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[SFMTtam]

I once had a friend, who had four boys, and as she would say ~ "boys are just so ornamental".

..and you would have to hear it in her very sweet Alabama accent.

 

[Krobbie1954]

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Hercules fighting the Hydra.

A small statue in silver in the collection of the California Legion of Honor, San Francisco.

I love the California Legion of Honor. Funded by the infamous Elma Spreckles. Read her autobiography if you get a chance called “Big Elma”.

 

[SFMTtam]

I love the California Legion of Honor. Funded by the infamous Elma Spreckles. Read her autobiography if you get a chance called “Big Elma”.

Alma Spreckles was indeed a famous libertine, who posed nude for the statue of Nike, Godess of Victory, at the top of the column in Union Square. She was 6 feet tall, but she didn't scare Adolph Spreckles. He was the real original "Sugar Daddy" ~so named by Alma. 24 years younger, Alma bore him three children.

She set the stage for how a "trophy" wife could really shake things up when, as a widow, she was in charge of a large fortune.

The best view of the statue is from Macy's terrace, where there was a "Cheescake Factory", not sure if it's still there.
Macy's Union Square will be closing soon, when they find a buyer for the real estate.

 

[SFMTtam]

Tomata du Plenty David Xavier Harrington

 

[brody]

Roland Caillaux (1905-1977). French actor and illustrator. He was part of the gay cultural landscape in Paris in the 1930s (Jean Genet, Jean Cocteau, etc.) Today he is largely remembered for his homoerotic illustrations.

 

[larsmi]

A little over a year ago in Italy there was an exhibition of plasticized humans staged to recreate some of da Vinci's anatomical drawing. Great way to see the inner workings of penetration.

 

[SFMTtam]

 

[SFMTtam]

The Portland Vase, -The British Museum C. AD 25

 

[Krobbie1954]

Alma Spreckles was indeed a famous libertine, who posed nude for the statue of Nike, Godess of Victory, at the top of the column in Union Square. She was 6 feet tall, but she didn't scare Adolph Spreckles. He was the real original "Sugar Daddy" ~so named by Alma. 24 years younger, Alma bore him three children.
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She set the stage for how a "trophy" wife could really shake things up when, as a widow, she was in charge of a large fortune.
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The best view of the statue is from Macy's terrace, where there was a "Cheescake Factory", not sure if it's still there.
Macy's Union Square will be closing soon, when they find a buyer for the real estate.

Thanks for correcting my spelling of her first name. Wow that is interesting. The book is an interesting read. She was a great “doer” of things. She usually got what she wanted including putting the California Palace of the Legion of Honor right where she wanted on the existing golf course.

 

[SFMTtam]

 

[SFMTtam]

Robert Mapplethorpe’s photograph ‘Man in Polyester Suit’

14"x 18" photo was sent to the UK for exhibit and was confiscated by UK Customs. After a legal battle it was returned to NY. In 2015 it was sold at auction for $478,000.

Robert Mapplethorpe

 

[brody]

Jwan Yosef. Syrian-Swedish artist and Ricky Martin's ex.