I made the above image 4 years ago for this post.
I remember how happy I was when creating these and I am still hopeful that maybe he will be able to deliver in his second round…
And I remember this gloomy yet hopeful december in California in 2008…
My favorite picture of Obama is still this one:
Many are a bit disappointed with him but the alternative is just scary…
Guess what we all got from Santa Claus this year?
It’s been a horrendous holiday season and my images below illustrate the Christmas mood of Rodeo Drive:
The real estate market is so bad, they are giving away whole buildings!
The haute couture has a small “sale” sign but no buyers…
The Christmas decorations are as gorgeous as ever but with no money to spend, people are just not in the mood,
and the Cinderella slipper has to wait for a better (non-bankrupt) prince.
The doormen at Prada are waiting in vain too— the headless/moneyless client is entrapped in Koolhaas’ quirky cell:
Last year’s night version of this was way more cheerful…
Africa’s still bleeding in spite of De Beers pretty windows:
An exercise in futility if you ask me but Harry Winston is still showing off its ridiculous necklaces.
The poinsettias are effortlessly beautiful and everywhere—they keep bringing a smile to my face without costing an arm and a leg.
An espresso and the man of the year to wrap up the day.
It looks like we’re going to have to take Einstein’s advice, whether we like it or not: “everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
I woke up this morning with the news of Sarah Palin’s 17 year old unwed daughter being 5 months pregnant! I must be dreaming – this is the stuff bad Hollywood movies are made of: an evangelical, (almost) beauty queen of a small Alaskan town, with five children, a four year college degree in journalism, and an anti-choice/anti-evolution/pro oil drilling agenda is going to be a heartbeat away from the presidency of the the United States of America! Only in Hollywood my friends…
Do I look stupid to you people? Do we, as women, look so clueless to you republicans that you imagine us all voting for a woman only because of her gender? This is as valid as me voting for Ahmadinejad for the sole reason that he’s born persian!
Palin went through with her fifth pregnancy knowing that her child will have Down Syndrome. I have a nephew with this problem and I know how heartbreaking it is for the parents and the siblings…To insist in bringing a child like this to the world is selfish and insane.
Palin is an avid member of the NRA—Natonal Rifle Association— which makes her the dream candidate for the republican ticket. She’s too damned young and inexperienced to be the vice president of this country. Read this article and this one to have some fun with this issue. Here are some interesting opinions about this whole affair.
Unless Obama (aka the Dark Knight) messes up really bad from here to November, I don’t see how he can lose…
“At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols.” Aldous Huxley
It seems like I’ve been back to Los Angeles for ages but it’s been only a mere week. Paris faded fast in my memory thanks to a nasty stomach flu I caught after a great dinner of oysters and choucroute at Maison d’ Alsace with my friends; there is a gastro epidemic in Europe and for the second year in a row, I fell victim to it.
There’s been so much to think/talk about – from the chaos in Kenya to the phenomenon of the Kenyan’s son and his new Kennedy friends but I’ve been sick and tired. To look at the African problems in a fresh way I suggest looking for Caroline Elkins’ view about the possible source of these African tribes’ sudden violent behavior towards each other. In general, a lack of vision and rampant corruption is the hallmark of African leadership. Needless to say that after the Super Bowl it’s the Super Tuesday that occupies the mind of America and not Kenya…
