Sunday, November 27, 2011

Just when you thought ...

Just when you thought that the organized, city by city, responses across the US to evict, squash and silence the Occupy movement had to be more than a coincidence, you find out you were right!  Read this article from columnist Naomi Wolf in the Guardian (the best online newspaper in the UK or the US).  Our system is hopelessly corrupt, and it is exactly movements like Occupy that are needed.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/25/shocking-truth-about-crackdown-occupy

Thursday, November 24, 2011

My favorite style icon - Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan


She was married only some six weeks ago.  As with many royal marriages her lineage also eminates from the aristocracy of this small, Eastern Himalayan kingdom, reputedly the happiest country on earth.  And with a queen like this, who wouldn't be happy.  Tibetan style chuba, but unlike any chuba I have ever seen.  Beautiful fabrics and patterns -