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Wine and Poesy
A woman wearing a white dress and taking to her bedroom is not particularly unusual, except when it becomes a permanent choice and your name happens to be Emily Dickinson. But when a woman wearing a white dress that was … Continue reading
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Tagged Emily Dickinson, The Morgan Library
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The nose knows
The spirit of JP Morgan lives on. And not just in the ways you would expect. Even robber barons had problems, and in JP’s case it was a chronic case of rosacea, where all the money in the world couldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Bella da Costa Greene, First Masterpiece, Rembrandt, The Morgan Library
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Party time
The hottest ticket for the season was The Frick Christmas Party. Accompanied by a live quartet in the heart of the Collection, this legendary celebration rolled out 4 suckling pigs, a yard of smoked salmon and a bar stocked with … Continue reading
Posted in art & inspiration, chocolate, Food, Fun, Uncategorized
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, The Frick Collection, The Morgan Library
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Alice in Wonderland
Alice must have been quite a girl. 150 years after that glorious boating trip up the Thames, people all over the world are celebrating the wonderland that was created for her by Lewis Carroll. There are theatrical adaptions in Oxford, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice 150, Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, The Morgan Library
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