Florida Shops Expect Big Shoe Season
August 2, 2014 § 2 Comments
The Don CeSar Hotel, St. Pete Beach, Florida
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Ephemeral
August 1, 2014 § 4 Comments
While listening to the radio as I drive my son to and from camp I’ve heard the word Ephemeral so many times this week. In hindsight I think it would have been the perfect name for my blog. It’s the word that best describes what I’m trying to document. Often I’m completely overwhelmed when I think about preserving everything that I find.
Just a few things from this week. A photograph of Ted Shawn “The Father of Modern Dance,” at Jacob’s Pillow, taken by my father Arthur L. Benjamin. A crumbling Polish birth certificate that belonged to my Grandmother Rose and my father’s discharge papers from the army.
Ted Shawn Jacob’s Pillow – photo by Arthur L. Benjamin, date unknown
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Boots by Golo Footwear
July 29, 2014 § 2 Comments
A Response to ‘Women Against Feminism.’
July 27, 2014 § 4 Comments
Wow – waking up this morning and seeing all the tweets and posts on social media in response to the group Women Against Feminism – which is too disturbing to me on so many levels to go into, I’m reblogging this response from iwantedwings – A Geeky Feminist’s Musings on Visual & POP Culture. I wonder who is behind the anti feminist campaign and the motive? What do you think?
Imagine this:
The year is 2014. You are a white Western woman. You wake up in the morning in a comfortably sized house or flat. You have a full or part-time job that enables you to pay your rent or mortgage. You have been to school and maybe even college or university as well. You can read and write and count. You own a car or have a driver’s licence. You have enough money in your own bank account to feed and clothe yourself. You have access to the Internet. You can vote. You have a boyfriend or girlfriend of your choosing, who you can also marry if you want to, and raise a family with. You walk down the street wearing whatever you feel like wearing. You can go to bars and clubs and sleep with whomever you want.
Your world is full of freedom and possibility.
Then you…
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Hoopla Parasols
July 24, 2014 § 2 Comments
I recently stumbled upon a small shop for umbrellas and parasols. Unfortunately the curt woman behind the counter wouldn’t allow me to take any photos inside, so I stopped outside after 3. Since I didn’t spend enough time inside the store I can’t really share any information on it, but I can recommend Hoopla Parasols started by Tillie Policastro and based out of Austin, Texas. If you’re looking for a high-end umbrella or parasol check out her website.
FLAT OUT FASHION on Hoopla Parasols
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Connecting the dots – Golo Footwear
July 21, 2014 § 2 Comments
When we were kids I remember my dad telling us he had worked on the 75th floor of the Empire State Building. It wasn’t until a few months ago when I started this blog that I learned some of the details. A couple of the articles that I found on my grandfather mentions my dad working for Golo Footwear as a stylist. Perusing the trade magazines at the Library of Business and Science here in NY I came across the advertisement below. It matches a tie clip I found when I was looking through his things while visiting my mother.
Established 1915 in New York City, Golo Footwear is best known for their patent white go-go boots made famous by Barbara Streisand.
Read more about my dad, Arthur L. Benjamin here.
Women's Footwear in America 