Dear all, I have been traveling extensively in my life but I still have one dream to achieve, visiting Tokyo and Kyoto. I have vivid memories of reading the Golden Pavilion from Yukio Mishima. I would need the advice of our fellow Japanese purists for a s
Lalique Car Mascot Vitesse (Femme Nue: Speed) created September 1929 Considered by many to be the most beautiful of the bouchon de radiateur, the Vitesse was a perfect car mascot for the age of speed. René LALIQUE was unquestionably the greatest French je
. . . with this red heart and Honduran rosewood burl handle . . . . . . being the latest. Here are a few reverse views . . . . . . of Honduran rosewood forming the grip of the handle. Shafts are pernambuco . . . . . . and jatoba. Plays as beautifully as i
I just order a iPhone 15PRO and I got the case for it when I wait for the phone. The leather case is history and now it is replaced with something Apple call FineWoven. It feels great and it looks like demin/jeans. A little closer look. I guess it will co
The top two levels are scheduled to be apartments / condos, the bottom level, storefront, but I wonder what! Across the street, there is a developer proposal to construct hundreds of more living units. A lot of neighbors, including myself, are not crazy a
Seen today & photographed at close range with iPhone 11 camera. Lizards can’t write (I think I’m safe in saying that without doing much research) so they don’t need fountain pens. Nor watches — being cold-blooded they are active only when it’s warm — but