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Photo of a green and white coffee pot with milk jug, sugar bowl, cups and saucers all on the same colours and design

Susie Cooper, prolific English ceramic designer. 'Green tango' coffee set c.1930 #womensart

Lundi.

Shout out to the neighbors who have both Biss and Kat for Congress yard signs. In a normal race I'd assume it is a divided household. But in IL-09 it seems possible they just like both candidates.

Had a real senior moment reading that last entry. A dive bar?? Near Indiana?? Oh. Crow. Bar. With a W.

I'm a year-round fan of turkey. But more importantly, I think it is super gauche to complain about the inferiority of the food served on a holiday specifically centered on gratitude, on giving thanks for what you have, when so many will not be feasting in a warm home alongside friends or family.

Idk... The one I saw was on the roof of a church.

I believe you because I think that was the year I saw it up near Montrose.

I love it. And if she is serving beverages and canapes from floor level, I bet her male guests love it too!

Mesmerizing... Like one of those "What's wrong with this picture?" puzzles in children's magazines.

Artist and designer Romain de Tirtoff, known by the pseudonym Erté, was born #OnThisDay in 1892. He designed this blue silk velvet cloak, decorated with marabou feathers and metallic thread embroidery, for Ganna Walska in a production of Manon. LACMA collection. #fashionhistory

The Ghost Story for Christmas Eve this year is M R James's "An Episode of Cathedral History".
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk

art by Paul Lowe

I really miss the old animatronic Christmas displays at Marshall Fields.

We had some new neighbors move in and hold a party and no fewer than 3 guests were unable to buzz them *or* get them on the phone. They all eventually got in, but I thought it was really odd. They must have put the wrong unit on the invite or not have changed the names on the buzzer yet.

Never a truer post written.

So the people incessantly yelling that the Dem establishment is the root of all our problems are not willing to endorse a challenger to Jeffries but they are willing to do a photo op with LITERALLY the worst human being currently alive. What is in the water in that state?

Oh this is a good one.

I was brought up on a side street
Learned how to love before I could eat
I was educated from good stock
When I start lovin' I just can't stop
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man...

Paul Poiret was so successful in part because he was a master at marketing. Part of his strategy was to hire artists to illustrate his designs. One such artist was George Lepape. He created one of the most iconic images of Poiret's house- this image of Denise Poiret in one of the

Even the natural looking ones that you just attach like one lash at a time freak me out. Never used them. Will put on like 5 coats of Too Faced though.

Right? The 80s was a look! Idk, but I think they meant a more natural look than is popular now. And brownish lipstick.

At least you are still dying your hair and keeping the dream alive.

I didn't realize I have 90's makeup, but I guess a brown-red lip and absolutely no contour/bronzer/fake lashes/fillers is a dated look now lol.

I got separate compliments on both my "silver hair" and "90s makeup" today, and while I understand that these were sincere and part of some weird Gen Z thing, I now feel like a fucking museum exhibit.

As the US enters the week of Thanksgiving, this lake would like to give thanks to all the humans that help protect and sustain the Great Lakes watershed 🌊🌊

A west facing view of the Chicago sunset from my third floor dining room window. The lower portion of the sky is a very vibrant dayglo pink and the clouds above are orangey peach lit by the sun

just when I thought no pinky sunset, BAM pinky sunset

That may have been the most spectacular sunset of the year, and we've had many.

Chicago organizers getting a shout out from Timothy Snyder.

Gretchen Whitmer did the same thing and everyone shredded her for it.

No words for the amount of disdain and disgust I have for that guy. And I'm not talking about the one sitting down.

I have the names of both of those men muted and somehow my entire feed is pics of those men hanging out together. I literally never want to see a pic of either of them again but everyone thinks it is funny not to use alt text.