beginners is one of the greatest movies out there right now.
so excited for these to arrive from my favorite store in boston stel’s next week.
my first pair of no. 6 boots/clogs and i am dying to break them in.
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the 14 year old in me is crushing on this teenager.
when i am bored and sick (yes, again!) i search the internet for “the next big thing”.
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H.K. Bottomly Defends Same Sex Education in Letter to Editor
PREACH ON PRESIDENT BOTTOMLY!
The debate over same-sex education in public schools (“Single-Sex Education Is Assailed in Report,” news article, Sept. 23) is an important one. As a scientist, I look forward to the day when the data can be synthesized and presented by scholars more objectively.
This report correctly points to inconclusive evidence on one side, yet blithely lauds inconclusive evidence on the other. We need more good research, not strident advocacy.
What in my view is irrefutable — given the extraordinary success and satisfaction of Wellesley graduates — is that women’s colleges are a vital and vibrant part of the educational landscape and should be offered to all young women as a choice.
I know that our graduates (among them, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the secretary of state, and Madeleine K. Albright, a former secretary of state) would confirm that single-sex education helped give them the confidence and skills to contribute significantly in all arenas.
H. KIM BOTTOMLY
President, Wellesley College
Wellesley, Mass., Sept. 24, 2011
The high five liberated everybody. It gave you permission to enjoy your high points.
Rene Ricard “Then Loves Takes Us…”
Which you can conveniently purchase via Exhibition A as of TODAY
I have written into them, in my own blood, everything that I have experienced and endured,
// Ottolenghi//
Ottolenghi: Love is the Right Word on Nowness.com.
One of my favorite places to eat in London.
// Things I’ve been thinking about …. //
1 // Storytelling of all sorts
2// Pho (starting to be the season)
3// X-factor (I take all the blame for this, although S’s cousin did have something to do with it).
4// BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
A book buying binge has hit Geneva, the likes of which have not been seen since my last trip to New York and many a fateful hour at the Strand.
Currently reading: Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic’s Search for Health and Healing
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super beautiful.
if only my own mark-ups to the NYT ever turned out 1/100th as incredible.
Fred Tomaselli paints intricate psychedelic patterns onto covers of the New York Times.
(via good)
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Up beat pop song of the moment.
I sometimes miss tuning into Casey Cassum’s (Kassum?) weekly countdown — where you were guaranteed to hear the same songs for about 6 weeks solid before a changing of the guard.
Occasionally a girl needs to feel like the carefree 12-year-old version of herself…. and this Maroon 5 track is hitting the spot right now.
—// Pending Travel//
From the age of about 4 to 18, I never spent more than 3 years in the same location and before you ask, no my family was not in the military.
This means a few things:
1/ I am one mean packer and mover (esp if you give me the help of one or both of my sisters, if all else fails in our collective lives — we could found THE BEST moving company)
2/ Memories remain in my mind, but are seldom tied to objects (with the exception of books, books are treasures that should only be given up when they are of the “I bought this book to read on the transatlantic flight” variety.
3/ I am not easily intimidated in a room of strangers
4/ It is hard for me to answer the question of where I am from
It also means, that I get restless easily, VERY easily (ask S. if you do not believe me).
Thankfully, my job provides me with ample distraction on a relatively regular basis (did I mention getting ash clouded into New Delhi and taking 4 flights to make my way back to Geneva?)
In the following weeks I will be hitting the following cities: Zurich, London and New York and there is a sliver of hope for a real field visit to either an Eastern European or southern African locale — I will be spending 2 glorious weeks in my home away from home away from home, NYC. There will be BBQs, there will be shopping, there will be hang time at Mantiques Modern, there will be endless hours of laughter and dancing — my soul will be SO full of joy by the end.
I cannot wait to exercise some serious built-up travel excitement.
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I cannot describe my love of k pop adequately, and it was this song that got it all started for me. This parody would warm my heart on even the coldest of cold days back in my drafty and much-loved apartment in Boston.
thedailywhat: Crazyass Japanese Thing of the Day: “Shōwa Generation” mock K-popsters Girls’ Generation with a parody of their 2009 hit song “Gee.”
via tiffanyneedham
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