Things from the past that I miss or missed out on.

What's the hoping that someone is going to restore and preserve this rather than destroy it in a "renovation"?

Royal Doulton art deco tableware, 1934.

Bullock’s Wilshire Department Store (now the Southwestern Law School) is easily one of Los Angeles’ finest remaing Art Deco buildings. What makes it so special is that both the exterior And the interior are well preserved. It has so much going on, one post simply can not handle all of it. This post alone is dedicated to just SOME of the light fixtures in there. Since it is an operating law school, you can’t just walk in there. You have to wait for an annual tour & hope you score a ticket before it (quickly) sells out.

A woman can be a doctor, but she can also be a nurse. A woman can be an airline pilot, but she can also be a stewardess. A woman can be the boss, but she can also be the boss's secretary. A woman can have both children and a career but she can also be a full time mother and housewife. A woman should be allowed to decide for herself what she wants to do and if what she *chooses* is to do a traditionally female job, her choice should be respected rather than mocked.

Display cabinet

Brits, your memes are safe now!

Next step. Can we please start getting in some of the delicious American foodstuffs that the EU wouldn’t let us have?

I didn’t know that the art deco look of so many Odeon Cinemas was an intentional differentiator. This article (and accompanying photos by Philip Butler) is a delight.