The Hunger for Beauty.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
-W. Somerset Maugham-

I came across that quote & the photo of Nina Leen today within ten minutes of each other & I thought they deserved to be together.

I've been obsessed with We Heart It lately so, my mind has been enundated with lovely images for the past couple of weeks so, you can expect more eye candy in this blog's near future

Via

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Krista

As Promised.

My incredibly low quality pictures of my awesomely high quality tattoo(s). They go together really so, I don't know whether to count them as two seperate ones or not. I guess so.




Top of wist (left) my heart bracelet (cuff):







Opposite side, Lucille Ball's signature:




i really love it a bunch.
Now, the top of my wrist, despite it being right on my bone did not hurt AT ALL. No lie. However, the underside hurt like a (excuse my language but, I cannot stress it any other way) MOTHER FUCKER. VERY BADLY. I CRIED. Obviously, if you're not one for pain and you've been considering a tattoo on the inside of your wrist, reconsider my dear. If that baby ever needs touched up, forget it. It can just fade.

So, what's next?
I'm not certain but at one point I want this quote somewhere:
If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. -Bob Hope-

Also, I want a small little something or other on the nape of my neck and perhaps a 40s pinup girl.

We shall see!


PS- Can any of you tell me how to fix the disheveled way my posts turn out? None of the codes I use is fixing this problem. HELP. Please? Thanks!
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Krista

French Fabulosity.

Ces't Jolie!
Via


And, today is my 22nd Birthday as well. :)

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Krista

What's in the Fridge?

I just spent a good half hour studying, really studying, each photo in this series of photos done by photographer Mark Minijvar of the insides of other people's refrigerators because, it satisfied the snooper inside me.

The photo above is my favorite because, if it weren't for certain individuals who share my abode, that is akin to what my fridge would resemble. Sadly, this is more like its current state.

So, tell me; What's in your fridge today?

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Krista

Close to Home.

Farmer's Co-op Market; Dubois, Pennsylvania

Dubois is less than 50 miles from where I reside!




courtesy of SHORPY
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Krista

Time in Motion.

Square America amazes once more with their series of Moving Pictures

Go there to see all of them. Here's my favorite:



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Krista

Images & Intelligence.

Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough- Groucho Marx -



If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman - Margaret Thatcher -



And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world. - Robert Frost -



I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up! - Ingrid Bergman -



Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. - Pablo Picasso -



Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms - Alfred Hitchcock -



If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away. - Édith Piaf -



How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world - Anne Frank



I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - General George Patton



If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way. - Anais Nin -



I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? - John Lennon



If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly... very slowly. - Gypsy Rose Lee



Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction - Albert Einstein -



I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall. - Eleanor Roosevelt



We had an apartment on west side of Central Park. The rent was very reasonable. We found out later that it belonged to a gangster called Legs Diamond and it was a front to his headquarters. It was fine. - James Stewart -



Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said, Well, please don't tell everybody, it's the worst image. - Julie Andrews -

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Krista

Marie Hochhaus; Photographer.

The photography of Marie Hochhaus is very lovely and, she has a lot of work to sift through in her portfolio.

I'm not able to post my favorites here but I'm particularly drawn to set number three and set six


Aren't they whimsical?





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Krista

Inside Grey Gardens.

From the Master bedroom, used by Big Edie.





A view of the main staircase from the second floor.









The great thing is, the couple who bought Grey Gardens from little Edie after the death of her mother, have had it restored to its original grandeur and apparently use the home as a summer place today!



The rest of the photo essay can be viewed here.



PS- I'll be getting my NYC film developed tomorrow. The bad news? I was prevented from taking photographs inside of the theatre but, I may have captured a few nice shots from Central Park and around the city.





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Krista

I'm Off!

to NYC.
To see South Pacific
Pictures and the like will be forthcoming or, eventually.

She's a, She's a Diva!

Lena & Lucy; each in their own right.

And yes, this photo is so GREAT that it deserved its own post.
Bask in GREATNESS, I say!

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Krista

Picture Post: Vintage Vixens & Pretty Places.

Hi loves! I'm very busy as of late so, I'm sorry for the lack of interesting tidbits around these parts. I'm currently helping my best friend get through some tough times. However, I've been collecting some amazing imagery that has tickled my fancy & I wanted to share the beauty with you.
Enjoy.






Oh, how I adore this sparrow of France..








Grace Kelly, of course.


Kitty Carlisle of To Tell the Truth panel fame with husband playwright and director, Moss Hart .







Images collected from FABULON , If Charlie Parker... L O L I T A , Art Deco , and other places I can't recall.

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Krista

Picture Post: Spotted & Hearted.

I used to do these regularly & then I stopped because I haven't seen any imagery that REALLY set my heart a-flutter but, that has changed so, the picture posts have returned.
Enjoy.













first two LOLITA
third riot right rite clip clit click
the rest were just tucked away in a file on my computer, can't remember.

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Krista