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• The Balkans Produce More History Than They Can Consume. -...

  

  The Balkans produce more history than they can consume. - Winston Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2012 CULTURE

• I Studied Eliot My Freshman Year of College. But I Didn't Really...

  

  I studied Eliot my freshman year of college. But I didn't really get it then... Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 CULTURE

• To Really Get a Sense of Place, You Need to Sleep in It. Wake Up...

  

  To really get a sense of place, you need to sleep in it. Wake up in the morning and walk outside with the locals buying their bread and watering the flowers.... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Howl Act III Carl Solomon! I’m with You in Rockland...

  

  Howl Act III Carl Solomon! I’m with you in Rockland where you’re madder than I am I’m with you in Rockland where you must feel strange I’m with you in Rockland... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2012 CULTURE

• One of the Blurbs on the Back of This Book Reads: “The...

  

  One of the blurbs on the back of this book reads: “The Fault In Our Stars takes a spin on universal themes—Will I be loved? Will I be remembered? Will I leave... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• When I Was in College, I Began Collecting Paragraphs And...

  

  When I was in college, I began collecting paragraphs and writings and poetry and magazine clippings and artwork and thoughts in a small leather-bound journal I... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 CULTURE

• I Have a Postcard Image of Edward Hopper’s Chop Suey Above...

  

  I have a postcard image of Edward Hopper’s Chop Suey above my desk, as a reminder that some of the best contemporary art came from America. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 CULTURE

• Matins and Lauds Excited as a Sophisticated Boy at His...

  

  Matins and Lauds Excited as a sophisticated boy at his firstPassion of intellect, aware and fully freeHaving lost title to full liberty; struckAware, for once,... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2012 CULTURE

• “I Made a Huge Mistake. I Bought an Apartment. It’s...

  

  “I made a huge mistake. I bought an apartment. It’s a great New York apartment: sunlight, views, cozy kitchen, very grown-up, very glamorous. It’s everything a... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 BOOKS

• From Mesopotamia, One of the Earliest Surviving Works Of...

  

  From Mesopotamia, one of the earliest surviving works of literature. “The joyful will stoop with sorrow, and when you have gone to the earth I will let my hair... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 CULTURE

• “I’ve Eavesdropped on Versions of Me in Every...

  

  “I’ve eavesdropped on versions of me in every possible permutation—movie star, famous composer, criminal mastermind, gas station attendant, Navy SEAL,... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 CULTURE

• One of the Most Eloquently Written Books I’ve Read In...

  

  One of the most eloquently written books I’ve read in recent years, was Anthony Doerr’s Four Seasons in Rome…Memory Wall is in one of my stacks… aseaofquotes:... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 CULTURE

• Italy Boasts More Tourists Than Any Other Country on The...

  

  Italy boasts more tourists than any other country on the European continent. Of courses, for reasons of Napolean’s Rome, a sinking city, Michaelangelo’s... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 CULTURE

• GORGEOUS!! Blueruins: At the Café Des Ambassadeurs (1885) By...

  

  GORGEOUS!! blueruins: At the Café des Ambassadeurs (1885) by Edgar Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 CULTURE

• On Any Person Who Desires Such Queer Prizes, New York Will...

  

  On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy. It is this largess that accounts for the... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 CULTURE

• Dodie Smith, Author of 101 Dalmatians, Wrote I Capture The...

  

  Dodie Smith, author of 101 Dalmatians, wrote I Capture the Castle shortly after the end of World War II. So we’re talking post-war England, folks. It’s poor,... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 CULTURE

• The Student Has His Rome, His Florence, His Whole Glowing Italy,...

  

  The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 CULTURE

• Winner of Nine Academy Awards, and My Favorite Movie of All...

  Winner of nine Academy Awards, and my favorite movie of all time, The English Patient is bound up in the archives as a cinematic master class. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 CULTURE

• Rodin’s Famous “Kiss” at the Rodin Museum

  

  in Paris. It inspired many future sculptors and artists, along with Russian choreographer, Marina Zueva, who used its form as the ending pose in a piece she... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• *Spoiler Alerts* “That’s Jill’s Hard...

  

  *Spoiler Alerts* “That’s Jill’s hard luck!” In The Deep Blue Sea, adapted for the big screen by director Terence Davies, Rachel Weisz plays Hester, the... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES