Happy Valentino Day!
Better than both Columbus Day AND Valentine's Day!
Happy Weekend!
Today is Valentino Day, which I plan to celebrate by wearing the only Valentino dress that I own, weather permitting! Of course, it’s not a day to celebrate Valentino the fashion house, but rather a day to celebrate silent film actor and noted dream boat Rudolph Valentino.
Valentino, you may know, is one of the people on my list.
Thus, predictably, your present this week is the 1921 version of Camille, starring Valentino as Armand and famous bisexual multi-hyphenate Alla Nazimova as Marguerite, whom I will talk about at length if the mood strikes me and I’ve had enough to drink. The art director of the movie was actually Natacha Rambova, who was later married to Valentino. It’s obviously not as famous as the 1936 version starring Greta Garbo, but it’s still worth a watch.
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I’m telling you that if Robyn and I are ever in the same place with some cocktails I bet all the old show business trivia is coming out!
In other news, last day of vacation, and I am so comfortable and happy—no chest pain, slept all night, cozy as heck.
We’re in an upscale kind of hostel? Little neat room with a shared bathroom and it’s perfect.
This bed is awesome.
OT:
"A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.
A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice.
A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.
Martin Luther King; Selma, Alabama; March 8th in 1965"
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