Latest Blog Posts for LadyLikes

• That English Channel
  on Jun 29, 2015 in Brighton Lady San Pedro travel
  THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IS THE BODY OF WATER that separates England from France, while also being the body of water under which the Eurostar connects the two countries. It is 350 miles long, 150 miles wide and 571 feet at its deepest, with a history of i...
• That Standstill
  on Jun 24, 2015 in illustration painting
  DERIVED FROM THE LATIN WORDS SOL FOR SUN AND SISTERE, TO STAND STILL, summer solstice took place recently in the northern hemisphere, and was celebrated so exuberantly on my social media feeds. Back in my previous home of Barcelona, folks observed th...
• That Angel Style
  on Jun 11, 2015 in 70s fashion vintage
  WITH 70S FASHION MAKING ITS BIGGEST COMEBACK YET, who better to turn to for guidance than the original heaven-sent darlings of bell bottoms past? Sabrina, Jill and Kelly came into my life through afternoon reruns in my teens, long before Lucy, Drew a...
• Those Crowning Moments
  on May 21, 2015 in Barcelona events Lady San Pedro
  "THEY ARE NOT LONG, THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES." reads the first line of the second stanza of Ernest Dowson's appropriately short poem. Neither are the nights, if I may add, in which friends and flavors go so pleasurably together, and before you know...
• That Pleasure of Your Company
  on May 14, 2015 in illustration vintage
  IT’S MOST NOTICEABLE JUST BEFORE THE START OF A TRIP, after the pet sitter had picked them up to stay with him at his farm. Once the pets have gone, gone too are the rustlings, the rolling around, the relocating to and from different corners of the...
• That Monastic Beauty
  on May 4, 2015 in Audrey Hepburn film vintage
  FASHIONABLE PORTRAYALS OF CHARACTERS IN NEW YORK, PARIS AND ROME have become definitive of Audrey Hepburn, the sprite-like style icon in Givenchy. But it was her role as Sister Luke in The Nun's Story that film critic Henry Hart was determined "will...
• That Sabah Sensational
  on Apr 21, 2015 in Borneo Lady San Pedro Sabah travel
  WITH JADE FORESTS, SPRAWLING SHORES AND A HEAVY TROPICAL HEAT that encourages summering of the most indolent sort, Sabah draws tourism as a resort and wildlife destination offering recreations of plenty. Home to Southeast Asia's second tallest mounta...
• That Mystic Smile
  on Apr 15, 2015 in art Leonardo da Vinci Marcel Duchamp Mona Lisa painting René Magritte Salvador Dalí
  "OR JUST A COLD AND LONELY, LOVELY WORK OF ART" ends the song popularized by Nat Cole in 1950, singing poetically about Leonardo da Vinci's painting of Lisa del Giocondo. Lovely, she is. But lonely, Mona Lisa definitely isn't, with flocks of visitors...
• That Fight Style
  on Apr 9, 2015 in fashion shoes vintage
  THE HIGHER THE STRAPS, THE HIGHER THE RANK was how it used to be with Roman officers, who sported the sturdy leather sandals made for military activity. Similar pairs in deer or cattle hide are also said to have been worn by gladiators, although most...
• Those Femmes Forgotten
  on Mar 26, 2015 in art painting
  JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, WE CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY mainly through the social posting and sharing of quotations, dedications and images of both women who have influenced history, as well as women who have become influential to our own persona...

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