Month: October 2008
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Filistrucchi is a wig and mask fabricator in Florence, Italy, since 1720! Above is one of their wig creations. It has been in the same location since is inception, even surviving two floods: From the beginning their clientele has included internationally renowned actors and actresses. Baritone Armando Dado, born in Rome…
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Driving through the warehouse district in San Francisco the other day I saw the chair on the side of the road. I was lost and late and had no time to stop, even though I was driving my empty cargo van. What a missed opportunity! I will say that the seat was in need of…
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month feels like one long month of industry advertising. An industry of fear. Even the language is violent. I don't want to FIGHT breast cancer in an "ARMY of Women" (Avon and Susan Love's new project) in the WAR on cancer. I don't want to be labeled a SURVIVOR after BATTLING this…
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Angel Aviles-McClinton from Media Mojito had interviewed me last August and I never realized until today that it had been posted on her site in September. You can check it out here. Merci beaucoup Angel!
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"News at 11" – Tonight! The truck outside our shop; Marcel & cameraman Walt NBC-11 came to the shop this afternoon, with just 30 minutes notice that they were on their way to do a news story on tips for places to shop when the economy is crashing. Woo-hoo. Today being our day off means that…
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Marcel and I were invited to "excavate" a barn, and in fact a whole mountainside property, in Saratoga, California. It’s just 10 minutes from our house, but it felt like a world away. It’s the estate of a Japanese family who immigrated to San Francisco in the 1920s. They started a farm in Sunnyvale in…
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