I nearly had a stroke when I first saw Luxury Comedy, and not in a good way, despite being a fan of The Mighty Boosh and Noel Fielding.
Luxury Comedy
March 4, 2012
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I should explain that there is no question of The Queen dismissing the Canadian Prime Minister or dissolving Parliament as you suggest
March 3, 2012
This is a letter from the Queen’s office, written in response to a letter from Montrealer Chantal Dupuis who had written the Queen asking her to use her powers to remove our clearly lunatic prime minister.
Fleamarket decor in Delhi
February 29, 2012
India has the best inventory of vintage and antique furniture—both institutional and domestic—I’ve ever seen. Especially deco and moderne (bench above) not to mention traditional Indian wooden furniture of various vintages.
Jim Green (RIP) & Vancouver men – comic PSA against Gendered Violence
I love you, Vancouver. Environmentalist David Suzuki, University Chair Andrew Petter, Activist Jim Green and other Vancouver luminaries in a funny & also really touching PSA.
RIP Jim Green, defender of the poor, a Vancouver icon, one of the greats.
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RIP Davy Jones
“The years have passed/And so have I”
Never ending…. Tasty chatting
February 21, 2012
That pretty much sums up much of my recent trip to India. Never ending tasty chatting.
Gajali or gajalee (also the name of a famous fish restaurant further up the Maharashtra coast in Mumbai) means “an informal gathering” in the Malvani & Konkani languages.
Beautiful re-usable Codd-neck soda bottles still in use in India
This is a poor photo of a very interesting bottle, despite the fact that the boy running this soda cart in Mysore was being super helpful. (Below, some clearer photos of this type of bottle, courtesy of Wikipedia.) This is known as the Codd-neck bottle and you can read a full history and explanation below, but in short, the bottle is sealed via the use of a glass marble held in place by the pressure of the aerated soda; pressing the marble down either with a thumb or wooden plunger releases the seal, dropping the marble into the curved cavity and allowing the soda to pour out.
Lamps in India
February 20, 2012
Hodgepodge of beautiful lamps seen in India, most of them vintage.
The glass, the hardware, even the wiring seem more attractive in India than they are in North America, and often have more design integrity.
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… a mock wedding between a donkey and a dog to protest against Valentine’s Day…
February 19, 2012
I hate it too. Maybe not this much, but a lot. Meanwhile, at the Gateway of India last week (gorgeous sari):
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Concentric diamond pattern in India – “eye of nightingale”
February 17, 2012
If you are the type who notices recurring patterns, and like me are not from the Indian subcontinent or Central Asia yourself, you would start to notice a common concentric diamond pattern if you spent time in India.
