Tag: fitzgerald
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Am I The Only Person Who Reads My “Spam” Comments and Believes Them?
I looked at my filtered comments today, just to make sure I wasn’t missing any interactions–unlikely since I’ve been occupied elsewhere of late, and the Old Road Apples have turned spoiled and squishy. I did not expect to find a wonderfully supportive and sustaining environment in and amongst the Spam, and I recommend that all…
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Shakepeare & Company–The Center of The World
Vanity Fair Magazine has a great article on what might be the greatest book store in the world. I can’t say for sure–I’ve been to City Lights in San Francisco, Powell’s in Portland, and Rizzoli in New York City, but I’ve never been to Paris. I’m a book fetishist at heart–as fond of old volumes…
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Random Photo Found Via Google #10: Flapper Reading
Random photos from the internet to you, via me. This one came up while searching for a photo of Andre Gide…her image made it onto the blog, his didn’t. Yet. About these posts and the photos in ’em: http://wp.me/p3AOvB-FN
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My Favorite Christmas Recordings #3 Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
Bitter, cynical, and borderline misanthropic for most of the year, I reform for the holiday season and from mid-November to the last minute of Epiphany I’m all about the season. Readers of Old Road Apples will find themselves under a constant barrage of holiday fare this season–from themed essays to book reviews to a countdown…
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