Note: The need for a redux redux post seems tragic, but is prompted by last week’s news of further evidence of deplorable White House Benghazi cover-up activities and the appalling performance by former NSA spokesman Tommy Vietor in his Special Report appearance highlighted by the word “Dude,” used in order to defuse and “informalize” a situation that was, just so two years ago. One doesn't need to speculate what the reaction would be if this were taking place under a Republican administration. Hateful is as Hateful does. -------------------- 5/12/13 Reading Obama press secretary Jay Carney’s remark yesterday: “Let’s be clear. Benghazi happened a long time ago,” was disheartening, deeply disturbing and disgusting. It didn’t. That's not so. The disaster/massacre occurred last September 11th, at the beginning of this still ongoing 2012-13 school year, a convenient measurement for parents raising children, hoping that they will mature into moral, ethical and truthful adults who take responsibility for their actions, who won't reflexively dissemble like the devil. Secretary of State John Kerry added, from another location, that Benghazi needed to be “demythologized.” I’m sure the parents and families of the Benghazi victims, who will always remember last September 11th, i.e., a date 8 ½ months ago, very clearly, agree. This is a re-post of something I published on September 18, 2012. In light of Carney’s remarks and the deafening silence that has followed, it still seems relevant. 9/18/12 You were hardly even today’s news before you became hardly even yesterday’s news, tomorrow’s fishwrap, and was that only last week? “They” decided to say that September 11 anniversary attacks weren’t September 11 anniversary attacks, just miscellaneous spontaneous eruptions of some sort of negative "feelings" fundamentally unrelated to these United States, and supposed that we were stupid and gullible enough to believe them and faithless enough (as faithless as they) to forget you and your agony (which is our agony). The ground seems solid under me and then to disappear and I’m falling. The grass grows in fits and starts and is starting to yellow and brown. Branches fall, the roadway cracks, there are no guardrails. The news is reported by people who have jobs and want better (that is to say easier) jobs and earlier Happy Hours. No easier job these days with more upward mobility than taking dictation and then unspooling like a tinny off-key player piano. Proof-of-Concept Proposal: What if all this were occurring and George W. Bush were still president? As you were going under and forever abroad, I wonder whether you thought about any of this, how you were used and used up? I did the other day in New York. We were fighting our way crosstown east through vicious car and pedestrian traffic, navigating and negotiating Canal, West Broadway, finally Bowery on the way back down to Grand where we wanted to see a painting show, which was splendid but hollow heaven after our lesser hell than yours. We two felt only shame. No, wrong, we felt fear also, at being held in such contempt.
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I've had my eye on the Ulmus Dress free sewing pattern with it's adorable ruffles since it's release last summer, and after finding the perfect lemon print to pair with it, I decided to give it a try. I couldn't be more in love. The stripes of the sateen that I chose show off the billowing sleeves and skirt ruffle beautifully.
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I had so much fun last weekend in Arlington, Texas. I went to Martha's Sewing Market! Isn't this christening gown just fabulous? The lace and embroidery just makes me weak in the knees! Today I'll show you the beautiful christening gown category of entries into the judged exhibition. I hope you enjoyed these beautiful pieces. Happy Weekend! Stay cool, have some fun!
