Clik here to view.
Cary Grant – Style Icon
Today is Cary Grant’s 109th birthday. It is no secret I love Cary Grant. The quote on the top of my blog is from him and applies to me as much as it applied to him. I long to have a mid-century...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SPA v43.0 Launch.
Every birthday, I drag out this old nugget, read it over, add/delete/edit anything that needs changing to match how I feel now and post it as my birthday gift to you. Since today is my 43rd birthday,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
W. Somerset Maugham – Style Icon
I was given a copy of “The Razor’s Edge” quite a while ago by a former employer stating “this is one of my favorite books and novels.” He meant that he liked the story and like the look of the book,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday, Fred Rogers – Style Icon
Fred Rogers would be 85 today. He was the kindest, most gentle adult that most kids my age every knew. He spoke to us as people and inspired us to think about our feelings. He taught us empathy and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday Harper Lee
NAME: Nelle Harper Lee OCCUPATION: Author BIRTH DATE: April 28, 1926 (Age: 85) EDUCATION: Huntington College, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Oxford University PLACE OF BIRTH: Monroeville,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pam Grier – Style Icon
NAME: Pamela Suzette Grier OCCUPATION: Film Actress BIRTH DATE: May 26, 1949 (Age: 62) PLACE OF BIRTH: Winston-Salem, North Carolina BEST KNOWN FOR: Pam Grier is best known for acting in many...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Studs Terkel – Style Icon
It is the birthday of writer and broadcaster Louis “Studs” Terkel, born in the Bronx, New York (1912). His family moved to Chicago when Terkel was 10 years old and his parents ran rooming houses....
View ArticleClik here to view.
“The Diamond As Big As The Ritz”– F. Scott Fitzgerald
One of the many novels that have stuck with me and I carry around in my head is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald called “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.” The story first appeared in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. – Style Icon
NAME: John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. OCCUPATION: Publisher BIRTH DATE: November 25, 1960 DEATH DATE: July 16, 1999 EDUCATION: Brown University, New York University Law School PLACE OF BIRTH: Washington,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yes. Rain. Fcuk. – That Questionaire
In an early (ish) Saturday morning nod to Inside The Actor’s Studio, I will answer some questions. The questionnaire concept was originated by French television personality Bernard Pivot, after the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday Judy Holliday – Style Icon
The woman that starred in “Born Yesterday” was born today, some 92 years ago. She died 48 years ago and I am so very glad that people are still talking about her. (It should be no surprise that I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Robert Wagner – Style Icon
NAME: Robert Wagner OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Television Actor, Television Personality BIRTH DATE: February 10, 1930 PLACE OF BIRTH: Detroit, Michigan BEST KNOWN FOR: Robert Wagner is an American film...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lucille Ball – Style Icon
NAME: Lucille Ball OCCUPATION: Actress BIRTH DATE: August 06, 1911 DEATH DATE: April 26, 1989 EDUCATION: John Murray Anderson School for the Dramatic Arts PLACE OF BIRTH: Jamestown, New York PLACE OF...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday Harris Glenn Milstead – Style Icon
Yesterday was the birthday of Harris Glenn Milstead, known the world over as the drag queen/performance artist/actor/personality called “Divine.” I was first introduced to Divine through the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday Harris Glenn Milstead
Today is the birthday of Harris Glenn Milstead, known the world over as the drag queen/performance artist/actor/personality called “Divine.” I was first introduced to Divine through the subscription...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday Sylvia Plath
I have a handful of favorite poems that became my favorites because they perfectly encapsulated a feeling I was experiencing at the time in my life when I first read them. Even though circumstances...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.
Yesterday was JFK Jr’s 53rd birthday. His father, the then President of The United States of America was assassinated a few days before his third birthday. That is not an easy start for anyone, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thanks + Giving
Today is Thanksgiving Day. Although the Thanksgiving festivities celebrated by the Pilgrims and a tribe of Wampanoag Indians happened in 1621, it wasn’t until 1789 that the newly sworn-in President...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday Diane Ladd
Today is the 81st Birthday of the amazing actress Diane Ladd. Wiki and IMDB say her birth year is 1932 and Biography.com says it’s 1942. It doesn’t matter. She has has a long career full of amazing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday Diego Rivera
Yesterday was the 127th birthday of the artist Diego Rivera. His full name is a sentence. I first experienced Diego Rivera at Interlochen Center for the Arts when I stumbled across a book of his work...
View Article
