If this is growing up, let's do it again

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Marco Polo Park, Florida, 1970-1974

"Like Marco Polo himself, you will be wonderstruck at the authentic Oriental splendor of your personal voyage of discovery as you journey into the exotic four worlds of the Far East, Turkey, India, China, Japan and beautiful Venice, your port of embarkation."

[yoadriennem]

"On weeknight dates Phil Pfeiffer wears two-tone jacket, oxfords and a tie. Wearing tie is a real concession to his girl."

LIFE, June 1945

[yoadriennem]

This photo is everything.

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I couldn’t help but note that the trailer for The Grand Budapest Hotel suggests that the movie will be in the old 1.37 “Academy” ratio (instead of the regular widescreen formats), and that reminded me of this informative video I watched a few months ago about the history of film aspect ratios. It’s pretty long (18 minutes), but a really interesting watch if you’re a movie geek.

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The longer I watch this, the more i enjoy it :)

[yoadriennem]

We are all travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Every moment is precious. Except for this one, which you have just wasted. And this one, too.

Paulo Coelho, "Diary," Vanity Fair, July 2013

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John’s home never lost power during Katrina, but a block down they did - he was lucky.  But he did evacuate to just north of Baton Rouge for the storm.  When he came back, he said all the leaves off the Oak in his front yard were ripped off, but the garbage cans didn’t even move.  He’s a native of The Lower Ninth Ward where his people ran a grocery.  

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Sainte Chapelle, Paris | France (by Sam67fr)

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David Lynch endorses Obama in his own wonderful way.

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Tilo Driessen - Isfahan

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Dec. 21, 1933: From the Mid-Week Pictorial. Americans visiting Paris celebrated the end of Prohibition in the United States in a “real two-fisted manner,” its original caption stated. Photo: The New York Times

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Keith Richards, 1967.

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[yoadriennem]

These ladies killed it.

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[yoadriennem]

Slim darling, you came along and into my arms and into my heart and all the real true love I have is yours – and now I’m afraid you won’t understand and that you’ll become impatient and that I’ll lose you – but even if that happened, I wouldn’t stop loving you for you are my last love and all the rest of my life I shall love you and watch you and be ready to help you should you ever need help.

All the nice things I do each day would be so much sweeter and so much gayer if you were with me. I find myself saying a hundred times a day, ‘If Slim could only see that’ or ‘I wish Slim could hear this.’ I want to make a new life with you – I want all the friends I’ve lost to meet you and know you and love you as I do – and live again with you, for the past years have been terribly tough, damn near drove me crazy. You’ll soon be here, Baby, and when you come you’ll bring everything that’s important to me in this world with you.

— Humphrey Bogart’s letter to Lauren Bacall