by jlo | May 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m sure there’s a good reason why people no longer tap dance, but I can’t for the life of me imagine what it...
by jlo | May 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
I haven’t given mall retailer Abercrombie & Fitch any notice in years. It’s hard to pay notice when one’s eyes are firmly averted, so as not to be seared by the company’s advertising campaigns. But I was made aware of them once again...
by jlo | May 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
In our mountainside garden, I was thrilled yesterday to see the first strawberry blossom. Strawberries are not far behind! In fact, the markets are full of them, if I’m too impatient to wait for my own crop to grow. Stepping back to 1917, here’s our gal...
by jlo | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kitty Foyle, a 1940 film starring Ginger Rodgers based on a novel by Christopher Morley, is a classic in the genre of working-women books and films. Raised amid the Irish working-class in Philadelphia, secretary Kitty follows her heart instead of her head and falls in...
