Today is the 108th birthday of the modern-day explorer Jacques Cousteau. I remember watching reruns of his TV show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau when I was
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Happy 107th Birthday Vincent Price
Today is the 107th birthday of Vincent Price. I think my first exposure to him was probably the Hawaiian episodes of the Brady Bunch, followed next
Happy 134th Birthday Maurice Utrillo
Today is the 134th birthday of the French artist Maurice Utrillo. His art is most widely recognized due to the reproductions into post cards of
Goodbye November, Hello December
#MeToo I had this whole thing written, paragraphs and paragraphs about how I was quitting this blog and most of social media. It was a
Happy 75th Birthday Jean Shrimpton
Today (or possibly tomorrow) is the 75th birthday of one of the world’s first supermodels: Jean Shrimpton. Her beauty is undeniable. I love that she
Happy 114th Birthday Claudette Colbert
Today is the 114th birthday of the film actress Claudette Colbert. She starred opposite in one of Clark Gable in one of my very favorite films It
Happy 136th Birthday Cecile B. DeMille
Today is the 136th birthday of the film director and movie mogul Cecil B. DeMille. That quote by Gloria Swanson’s character Norma Desmond in Sunset
Happy 84th Birthday Brian Duffy
Today is the 84th birthday of the photographer Brian Duffy. His famous images are immediately recognizable as should his name be. I went a bit
Happy 107th Birthday Jacques Cousteau
Today is the 107th birthday of the modern-day explorer Jacques Cousteau. I remember watching reruns of his TV show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau when I was
Happy 133rd Birthday Maurice Utrillo
Today is the 133rd birthday of the French artist Maurice Utrillo. His art is most widely recognized due to the reproductions into post cards of the
Polaroid Land Camera SX-70 – Not So Secret Obsession.
I have a few of these cameras, in this exact style, sitting in a drawer. Now that my phone takes photos and automatically loads them
Happy 74th Birthday Jean Shrimpton
Today (or possibly tomorrow) is the 74th birthday of one of the world’s first supermodels: Jean Shrimpton. Her beauty is undeniable. I love that she
