25 PHOTOS OF TOM

My BLOG followers often comment…..”Tom is never in his photos” !  Here are 25 photos of me!

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OSCAR DRESSES • Worn by Best Actress award winners

JANET GAYNOR wore “off the rack” back in 1929 at the first OSCAR AWARDS NIGHT

LORETTA YOUNG worn a “knock out” green satin dress in 1948.

CHER “rocked her tits off” with her Bob Mackie d

ress in 1996.

NATALIE PORTMAN wore “Rodarte” in 2011……..magenta madness.

BETTE DAVIS “flew the coop” with her feathers in 1939.

CHER “rocked her tits off” with her Bob Mackie Dress in 1996.

JR the Artist………photographed 75 NYC BALLET Dancers

JR……the French artist……..famous for his grand scale public  photo projects,  spent 3 days in a white studio and photographed 75 dancers from the New York City Ballet……….all dressed in white.

Strolling around the Promenade of the Koch Theater in Lincoln Center you can walk on the photos of the dancers………or you can walk around the balconies and look down at other people walking on the dancers.  JR calls this a dance that the audience creates for themselves.

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So I have created my own dance……….and here it is in a SLIDESHOW.  Have fun!

 

NY FASHION WEEK • 2014• Celebrities……on Parade

There are over 50 celebs here……….too many to bore you with their names………so I’ll let you figure out who they are.  Andie Mac Dowell is easy to recognize.

Just CLICK ON ONE and he or she or he/she will fill your space.

Then there was Joan Rivers……lots of designers from Project Runway…….who doesn’t adore Mondo. The star of “Orange is the New Black”.  Miss Jay from Tyra’s show.  The Hilton sisters……Linda Fargo from Bergdorf’s……..Barbara Walters, Sarah Jessica Parker……..and, of course, Brad the stylist.

FETE PARADISO / Music Hall Ball Guzzler

FETE PARADISO.….the world’s first Traveling Festival of vintage rides and carousels has arrived on Governors Island in the New York Harbor.

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This fun attraction is the MUSIC HALL BALL GUZZLER………..and it is fun….fun….fun!

BERNADETTE  is the “carney” who runs this attraction……….and she was actually trained be a “real Carney” from Coney Island Amusement Park.  She is a hoot!

Maurice Chevalier      [or is it???]

It’s gotta be Josephine Baker.

Charlie Chapman…….who else!

Anybody recognize her?  I don’t!

For $3 you get 5 BALLS.  When their moths open up……….toss your ball.

If you win……you get a LOLLIPOP.  I didn’t win!  So I threw five more balls.  Did not win.  So……. Bernadette gave me a lollipop anyway.  She is a sweetie

The Fabulous and the Far-out at FASHION WEEK

There are a lot of idiosyncratic fashionistas on the streets of New York City.  I snapped a lot of them during Fashion Week Sept 2012……and had a lot of fun meeting them.

My friend Ruth………..96 and still dressing to her own drummer.

And my friend, Ilona.…….94 and always fun.  She is appearing on Broadway in November.

Mary ROSE……FASHION STYLIST……..certainly has her own style.

Love the bald head……love the robe.  I too am going bald……now I just need to get that robe?

I am sooooooo tired of the “DROPPED DRAWERS” look.

Tim Brown expresses himself every day of the year with a different look.

Must admit……….without the purple gloves it would be nothing.

Tziporah Salamon dresses like this every day………..each day being more fab than the one before.

Now we’re talkin’…….POLKA DOTS!

The “TWINS”…..wrapped in black garbage bags………..or…………but always fun.

SHE …. is always a knock-out.

Got her license plate………….but not her name.

Lynn Dell………..owner of “Broadway”………Manhattans most love boutique for the fabulous and the far-out clothes.

Lynn had her own fashion advice show on TV for 10 years.

Ilona Royce Smithkin………came to lunch on Wednesday….we had a glorius time.

He was my fave boy of the day.  Gotta love Kim.

I love the way she put it together.

An Alexander McQueen original………..or is it own fantasy?

The glasses….the hair……..the feather……..but the lace shirt makes it happen.

Armani can be yours too……….for $2200.  So this kid has a rich daddy!

There is a law in NY….Men can be”TOPLESS”….and so can women.  Some brave ladies are exercising their legal rights !

MIRANDA and a Brunch

I’ve discovered a charming restaurant in Williamsburg……… where you are not treated as a customer………….rather, you are part of the family.

The menu is a mix of Latin American and Italian cooking,  The wine list has some interesting choices from Italy.

The interior decor…..simple yet tasteful…….using “green” materials….and recycling some unique pieces.

