[Alternative Muses] Writerly Style: Seven Reasons to Love Anita Loos’ Look

“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.”-Oscar Wilde

Seven Reasons to Love Anita Loos’ Look:

#1: She rocked one of the best hairstyles of the Roaring Twenties. The tousled bob with bangs was her thing, and she wore it with few variations for decades. With that hair, she could walk into any 2014 shindig and look more modern than anyone else.

Anita Loos rocking her famous locks

Anita Loos rocking her enviable locks. 

#2: She knew how to wear a scarf without looking like an idiot or an octogenarian. We all know how hard that is, right? For some reason, the thought of wearing a scarf as an accessory intimidates a lot of American women, myself included. Here’s Anita, proving that a scarf worn tied around the neck can be chic and fun: Continue reading

Daily Diversion #187: All the Cool Kids

All the cool kids were doing it yesterday…

All the cool kids were doing it yesterday...

All the cool kids were doing it yesterday…

Boiling water + frigid air=this!

Boiling water thrown into frigid air=this!

 

It was so much fun, we ultimately did it three times!

It was so much fun, we ultimately did it three times!

This is what happens when two bored adults are housebound during a vicious cold spell. 

“Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.”-Sinclair Lewis

The Dead Writers Round-Up: 6th January

  • Fanny Burney died on 1/6/1840. “Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.” (Evelina; Cecilia; Camilla; The Wanderer)
  • Carl Sandburg was born on 1/6/1878. “Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.” (Chicago Poems; Abraham Lincoln: The War Years; Remembrance Rock; Rootabaga Stories)
  • Kahlil Gibran was born on 1/6/1883. “You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.” (Broken Wings; The Prophet)
  • Alan Watts was born on 1/6/1915. “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” (The Way of Zen; The Joyous Cosmology; The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are)

The Splendiferously Bearded Writers Social Club: Henrik Ibsen

  • Name: Henrik Ibsen
  • DOB: 3/20/1828
  • Member Since: 1864
  • Status: Charter Member
  • Important Role: Head of entertainment committee.
  • Hobbies: Exposing hypocrisy; modernizing theatre; shocking bourgeois sensibilities; landscaping the wild expanse of his beard.
Henrik Ibsen, circa 1864

Henrik Ibsen, circa 1864