Tag: Things of beauty

Art, music, whatever

Classic Beauty: Lauren Bacall

Classic Beauty

Was there ever a sexier woman than Lauren Bacall?  I mean, that immortal scene in To Have And Have Not  with Bogart — he never stood a chance, did he? — is all the more incredible when you realize that she played that sex-drenched role at age nineteen, and was yet totally believable.

(In real life, at age 17, she’d already been bonking a classmate at acting school, one Issur Danielovitch.)

You can read the back story of her sexy, sultry voice and “The Look” over here.

But right here:

Lauren Bacall, 1957 by Yousuf Karsh

And for those of you who just have to see things in color:

And when she wasn’t being all sexy ‘n sultry ‘n stuff, she was still gorgeous:

Good grief, Betty.

Random Totty

Gratuitous Chick Pics, Sports

Today we’re going to look (in some detail) at Camila Giorgio, who in her early thirties has recently retired from an unremarkable career in tennis:

…and moved into a different kind of career altogether.

No, not music.  While it is generally true that tennis totties have nice legs, Camila’s are sensational.

Tennis’s loss;  our gain.

Peeve #564

Gratuitous Chick Pics, Two-Minute Hate

Among the several things about Modern Life that make me ultra-peevish is this thing about people walking around carrying drinks — water bottles, Yeti flasks, what have you — and I want to ask people (loudly) whether they think they’re going to die of thirst before they can get to the nearest tap or drinking fountain.  Mostly, this applies to women, the precious creatures, because Teh Experts tell us that We Must Remain Hydrated, Lest We Die.

Maybe when you’re crossing the fucking Mojave Desert, but not when you’re crossing the street in Dallas or Los Angeles.

However, let it not be said that I’m completely intolerant in this regard.  I am prepared, for instance, to make exceptions to my “Stop acting like a camel!”  gripe in circumstances such as these:

…although I should also point out that not all women seem to need that oh-so important drink in their hand every time they step outdoors:


…and of course, there are those poor things in obvious need of sustenance:

I mean, I wouldn’t want y’all to think I was that Krool & Hartless, after all.

But in all honesty, if you’re that thirsty, get off the street and find a place to assuage your thirst — and there are many of them, in cities all over the world.  Places like these:

It’s really not too much to ask.