I admit, I wasn't expecting to see the visage of Miranda Priestly peer out at me on the front page of the NYT but an article about Meryl Streep should never be passed over for reading :D

That Unmistakable StreepnessBy A. O. SCOTT ( Read more... )

Well, at least now I sort of know where the reference for Venice Beach is coming from... and lovely to know that the portmanteau of Otalia has even made it to pages of the Old Grey Lady. :)

August 25, 2009

Love That Dares to Tweet Its Name Sparks Web SeriesBy LISA BERNHARD ( Read more... )

June 26, 2009

THEATER REVIEW | 'TWELFTH NIGHT'
I Love You, You’re Perfect. You’re a Girl?By CHARLES ISHERWOOD ( Read more... )

Some days, I'm glad that there are nine justices on the Supreme Court because my mind boggles at having something like this decided by one Justice (especially if it was Justice Thomas who seems to always land opposite to my opinion).

June 26, 2009
Supreme Court Says Child’s Rights Violated by Strip SearchBy DAVID STOUT ( Read more... )

Rethinking Gender Bias in TheaterBy PATRICIA COHEN ( Read more... )

June 21, 2009
Theater
The Three Sisters of ‘Twelfth Night’By PATRICK HEALY ( Read more... )

A quick recap of where the trends start... :)

June 11, 2009
Why Round Sunglasses? A Style InvestigationBy ERIC WILSON ( Read more... )

June 7, 2009
An Evolving Portrait of AnguishBy BRUCE WEBER ( Read more... )

May 24, 2009

Forget the Ingénues; Cue the Grown-UpsBy PATRICIA COHEN ( Read more... )

Interesting that this topic has come back up for debate. I get the feeling that it might be 'easier' for school children to pick up the simplified character sets, it makes going 'back' to learn traditional "fan-ti-tzi" that much more difficult when they are older. Consider simplified characters a form of short hand that then later became the common ( Read more... )