Urban Haute Bourgeoisie

Briefly, Whit Stillman seemed to become the upper crust’s own John Hughes, and then, like Hughes, Stillman largely disappeared. This scene from his Metropolitan is a real gem.

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Blacksmith, Established 1830

Even a city girl occasionally finds herself out in the country, in this case, brunch at the Historic Clifton Mill in Clifton, OH. This sign is right across the street from the mill and, for a split second, I contemplated the potential joy of living in this building, until I realized that I’m too much [...]

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Illustrations by Andrew Holder

The illustrator Andrew Holder grew up in San Diego and i currently based in Pasadena. His images focus on MCM architecture with a dose of Googie. Total California…

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What Happened to Downtown Cincinnati?

I woke up yesterday morning to discover that Over-the-Rhine was, in fact, the edge of the universe. My trusty friends, Carew Tower, the Kroger Building, et al., were nowhere to be found. Who imported all this fog from San Francisco?

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Oregon Trail Paintings by Violet Aveline

According to the Saatchi Gallery, Violet Aveline is “a biligual trapese artist soaring to greater heights on reading rainbows and clams that have teeth on tongues. Mercurial methodological melodies playing stuck in your head.”

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Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: Final [or Vine-L] Friday, MidPoint Music Festival, et al. Down on Main Street: a great read about OTR by Kathy Y. Wilson. The World’s 10 Greatest Large Urban Parks: from Central Park to Luxembourg Gardens, all viewed from above. The Evolution of Extra Place: Kevin Walsh of Forgotten New York traces the [...]

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The Topiary Park in Columbus

The Topiary Park in Columbus is a three-dimensional version of Georges Seurat’s famous painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grande Jatte. It includes 54 human figures, eight boats, three dogs, a monkey and a cat, all made of yew.

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Serigraphs by Daniel Danger

Daniel Danger of the Tiny Media Empire is a Boston-based illustrator, printmaker and musician who creates these haunting, creepy, masterfully printed images with bizarre titles. Danger’s work reminds me a bit of Luke Painter’s drawings that I wrote about earlier.

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Tucker’s Restaurant in Gourmet Magazine

Ahem. In case you don’t get Gourmet, the latest issue includes an article entitled Restaurants Worth the Money, and the Midwest list starts with, “Tucker’s: For more than 60 years, this family-run diner has endured in the perpetually burgeoning Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. The secret? Oversize omelets, sturdy BLTs, and a killer vegetarian take on huevos rancheros.” [...]

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VisuaLingual for Grass Console

I love food so, when Alex of the foodie blog Grass Console asked me to design him a banner, I knew it would be a fun little project. Check out his site — it’s full of vegan recipes and Cincinnati restaurant reviews!

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