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Friday, April 30, 2010
No Ransom Was Paid
Last Friday my sister and I crossed the Tappan Zee Bridge for a visit to the one place you should always visit if you must cross the Tappan Zee Bridge - The Rockland Bakery. I would like to say I was kidnapped but I must admit I was a willing victim.
This landmark bakery has been supplying the surrounding areas and states with freshed bake goods for over 40 years but there is nothing better than being able to buy them hot from the oven or freshly frosted and decorated.
I wonder if Thelma and Louise would have ended the way it did if they had lived near the Rockland Bakery?
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all images by Simone Rene © 2010
R.I.P. Evelyn Cunningham
Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives in intimate association with their opressors. ~Evelyn Cunningham, civil rights journalist, activist
January 25, 1916 - April 29, 2010
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Good Luck ..
Finding Cynthia Vincent's Gladiator Wedge Sandal. It sold out the week it arrived at the Target stores in New York. The funny thing is that it's all over Ebay selling for way more than the original $29.99.
Click on title for Target details and updates on new shipments to your area.
Breaking A Promise
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Hurry Hurry...
Butterick $1.99, McCall's & Vogue Patterns $3.99
Click on title to go to Vogue Patterns and then navigate to McCalls' and Butterick's from there
Tuesday's Mental Musings
Post-1945
In Communist Eastern Europe, Romanies experienced assimilation schemes and restrictions of cultural freedom.[citation needed] The Romani language and Romani music were banned from public performance in Bulgaria.[dubious – discuss] In Czechoslovakia, they were labeled a "socially degraded stratum,"[citation needed] and Romani women were sterilized as part of a state policy to reduce their population. This policy was implemented with large financial incentives, threats of denying future welfare payments, with misinformation, or after administering drugs (Silverman 1995; Helsinki Watch 1991). An official inquiry from the Czech Republic, resulting in a report (December 2005), concluded that the Communist authorities had practiced an assimilation policy towards Romanies, which "included efforts by social services to control the birth rate in the Romani community" and that "the problem of sexual sterilization carried out in the Czech Republic, either with improper motivation or illegally, exists"[50] with new revealed cases up until 2004, in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia.[51]
50. Denysenko, Marina (2007-03-12). "Sterilised Roma accuse Czechs". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6409699.stm.
51.^Thomas, Jeffrey (2006-08-16). "Coercive Sterilization of Romani Women Examined at Hearing: New report focuses on Czech Republic and Slovakia". Washington File. Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State.
In Communist Eastern Europe, Romanies experienced assimilation schemes and restrictions of cultural freedom.[citation needed] The Romani language and Romani music were banned from public performance in Bulgaria.[dubious – discuss] In Czechoslovakia, they were labeled a "socially degraded stratum,"[citation needed] and Romani women were sterilized as part of a state policy to reduce their population. This policy was implemented with large financial incentives, threats of denying future welfare payments, with misinformation, or after administering drugs (Silverman 1995; Helsinki Watch 1991). An official inquiry from the Czech Republic, resulting in a report (December 2005), concluded that the Communist authorities had practiced an assimilation policy towards Romanies, which "included efforts by social services to control the birth rate in the Romani community" and that "the problem of sexual sterilization carried out in the Czech Republic, either with improper motivation or illegally, exists"[50] with new revealed cases up until 2004, in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia.[51]
50. Denysenko, Marina (2007-03-12). "Sterilised Roma accuse Czechs". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6409699.stm.
51.^Thomas, Jeffrey (2006-08-16). "Coercive Sterilization of Romani Women Examined at Hearing: New report focuses on Czech Republic and Slovakia". Washington File. Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State.
Monday, April 26, 2010
My Dream Office
Vintage Cigar Leather and over 3000 brass nailhead that closes like a vintage steamer trunk.
What more could a girl want?
Click on title to go to Restoration Hardware to have a closer look at the Mayfair Steamer Secretary
Click on title to go to Restoration Hardware to have a closer look at the Mayfair Steamer Secretary
Picasso Returns
Two weeks ago Picasso's "The Actor" was returned to the walls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in time for the April 27th opening of
"Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
RIP Carolyn M. Rodgers
Poet, Publisher, Activist
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Click below for more details of her accomplishments
Currently Serving
One of my favorite fruit Salads requires
1 Large Bowl
plus 1 Quart of Strawberries
Washed, hulled and sliced or quartered
plus 1 quart of Blueberries, washed
Plus 1 Banana, thinly sliced
plus chunks of fresh Pineapple
Toss in Bowl
Douse with squeeze of fresh Lime
Enjoy
P.S. I love to mix this salad into 1 c of Plain Yogurt
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
R.I.P. Dorothy Height
Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010)[1]
An African American administrator, educator, and social activist
Feeling Blue...
