expert, defined

Expert is merely man who make quick decision - and is sometimes right.

pretty and smell good too

as i walked past the flower section at the store i was struck by the sweet scent of these hyacinths and my nose compelled me to buy them and now i am struck by that scent every time i walk through the kitchen isn't nature wonderful

William Powell brings his urbane insouciance to this Philo Vance mystery...

How cool was William Powell (or at least his film characters)? A synopsis of the movie The Kennel Murder Case (1933) starts with the above line. I was intrigued, even if I didn’t know what it meant. Enter my trusty dictionary.

urŸbane | polished; showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; courteous, polite, refined, and suave; sophisticated

inŸsouŸciŸant | calm and untroubled; carefree; the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you; careless, heedless, indifferent, or casual unconcern; nonchalance; casual; marked by blithe unconcern

I am a little bit smarter. And I am in love.

xiao long bao

I had an awesome time hanging w/ you guys. Sorry it's taken me so long to share these photos. Hope all is well in Florida and Ecuador. Love, Paula

How's your Hebrew?

Its really hard to see, and I tried to make some adjustments to make the engraving stand out, but if you look really, really closely at the stamp on this woman's crown, you may be able to make out the only four Hebrew letters I know.

Butlers in NYC

Dear Butlers: I am not very good at this blog thing. When were we in the city? And now I'm just posting these pictures in March. Oh well, it's more nostalgic this way, right? Hope you are well!! Love, Paula

comiendo al fresco

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library? -Lily Tomlin

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Twelfth Night. Act I, Scene V (excerpt)

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Clown. Misprision in the highest degree! Lady, cucullus non facit monachum. That's as much to say as, I wear not motley in my brain. Good madonna, give me leave to prove you a fool.

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Olivia. Can you do it?

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Clown. Dexteriously, good madonna.

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Olivia. Make your proof.

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Clown. I must catechize you for it, madonna. Good my mouse of virtue, answer me.

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Olivia. Well, sir, for want of other idleness, I'll bide your proof.

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Clown. Good madonna, why mournest thou?

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Olivia. Good fool, for my brother's death.

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Clown. I think his soul is in hell, madonna.

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Olivia. I know his soul is in heaven, fool.

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Clown. The more fool, madonna, to mourn for your brother's soul being in heaven. Take away the fool, gentlemen.

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Cool Quotes & Good Memories

The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning you didn’t even think to ask. -Jeff Johnson

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all lessons that history has to teach. -Aldous Huxley