The Hyatt Regency Atlanta, built in 1967, is famous as one of the first–if not the first–example of a large atrium hotel. The inside of this 22 story is scooped out, with rooms facing each other and public spaces below. Built by John Portman, the Hyatt Regency–originally Regency Hyatt House–is an architecturally significant building that… Continue reading When Jim Morrison of The Doors Stayed at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta
What Is “Intercommunal”? My Vote: “Tribal”
Reading the new paywalled New York Times today, I saw an article, pictured above, about violence in the Ivory Coast. That word, intercommunal, leapt out at me. Wha? Huh? The dictionary just says the predicable–“that which exists between communities.” Well, yeah. Duh. But what is it really? My guess is that this is the newest,… Continue reading What Is “Intercommunal”? My Vote: “Tribal”
The Ageless 1920s Woman
This picture came up today in BoingBoing.net, via a Tumblr post. What struck me, and several of the commenters, wasn’t so much the monkey aspect but the Woman On The Right. She is an anachronism. She looks like someone you might meet on the street today. But she probably did not adhere to beauty standards… Continue reading The Ageless 1920s Woman
Fred Holland Day: Photographer, Aesthete, Trust-Fund Child, Pleasure-Seeker, Eccentric
This last June, after Sebastian Horsley died in Soho at the age of 47 from a heroin overdose, I began thinking about this genre of rich wastrel louches. We in the white, waking world are fascinated by stories of Edies and Huntington Hartfords who have it all and waste it all. Of Horsley, The Guardian… Continue reading Fred Holland Day: Photographer, Aesthete, Trust-Fund Child, Pleasure-Seeker, Eccentric
Candwich’s Even Darker Side: “Product”
Don’t read this article. You think it’s going to be about Candwich, the “sandwich in a can” that has been ripping up the Internet tubes with memes-of-fire? More so, it’s an exploration of the dark side of language and how a certain word has lobotomized all of us consumers: Product. Candwich is a sandwich product,… Continue reading Candwich’s Even Darker Side: “Product”