Happy 78th Birthday Dame Elizabeth Taylor!
"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
She truly is a national treasure, isn't she?
Her twitter account has been terribly quiet lately. I hope she is well.
One of my favorite onscreen couples. . .
Happy 169th Birthday Pierre-Auguste Renoir!
Died December 3, 1919
"The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion. It is the current which he puts forth, which sweeps you along in his passion."
From Blip.fm - Joanna Newsom
Off her new album, Have One On Me. This woman makes the most beautiful music. ♫ http://blip.fm/~lq3i8
Earth FROM SPACE
I've been following this astronaut named Soichi Noguchi on twitter because he has been posting the most amazing photos he has been taking of Earth FROM SPACE. What follows is a small sampling. Underneath each picture is what he tweeted when he posted it:
"Lake Pukaki in New Zealand. I love the color!"
"Northern Australia. Impressive river flow."
"Bucharest, Romania"
"Molvides Island, Indian Ocean. Breathtakingly beatiful!"
You can link to his entire photostream HERE.
Ewan McGregor for Davidoff Adventure
How come I didn't know about this?? This commercial is so super cheeseball, but I don't care. I love anything Ewan does. I would buy this cologne for my boyfriend but he doesn't wear any. I guess I could always wear it myself. . .
Mmmmmm, yes please.
Mmmmmm, yes please.
Modern exterior fixtures with contemporary lighting for elegance resident
There is solution for the designer who want make the residence with different architectural residential project from Australian architect frank Mecchia. It is located in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton. in a suburb area of Melbourne have the 4 bedroom, and 3 bathroom home is surrounded by fish -filled water gardens, a long skinny lap pool , court yard and has an interior stuffed with open loft style space and contemporary fixtures. House exterior lighting designs have an elegance and eye appeal that truly beautify the outdoors at night.The great combination of lighting and fixtures for residential exterior and interior design. 
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Happy 77th birthday Nina Simone!
Born February 21, 1933
Died April 21, 2003
"Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music."
Vampire Weekend - Contra - My Review
I’ve been listening and listening and listening to the new album from Vampire Weekend, Contra, and mulling over how I want to write about it. It’s really, really, really good. I had to warm up to their first album. At first I just didn’t get them. I grew up a huge Paul Simon fan – I even saw him in concert when I was 14 years old WITHOUT my parents – and at first listen VW sounded like some strange, young derivatives of his genius. But eventually I came to see them as being something entirely new. I still can’t really put what that "something new" is into words though. Sometimes I feel they could be described as the musical equivalent of Whit Stillman’s film Metropolitan but that’s not quite it either. Bah! I give up.
Their new album takes everything they did on their first one and punches it up tenfold while also adding in a bunch of romance and positivity. Lyrics like "I see you shine in your way, go on, go on, go on" and "Said never pick sides, never choose between two, but I just wanted you, I just wanted you" are absolutely dripping with good feelings. These good feelings are nice because the time in 2008 when I saw Vampire Weekend live they came off a little bit like elitist a-holes. At that time I didn't really care if I ever saw them live again, but with this new album my faith is restored. I'm eager to see them live! With this album they are not trying to maintain that Ivy League, Polo ad image that they projected with the first album, but despite NOT trying they are still achieving it, but not in an elitist a-hole way, but in a "Hey! This is who we ARE!" way. Does that make any sense?
Wow. I read over this and it's an awkward review. I can't corral my thoughts! Just take away this: their new album is fantastic with more fun, romance, and positivity and I really like it.
Christina Hendricks on the cover of New York Magazine
Love her.
Article: Woman of the Hourglass
On all the talk about her curves:
"It kind of hurt my feelings at first," she says. "Anytime someone talks about your figure constantly, you get nervous, you get really self-conscious. I was working my butt off on the show, and then all anyone was talking about was my body!"
On Mad Men:
"We’re really spoiled on Mad Men. Lots of television actors use the down season to go out and get creatively fulfilled, but I feel the opposite. Anything else I get to do is just icing."
One of my favorite real life couples. . .
I know they were terrible for one another, but their relationship sure inspired some amazing music.
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