom from scratch and are hoping to have it in the Art Deco style - luckily we have found some suppliers here that carry Art Deco style bathroom sets - it's the other aspects of it that will need some thought - lighting...
Dead End (1937) - Hailed as a Bogart movie I did expect him to have more screen time, nevertheless I liked it and thought the younger cast were excellent.
Rapper Heavy D has passed away aged 44:
http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=681698
"Now That We've Found Love" will always remind me of when I first started clubbing....
To quote my namesake "I must say, the mind reels!".
I can only hope that they don't decide to bring any children into this toxic mess of a relationship.......
One of my mother's friends decided to sort out her domestic violence problem herself. She married a man who seemed very nice by all accounts however a couple of months into the marriage he went out and got drunk, came home and gave her a few slaps (probably felt he could get away with it too)...
I have a few films like this too - you suddenly see it's on but when you put on the channel it's at the middle/end of it (Whirlpool was one that I eventually saw after wanting to see it for years!) - it will be well worth the wait - trust me!
De Grønne Slagtere (Green Butchers) - very...
LOVE THIS! Beautiful dress - not sure how you could make it suitable for Autumn though (lovely belt - shame it's not included - I hate when they show you a great matching belt and don't include it in the sale!!!!!!)
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