Thursday, July 25, 2019

Dior: From Paris to the World


The Dallas Museum of Art exhibition "Dior: From Paris to the World" showcases almost 200 runway dresses from the House of Dior, from the 1940s until the present day. That's a lot. So many that the DMA has turned over its entire barrel vault and four side galleries for the exhibition. It's pretty much just dresses and the attendance the day we went looked about 10:1 women to men, but I found it well worth the hour we spent inside the exhibit. But, confession: "Project Runway" is one of my guilty pleasures.

More photos after the jump.

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Dollar Tree: The Next Generation


The Richardson City Council approved rezoning for the construction of new pad site restaurants and a partitioning of the former Sears store at Richardson Square. I've blogged my opposition to this short-sighted plan again and again. My opposition wasn't softened by the council's deliberations.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

POTD: Check It Off the Bucket List

From 2018 08 20 Moscow

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Seeing St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square has been on Ellen's bucket list since high school. Check it off!

Click to see St. Basil's at night.

Monday, July 22, 2019

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Rotten Tomatoes
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): Oscar winner for animated feature. Origin story for super hero; coming-of-age tale for everyone. A door to the multiverse brings variants of Spider-Man together. New hero has to save the world. Too much action. Never enough humor. C+




Sunday, July 21, 2019

POTD: 31 Flavors in Red Square

From 2018 08 20 Moscow

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Red Square in Moscow, Russia. If we had any doubts about who won the Communism vs Capitalism fight, this Baskin-Robbins stand in Red Square suggests an answer. (The jury is still out on the autocracy vs democracy question, if not in Russia, maybe in ours.)

Close-up photo after the jump.