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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:34:45 -0500

ngl this has been happening to me an awful lot lately

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:03:18 -0500

ngl this has been happening to me an awful lot lately

pictorialpress: Lupe Velez in Chicago, Illinois, 1929.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:41:10 -0500

pictorialpress:

Lupe Velez in Chicago, Illinois, 1929.

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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:43:10 -0500

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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:30:32 -0500

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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:05:02 -0500

blackgirlsrpretty2: thepreppyyogini: Quaintrelle will need to...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:52:17 -0500

blackgirlsrpretty2:

thepreppyyogini:

Quaintrelle will need to work its way into everyday conversation.

"You deserve good things, and I want to be one of them."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:51:36 -0500

“You deserve good things, and I want to be one of them.”

- (via sinnersleadtheway)

“The Lady in The Tutti-Frutti Hat” from The Gang’s All Here...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:13:55 -0500

“The Lady in The Tutti-Frutti Hat” from The Gang’s All Here (1943)

I wonder why does ev’rybody look at me
And then begin to talk about a Christmas tree?
I hope that means that ev’ryone is glad to see
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat

The gentlemen, they want to make me say, “Si, si”
But I don’t tell them that, I tell them, “Yes, sir-ee”
And maybe that is why they come for dates to me
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat.

Some people say I dress too gay
But ev’ry day, I feel so gay
And when I’m gay, I dress that way
Is something wrong with that?

Americanos tell me that my hat is high,
Because I will not take it off to kiss a guy
But if I ever start to take it off, ay, ay
I do that once for Johnny Smith
And he is very happy with
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat

Just wanted to let Freddie Prinze fans know that his mother,...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 01:30:00 -0500

Just wanted to let Freddie Prinze fans know that his mother, Maria has passed away. She left us and joined him Friday, Freddie must be so glad to see Ma. :’)

nitanahkohe: Cheyenne girls (Lame Deer, 1906). See the silver...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:04:52 -0500

nitanahkohe:

Cheyenne girls (Lame Deer, 1906). See the silver drops on their belts? Cheyenne women wear the drop to honor the Cheyenne woman who killed Custer, Buffalo Calf Road Woman. As the Cheyenne story goes:

A Cheyenne woman approached Custer, grabbed his saber, and stabbed him, eventually killing him. She told the General “he had it coming.” As Custer lay dead on the ground, Cheyenne and Arapaho women used their awls to stab his ears. It is told that the women chanted “we do this to you so that you will listen to our people in the next world.” The women referred to Custer as Attacker at Dawn because of his role in the Washita Massacre of 1868, in which he attacked Black Kettle’s camp and captured 53 women and children. Many women were raped as their village burned.

The woman who stabbed Custer claimed his saber. In the days and years to follow, she wore it honorably hanging from her leather belt. This woman was highly respected by all for her warrior deed. After her death, many Cheyenne women continue to honor and remember her by wearing a silver drop on their side attached to their leather belts. [source: Gordon Yellowman, Cheyenne]

victoriastation: auntiespaz: victoriastation: So, events are...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:22:54 -0500

victoriastation:

auntiespaz:

victoriastation:

So, events are starting to be scheduled for the promotion of Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait this autumn. Mark your calendars, Londoners!

What: ”Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait” lunchtime lecture followed by book signing

When: November 28, 2013, 1.15 pm

Where: Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, London

Cost of admission: FREE

Vivien Leigh is best known for her Academy Award-winning performances in Gone With the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire, her popularity on the post-war British stage, and her twenty-year marriage to Sir Laurence Olivier. Kendra Bean (that’s me!), author of Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait, discusses the fascinating life of this extraordinary star.

If you’ll be in London on the day, you should definitely stop by!

More info about other Vivien-related things at the Portrait Gallery and around the UK TBA.

If any of my followers are in or or around London I HIGHLY encourage you to go to this. The woman putting together this beautiful book has been working tirelessly to get this thing published and it looks fantastic. I can’t wait to get my hands on it!

Wow, thanks!

wear-some-flowers-in-your-hair: <3

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:17:30 -0500

wear-some-flowers-in-your-hair:

<3

few more pictures to share :)

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:28:00 -0500

few more pictures to share :)

"I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the..."

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:38:40 -0500

“I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more fully, enjoy more, experience more. I want to develop even more original and more unconventional traits.”

- Anaïs Nin (via kitty-en-classe)

"I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity."

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:05:49 -0500

““I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.””

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (via stxxz)

thatgirlupstairs: Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino in...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:07:04 -0500

thatgirlupstairs:

Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino in Camille, 1921

Hello lovely followers! :) Hope all is well with you where you...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:10:41 -0500

Hello lovely followers! :)

Hope all is well with you where you are. If not, I’m sorry and I hope this lil post will help! :)

I thought I would come here to ask your opinion on something. I am studying photography now, but I’ve been playing with photos for most of my life. I figured the way to get better is to hear what your peers and audience have to say, so here goes………do you think I can make it as a photographer? The above are 3 pictures I took. The top two this year and the last one ………..a long time ago…….lol….I’ll put it that way.

I will try to post photos periodically and yes, I love nature, so that’s what the bulk of my pictures are. :) Thanks!

"The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses."

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:27:58 -0500

“The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses.”

- E.E Cummings (via ohfairies)

livviedehavilland: Happy Birthday, Don Ameche (May 31, 1908 –...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:03:12 -0500

livviedehavilland:

Happy Birthday, Don Ameche (May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993)