Happy Birthday, Suzi's mom!
I'm bookmarking Vortex's post so I don't have an allergy attack in public.
(((((Sean)))))
Uh, are we gonna fight, or is there just gonna be a monster sarcasm rally?
Stoner Vamp ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Nov 07, 2008 9:30:36 am PST #392 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Vortex - Nov 07, 2008 9:38:09 am PST #393 of 10000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Phenomenal book that actually covers closer to a 50 year period since Mrs. Parks writes not only about her thirty year tenure as a seamstress at the White House,
Is she the one who designed Jackie's inaugural gown? I remember reading about how it was a huge deal that Jackie chose a "negro seamstress" to make her gown.
Strix - Nov 07, 2008 9:42:20 am PST #394 of 10000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Vortex, that article was evil. Do NOT do that before coffee!
ION, vw, I have a sleep study scheduled for Sunday. I had sleep apnea diagnosed 6 years ago, and I'm sure it will be diagnosed again. I'm afraid I'm headed for Darth Vader mask-ville.
Barb - Nov 07, 2008 9:53:29 am PST #395 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Is she the one who designed Jackie's inaugural gown? I remember reading about how it was a huge deal that Jackie chose a "negro seamstress" to make her gown.
Actually, no, because Mrs. Parks retired in early 1961, on the eve of the Kennedy Inauguration.
However, as an interesting factual aside, while Oleg Cassini was more or less Jackie's "offical" designer during her White House years (he's the one who designed the pillbox hat for her, IIRC), according to HistoryWired.com, Jackie designed her inaugural gown herself and it was made at Bergdorf Goodman in New York.
sj - Nov 07, 2008 10:12:25 am PST #396 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm at an eye doctor waiting for Dave and being forced to listen to two McCain supporters talking about handouts and how $250,000 is not a large income.
Calli - Nov 07, 2008 10:19:13 am PST #397 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
$250,000 is not a large income
It's the kind of not-large income I wouldn't mind having. I'd use it to sponsor not-long distance travel to Madagascar and New Zealand, and maybe go back to grad school for some not-higher education.
DCJensen - Nov 07, 2008 10:20:03 am PST #398 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
I'm at an eye doctor waiting for Dave and being forced to listen to two McCain supporters talking about handouts and how $250,000 is not a large income.
Did you welcome them to planet Earth?
Nora Deirdre - Nov 07, 2008 10:23:03 am PST #399 of 10000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Is she the one who designed Jackie's inaugural gown? I remember reading about how it was a huge deal that Jackie chose a "negro seamstress" to make her gown.
Actually, no, because Mrs. Parks retired in early 1961, on the eve of the Kennedy Inauguration.
That wouldn't necessarily preclude her from having sewn/made it before retiring, right? Or am I miscomprehending?
omnis_audis - Nov 07, 2008 10:33:28 am PST #400 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
forced to listen to two McCain supporters talking about handouts and how $250,000 is not a large incomeI wonder how much they pay their hired help then? If $250k isn't large, than must be nice to be their driver/maid/whatever.
I wonder if they'd want to adopt a 37 year old who works in the arts?
Barb - Nov 07, 2008 10:36:39 am PST #401 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
That wouldn't necessarily preclude her from having sewn/made it before retiring, right? Or am I miscomprehending?
If I remember correctly from the book, she left without ever having actually met the Kennedys at all. And like I said, according to the HistoryWire article, the gown was made at Bergdorf's in NYC.