I have a formal function to go to at the end of June and I want to wear something new, something special to it. Instead of searching for a dress that will "do" I have decided to make something to wear. I am building the ensemble around a pair of elegant silver strappy sandals that I have only worn twice. For the last week I all I can think of is blue.
Tuesday's Mental Musings
A few months ago I read an article in the New York Times concerning complaining parents who live in the area of Brooklyn I live in. (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/dining/19soft.html?ref=dining).
The piece was concerned with the location of ice cream vendors in Prospect Park. Issues of health and vendor permits aside, the article left me annoyed. When did we become a nation of whining, self indulgent beings incapable of teaching our children, and our selves, discipline and the responsibility of choice and control? After reading the article I wanted to head over to Prospect Park and find those parents and tell them “to grow a pair" and tell your child "no” or to make the choise to move away from the cart. I wanted to remind them that if the cart truly annoyed them they had the right and ability to work with the park to legally sort placement areas for the vendors so not to keep people from their livelihood, that they would need to become aware of their own proximity to the carts and of course take on the responsibility to saying "no" and working through the issues that "no" lesson brings. I also wanted a coconut ice but then that's my issue.
The piece was concerned with the location of ice cream vendors in Prospect Park. Issues of health and vendor permits aside, the article left me annoyed. When did we become a nation of whining, self indulgent beings incapable of teaching our children, and our selves, discipline and the responsibility of choice and control? After reading the article I wanted to head over to Prospect Park and find those parents and tell them “to grow a pair" and tell your child "no” or to make the choise to move away from the cart. I wanted to remind them that if the cart truly annoyed them they had the right and ability to work with the park to legally sort placement areas for the vendors so not to keep people from their livelihood, that they would need to become aware of their own proximity to the carts and of course take on the responsibility to saying "no" and working through the issues that "no" lesson brings. I also wanted a coconut ice but then that's my issue.
Mad Hatter
With the sunny weather upon us I can't help but want to add to my already extensive-I-don't-have-enough-heads-to wear-all-those-hats hat collection, especially after seeing the ribbon hats from Hat A Girl. The packable ribbon hats come in a variety of color and style options all of which have protective wide brims that provide up to a SPF 50 protection.
Prices range from $19-24 a hat
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Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Just Say Gnome....
Looks like the yoga craze has even affected the garden population. If you must have one too click on title to go to
Just Say Gnome
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Shirt Dressing
Old Navy $29.50
Converse at Target $34.99
Land's End $69.50
L.L. Bean's Version comes in Madris!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Today Show Rocks the Plaza
MAY
14 Sting
21 The Script
27 “American Idol” winner and runner-up
21 The Script
27 “American Idol” winner and runner-up
JUNE
4 Justin Bieber
8 Christina Aguilera
11 Rascal Flatts
18 James Taylor and Carole King
25 Maxwell
4 Justin Bieber
8 Christina Aguilera
11 Rascal Flatts
18 James Taylor and Carole King
25 Maxwell
JULY
2 Maroon 5
9 Lady Gaga
16 Enrique Iglesias
23 John Mayer
30 Carrie Underwood
2 Maroon 5
9 Lady Gaga
16 Enrique Iglesias
23 John Mayer
30 Carrie Underwood
AUGUST
6 Train
13 Ke$ha
20 Keith Urban
27 Katy Perry
6 Train
13 Ke$ha
20 Keith Urban
27 Katy Perry
Viewing is on a 1st come, 1st serve basis so get to TODAY's Window-on-the-World Studio, 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza early - the site suggests by 6am!
Give A Dress A Second Chance
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Diaper Bag for Grown Ups
is otherwise known as the gym or overnight bag!
This one is from Lug Life Puddle Jumper and has been featured all over the place but I am still kind of enamoured with it.
Click on the title for an additional 20% off the reduced price of $60.
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