Shop for Yourself

Drawings from Leonardo da Vinci, Eugène Delacroix, Francisco de Goya and Lautrec are displayed. Caricature can be combined with various kinds of satire to convey personal, social, or political meaning. And the Met Museum shop is a trove of gift ideas! more »

The aisle is deserted except for a lone, middle-aged employee dusting a section of shelves filled with cartons of dog biscuits. I was about to move on when the employee began to sing as she worked. Happy notes floated around her like a sweet perfume. more »

Julia Sneden writes: Just leave me alone with my books, my real, physical, weighty books. Just try entering “e-book” into Google, if you want a lesson in technological confusion. Our public libraries are struggling with the parameters of e-book usage as are the publishers more »

Consider the 1950s 'Rose & Bow' Dress, a design adopted developed from an original day dress in the V&A's archives. Fitted waist and boice, free hips, 100 % cotton. The dress is worn over a "Superwhoosh"1950s petticoat for additional volume more »