i finally reached the end of 2011 dead of the year, some i already eulogised in past posts, so here are my in memoriams for november and december 2011.

whose cocktail hour would you like to have been a fly on the wall at? dali and cocteau? bacon and burroughs? capote and vreeland? piaf and dietrich. (today’s choice.)

  Grumbling is the death of love. Marlene Dietrich favourite drink?  “Champagne makes you feel like it’s Sunday and better days are just around the corner.”  marlene liked sours, and is said to… Continue reading →

the opera house sydney in bits and pieces, its roof sections, like the etched helmets of the conquistadors left pell mell on the ground after a battle, oh or swans.

since i will not be in sydney to experience ‘the marriage of figaro’ this season, i combed the net for a concert i wished i had experienced there ‘the cure’  clips in the… Continue reading →