We cleaned out the shed this afternoon ( Read more... )

Rumelihisari, IstanbulThis is the fortress used by the Ottomans when they laid siege to Constantinople. (The info given in the blog post is incorrect--it was built by order of Mehmet II and is not actually part of the original boundaries of Constantinople, though it was built atop the remains of an older structure.) I recommend clicking on the ( Read more... )

I have a sample of bright purple rouge sitting on my desk.

When I was 19, I would have killed to have bright purple rouge. (Since I didn't, I simply used eye shadow instead ( Read more... )

(There are only a few of you who will fully get the following ( Read more... )

Tonight, I unpacked two of the last three boxes left from our move into the house. (Why yes, we did move into the house nearly two years ago ( Read more... )

VH1 Classic just showed Roxy Music's "Avalon," which is another of those videos I haven't seen in roughly 20 years or so ( Read more... )

VH1 Classic just showed a video I have not seen in 22 years, "To Look at You" by INXS.

I have always loved the song and found it extremely sexy. In part that's because of the vocals and the way the intensity of the song goes up and down, from soft and sultry to loud and intense and back again, with the intensity building higher each time until it ( Read more... )

"Almost Live!" reunion special.

*sniffle*

I really do miss the Seattle that didn't care about being a "world-class city" sometimes.

Apparently someone at VH1 Classic knows I'm having a crappy day.

"Slave to Love" by Bryan Ferry
followed by
"Slave to the Rhythm" by Grace Jones
followed by
"Killing Moon" by Echo & the Bunnymen

It doesn't make any of the crap go away, but it at least brings some joy to the day.

One day when I was a senior in high school, I went to school dressed in an untucked white dress shirt, black tie, white jeans, and white Keds, with a stuffed koala attached to my belt.

This post brought to you by too many hours of VH1 Classic.

(The thunderstorm was lovely.)