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I love big coffee table books, especially the ones about interiors and decorating. It seems there is a healthy and thriving publishing industry that revolves around such books. Dozens of new titles are released every year, and they seem to be selling. A big book with beautiful photos just cannot be experienced on the computer screen. I especially love a big beautiful book that is also well written and has a story to tell. So I am happy to tell you about Heirloom Modern by Hollister and Porter Hovey. A portrait of the Hovey sisters' glam grandmother from the book Heirloom Modern - photo by Parker Hovey The Hovey sisters in their loft in Williamsburg Let's back up a bit to 2008 when I first started my blog. There were a handful of exotic bloggers, the in girls and it boys who everyone swooned over. The "J'dore" cult following emerged. One such blog beloved by many was called (and still is) Hollister Hovey. I always thought the whole loft was painted black, but it was just one great big accent wall I think I can say that Hollister and Parker Hovey started the whole black wall (and decorating with taxidermy) craze for bloggers, that has now trickled down to decorators everywhere to this very day. Black walls were not thought of as chic or in the comfort zone of most people. Rebellious teenagers and rock and roll types painted their walls black. Funnily, that famous black accent wall in their loft is no more. They recently painted it white HERE! The walls are white now Hollister and her sister Parker live in a windowless loft in Willamsburg in Brooklyn in New York. They rode the wave of the hipster movement that totally changed a once discarded neighborhood, that morphed into a pretty fabulous "see and be seen" scene. One of their favorite pieces of taxidermy Mismatched toy soldiers form a unique army Militaria form one of their many collections Love the Lucite chair In the home of their aunt I like many am fascinated by the Hovey sisters. Talented and quirky, they capture attention. They are two young stylish women who love to collect extraordinary vintage objects. They seem to have a full, fun, creative. and vivid social life, and Parker even snagged a cameo on Mad Men. The London home of Alexa Romanoff is in the book Now they have their first book out, Heirloom Modern (published by Rizzoli), and it is simply wonderful. At first glance, I thought how can a book basically filled with vignettes of quirky collections be so captivating. But then I started to read it, and I could not stop. It is pure magic. Add this book to your collection After all, it is really the back stories about the things we choose to live with, and how we put them together that makes interior design and decoration become a living thing, and not just a dry husk of attractive rooms strung together for imaginary photo shoots for imaginary magazines. The Hoveys have a rich family history, filled with artistic, creative, talented, and quirky types. And they have acquired alot of their stuff from family collections. I am especially drawn to their stories. I'm sharing a number of photos from the book to whet your appetite for the stories behind the objects and collections. Plus I love the photography of Parker Hovey. I am a rootless creature. My family history is sketchy and unknown. I live in the present. I create my own history that lives on only as long as I do. I am not boo-hooing. But at times there is a certain longing for a connection to a past before I was born that formed me. I can become lonely and melancholy in longing for ancestors. On the other hand, I have a tremendous freedom, being able to create a family of Alberto, friends, and siblings. Ralph Lauren created an industry providing a modern heirloom lifestyle for people like me. My grandmother was only alive for my childhood, too soon for me to delve into genealogy with her. But I did come away from her with a love for vintage and old things, and for many years my grandmother's clothes and memories of her house formed my sense of style both in home decorating and fashion. So I really appreciate the Hovey sisters. Get their book and be inspired. There are of course gorgeous images of their home, and also those of friends and family: "Homes filled with objects bought, bequeathed, beloved, and worth handing down". After you read this book, you will embrace your own stuff and glory in the layered beauty of its artful clutter. I heart the Hovey sisters The Hovey sisters are thriving. Besides the book, and lots of press over the years, they also have a wallpaper at Anthropologie that can instantly give you a little of their wit in your own space. They also have an interior design firm now, Hovey Design. Do you treasure your auntie or granny's or parent's stuff? Do you decorate with it? To my sisters and brothers, and nieces and nephews, please don't throw away all my stuff after I am gone. Perhaps it can help start a family history longer than a New York minute. All photos (except for the second and third, and the last one) by Parker Hovey from the book Heirloom Modern by Holister Hovey. Hover over any image to Pin it. Please add my NEW address to your blog list: http://thevisualvamp.blogspot.com And please become a Follower again (or for the first time) on this newer VV blog
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If it seems like every post is a client file these days, you’re sort of right. I’ve had a lot of commission pieces over the last couple of months and this family heirloom is the last in a long line of furniture that I am lucky enough to have gotten my hands on here lately. An […]
I've just come back from a weekend workshop in Wagga at Simply Stitches. What a great shop. It's in part of the old David Jones building and is two stories high. The bottom of the shop is classroom with plenty of room for students. I had 14 over the two days and there were no problems at all - just what the teacher likes! Upstairs is all the fabric, heaps of knitting wool and a longarm machine tucked in one corner. The girls worked really hard on their large Mariners centres with one busy student getting to the sewing-together stage. Faye looked after us wonderfully and a good time was had by all I think. I got to do a bit of op-shopping in Cowra and Beechworth and picked up heaps of doilies - more on them later. This is Judy's from Tuesday class - yum! Sonia's beautiful embroidered centre This year at the quilt show there was a break from tradition and we all got to pin our rosettes on our own quilts. Nice idea I thought.
