After D and I bought a home here in SoCal, we suddenly became intensely aware of how much we were spending. It kept us in a mild state of panic as we looked at the bills and wondered how on earth we could possibly have…
Tag: fashion
The costume design of Stranger Things struck me right away. This isn’t the usual Hollywood version of a prettied-up 80’s. No, this is the 1984 I remember, the one still stained by the lingering brown-orange hues of the 70’s. The tacky 80’s. The awful wide-wale corduroys,…
Last night I re-watched the 1982 TV movie adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, with Anthony Andrews and an absolutely magnificent Jane Seymour. I’m pretty sure we had that movie on VHS when I was growing up, because I know every scene by heart and could…