Above the Narrows - Andrew Wyeth (1960) Andrew Wyeth was a contemporary American realist painter. Even though Wikipedia calls him one of the best known artists of the 20th century, I first heard about him last month. I was at the National Gallery in D.C. and saw this painting: Wind from the Sea - Andrew Wyeth (1947) I was blown away (the reproduction...
Vest from Ferris Bueller's Day Off via Max Goldberg There's something so ambiguous about collectibles. For the person who is buying them - the person who has seen the movie hundreds of times, memorized the lines and basically wished they could live in the movie - a collectible is a sensible purchase. For everybody else, it's a waste of money. And perhaps a...
Northanger Abbey is certainly less famous than other Jane Austen novels like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. But it is not less fun or charming. It has all that good Austen stuff: despicable villains, exciting balls and, of course, a dashing hero. To be honest, it took me longer than I expected to finish this book. Probably because the book tries...
