tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57893776622775366602024-03-15T21:09:49.587-04:00Petite MaoistePetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.comBlogger558125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-45032807016718737722011-05-28T12:33:00.001-04:002011-05-28T12:33:27.499-04:00RIP Gil Scott-HeronPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-79256541181595911582011-05-13T23:17:00.004-04:002011-05-13T23:31:45.893-04:00And speaking of hair.....And speaking of hair (see post below), I'd like to see a mano-a-mano between billionaire zealot douchebag Donald Trump's hairstylist and the aesthetic god/goddess who styles Cameroon's First Lady Chantal Biya. That would be EPIC.I was once snuck into the Costume Institute "Goddess" themed dinner party for the dessert/entertainment course. This was easier to do since people were standing, minglingPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-76351366976412950632011-05-13T22:52:00.003-04:002011-05-13T23:04:39.432-04:00RIP Mirta de PeralesSource: terra.com (link below)I was saddened a few days ago to learn about the passing of beauty icon, Mirta de Perales. The Cuban cosmetics guru was admired by all of us when I was a child. Everyone aspired to be a "Chica Mirta' which required straight, bouncy, manageable, shiny hair. Unlike the lucky girl above, being groomed by the Capillary Maestra herself at the Miss Piel Canela Pageant (Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-61157476395413999162011-05-08T00:16:00.006-04:002011-05-08T00:45:05.798-04:00RIP Isabella Blow 19.11.58 - 07.05.07Isabella Blow died four years ago today, of complications following a suicide attempt. It's weird because I was raving about her and how important she was for fashion and art in England and world-wide, telling a friend excitedly about how amazing she was, what a genius. I was wondering if her pivotal role in McQueen's career had been noted in the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty show that opened Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-57234468325501308132011-05-01T20:52:00.002-04:002011-05-01T20:53:43.298-04:00Isabel Preysler sin PhotoshopPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-39926807427980417272011-05-01T19:25:00.007-04:002011-05-01T19:43:33.944-04:00I may need to start wearing turbans......I am obsessed with Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missne's look. And I am clearly not the only one, as even a cursory Google search will prove. Of course, I first came to know her fashion diva style via my Bible, HOLA magazine which has now added her to their roster of international royalty. With her signature turbans topping off a Nefertiti-like visage of indeterminate age, her severe haute Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-30100896084529338292011-05-01T19:10:00.007-04:002011-05-13T23:11:00.038-04:00Royal Wedding Fashion: I need a Fascinator I am in love with Miriam Gonzalez and her FascinatorAlthough I had planned to boycott the Royal Wedding, since technically I am a Republican (NOT in the United States meaning of the term), I could not resist the fashion spectacle. I found much of the clothing DULL. The hats are always fun but after a while all of those cocked feather/flower combos perilously perched on high Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-51110987812827787552011-05-01T19:09:00.005-04:002011-05-01T20:41:46.076-04:00Salvame Deluxe (for JZ)Here in the US I pay an ungodly amount of money to get a few Spanish TV channels but Telecinco is not one of them. Which may be a good thing, since if I had access to it, I might get sucked into the sick pleasure of watching their Salvame franchise, which takes up a seeming majority of their weekly programming. Run by sinister Italians of the Berlusconi school of "entertainment," the network Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-53869458801840378092011-04-20T10:37:00.001-04:002011-04-20T10:37:25.075-04:00esto es ArtePetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-45544206612759344332011-04-13T21:25:00.001-04:002011-04-13T21:27:16.487-04:0014 abril 1931/April 14 1931On April 14, 1931 the people of Spain declared the Second Republic.Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-81799158250711351212011-04-09T18:13:00.001-04:002011-04-09T18:13:53.361-04:00FREE AI WEIWEIPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-21018114551903980502011-03-23T09:19:00.001-04:002011-03-23T09:19:56.467-04:00RIP Elizabeth TaylorPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-30533285234727099632011-03-22T07:47:00.001-04:002011-03-22T07:47:46.807-04:00Exaltacion de Carmen Lomana, Fallera Mayor en ValenciaPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-84842408942121431062011-03-22T07:33:00.001-04:002011-03-22T07:34:52.279-04:00Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-71828454823929498962011-03-11T11:51:00.002-05:002011-03-11T11:54:05.010-05:0011-M 2004I am thinking about the victims, families and survivors of the brutal terrorist attacks in Madrid on March 11, 2004.http://www.elmundo.es/documentos/2004/03/espana/atentados11m/Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-27996444138774358302011-03-11T11:48:00.002-05:002011-03-11T11:51:05.501-05:00I have no wordsHokusai - The Great WaveCNN graphic indicating tsunami sitesPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-47098567204106957872011-02-11T20:06:00.013-05:002011-02-12T19:18:32.983-05:00A Gathering of Nerds: #CAA2011Gruesome detail of Hilton interior. (and note the sensible black pumps, clearly a Renaissance or Baroque scholar)It's that time again when sufferers of academentia descend on the garish post-mid-century-modern behemoth that is the 53rd Street Hilton like the flock of doomed blackbirds careening to their death in Arkansas. Indeed, among the overheard comments I noted while sashaying past a hallwayPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-35212073490449162872011-02-04T11:04:00.001-05:002011-02-04T11:05:51.998-05:00Protesters Linking Arms to Protect Fellow Protesters Praying in Tahrir SquareSOURCE: Shawkatt Raghib's twitter feed http://yfrog.com/froggy.php?username=ShawkattRaghibPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-38495477271730126552011-02-04T09:49:00.002-05:002011-02-04T11:06:15.111-05:00Image from Al Jazeera. Tahrir Sq. TodayPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-50906920798931672562011-02-03T12:15:00.023-05:002011-02-20T19:59:47.842-05:00A Modest Proposal for a New BRAVO Reality TV Show: Starcurator: The Next Great CelebritySome of the artworld twitterers I follow were recently mentioning a new reality TV show about gallerinas, which sounds absolutely thrilling. But I had been discussing the possibility of another spin-off with a friend suffering from #academentia PTSD: a "Starcurator" contest similar to The Apprentice but way more chic, insiderish, elitist, glamorous, cosmopolitan and well, cooler. Following is ourPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-88715896275388731392011-01-18T16:40:00.005-05:002011-01-18T16:51:44.423-05:00Four Years Without YouMax Beckmann, Departure (1932, Collection The Museum of Modern Art, New York)"In the right panel of Departure, Beckmann once said, `You can see yourself trying to find your way in the darkness, lighting the hall and staircase with a miserable lamp, dragging along tied to you, as part of yourself, the corpse of your memories.' (...) Beckmann called the center panel "The Homecoming," and said of itPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-24304461780227921042011-01-17T09:26:00.002-05:002011-01-17T09:27:07.570-05:00Martin Luther King, jr.Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-41318182634328512202011-01-16T09:35:00.002-05:002011-01-16T09:41:53.688-05:00Sometimes I think about leaving the USA.....When I see things like this. Also, this is why you never ask a pageant Delegate about politics, here is Miss NE now Miss Universe 2011, pontificating about Wikileaks (go to minute 1:45)I was horrified by Miss NE's jacked up weave. That thing makes Danielle Staub's hair (protagonist of Weavegate on Real Housewives of New Jersey) weave look like Beyonce's. This one is so clearly fake that I gaspedPetite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-83377816008114992822011-01-12T11:03:00.002-05:002011-01-12T11:07:04.927-05:00Jon Stewart on the events in TucsonThe Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cArizona Shootings Reactionwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on Facebook Yet another great commentary from Jon Stewart, who repeatedly makes more sense than the talking heads on cable news. Obama would benefit from watching this prior to his speech to the nation. But such complexities are Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789377662277536660.post-25744757485948277902011-01-12T10:50:00.003-05:002011-01-12T10:52:57.042-05:00"Stuff White People Like" Tour of BrooklynSource: TIME Magazinehttp://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,745308040001_2041734,00.htmlBest line: "You don't have to be White, you just have to be rich." Petite Maoistehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360208394178170783noreply@blogger.com0