Sightings
An Artist Produces a Unique Project
Hannah Haworth produced a unique project entitled 'The Hunt' for a Degree Show at the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland ... "as I continue to learn more about our early relationships with the landscape, the more my work focusses on craft, ritual and our connections with other species" more »
Chinamania, Whistler's Love of Blue-and-White and Museum Shopping
"Chinamania: Whistler and the Victorian Craze for Blue and White," a small thematic exhibition on view at the Freer Gallery until Aug. 2011, explores the significance of Chinese export porcelain in Victorian England, where it began as an object of serious aesthetic inspiration but soon proliferated as a status symbol. more »
NEJM, Final Diagnosis: Wrong-site surgery and wrong procedure (carpal-tunnel release instead of trigger-finger release)
"Although I was able to help put her at ease, the encounter was very emotional, producing in me both the cognitive and physiological aspects of anxiety, as well as a resolve to do everything possible to prevent such an unpleasant experience for future patients ... I recall privately counseling myself that the next operation would be 'the best carpal tunnel release that I have ever performed.' " more »
Touring the White House ... and Eleanor Roosevelt's Dinnergate
A new interactive White House kitchen tour recalls to mind Eleanor Roosevelt's own 'Dinnergate'. An FDR anti-epicurean affair related in Gourmet magazine revealed a cook's high-handed ways made the White House staff loathe her and it was soon apparent that apart from dessert, the meals she oversaw were going to be dreadful. more »