Artsy Craftsy use of old  Knives and spoons…….

My brunch partners enjoyed creamy polenta with poached eggs, wild mushrooms

with a tomato fonduta.  I loved the Mediterranean bass, roasted fingerlings and lemony arugula. Delecieux!

The chef-owner , Sasha trained at the CIA.  She has worked in the kitchens of the Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa and at Verbena……and also worked with Chef Grey Kunz.

My guests, Ms. BG  [from Greece]  and Renate  [from Monte Carlo]   and I thoroughly enjoyed our

culinary adventure.

Our waiter……Jose………..helpful, efficient and charming…….a delight.

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INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE FAIR

Leaders of international design publications gather in New York to select winners in a dozen categories

for the best contemporary furniture in the global arena.

Trying to find the exhibition hall……….gotta be here somewhere!

Where’s the nearest Starbucks!?

OK!  If that’s a hat….then we are in the wrong hall!

MOLO DESIGN of Vancouver, British Colombia won for the BEST BOOTH design.  Since it was my

favorite too, I:m glad they won

Wanna play “Musical Chairs” with these multiple chairs….by Tom Dixon of London.

TOM DIXON won for best MULTIPLE PRODUCTION.  A JACK?  No!  Stackable lights!

“So what do you call it? ”   Cracker Jacks or Chair Stacks?   Fing yah loo wan! ! ! ! ! !

Caribbean Design had some wild colors……but ugly chairs.

Is it a dress?  No……just  showing  samples of designs available in the British European Design Group

Take a load off !  Pull up a couch!  It was 12 feet long.  Won’t fit in MY elevator.

Is it a comet?  Mars?  No!  Two glass bowls….about 20″ wide.  Gorgous.

Dinner plates…cum SCONCE!  I want a dozen for my apartment!

BUT , then I changed my mind and ordered 4 of these.

WOOD……….large enough for two……….but how do you keep it clean?. And you’ll probable break your back

getting out of it!

A crazy chair by Vanentina………and it didn’t win a prize!  Wonder why? !

It certainly make you stop and try to figure it out.   $5000…..does that help?

Fun to look at………horrible to sit in!

Give your kid some metal scraps and……..voila!  A $2000 lamp.

LOVE this bathroom……….but how to fit it into my apartment!

More chairs……….wrong colors!

WELL! ! ! !  RED  is my favorite color!

This dinnerware is soooooooooooooooocool!  Setting for 12 will run you $8000.  Not bad!

What are they selling ?  Mugs or mustaches?

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Cute girl ……visiting from London…….searching for her MOM….at the Flea Market

MOM……you’re just starting to blossom.

A Rose is a rose……by any other name is it MOTHER!.. …..and she wants a dozen!!!!!

Count  ’em!

Or…..a bed of roses

Hat with purple roses………nice gift

And what do we give to the Queen Mum?  More jewels……….another crown……….

We give her a MUG!

And what do us DAD’S get…………a MUG SHOT!

MOMMY and her cute offspring

and MOM always keep an eye out for you [ or…ON you!]

This is my GRANDMOTHER………Lavicie Burton Jones……born in Georgia in 1885

She had 10 children…..my mother, Bonnie, was her first child……..born in 1909

A very special Mothers Day greeting to Georgie Jordan……..a special friend of mine………in Detroit

alive and alert at 106 years of age.  She is a sweetie……….and I love her very much.

And a sad Mothers Day for a homeless lady who sits on Columbus Ave.  every morning……….

and she always says “hello”.

And there is MARY, mother of Jesus, who watches over us all.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY ………..TO ALL MOTHERS………..everywhere.

OUR TERRACE IN THE SPRING

All of the trees in the park are already in full leaf.

If you watch the REGIS & KELLY show in the mornings……..

you can see our terrace!  It is the backdrop in one of their windows.  Tee Hee!

South view of the city…..from the side terrace

Cute workmen replacing the red tiles on the front terrace.

The birdbath……rusted out…….but home to a spider

Sweet Pea [the cherub]…..and his pal…….Mr. Froggie……oversee the garden

The miniature garden survived the winter too

The lilies are all bloomed out

The petunias are wafting………….sweet smell of the South..remind me of

my childhood summers in the North Mountains of Georgia.

Miss Liberty……..a garden gift from my niece, Dawn

The Wisteria bloomed early

The hostas are flourishing

Waiting for the first Tea Party

The Red Maple Leaf is in full leaf already

Watching the birds from the bedroom window………a great way to greet the day

The lilacs…the scent…..

Mockus Aurelias comes for his grapes three times a day.

And a Morning dove has started to appear each morning……cooing so sweetly