With her dark hair, dark eyes and exotic beauty, Victoria Vetri was destined for stardom. She wrote poetry, sang and tried her hand at acting. In Hollywood, Victoria was cast in early roles portraying women from a variety of nationalities – Mexican, Italian, Native American – in motion pictures and episodic television. She turned down …
“Let me have a Three Musketeers, and a ball point pen, and one of those combs there, a pint of Old Harper, a couple of flashlight batteries, some beef jerky… and four hundred pounds of carrots.” * * * * * * It looks like Illustration Friday suggested the word “disguise” way back in August …
When I graduated from high school, I didn’t know what the hell I wanted to do with my life. I was working as a cashier at the women’s clothing store that my mother managed. I was planning on a career in the retail business, perhaps one day working my way up to manager myself. But, …
“I’ve been searchin’ So long To find an answer” — “I’ve Been Searching So Long” by Jimmy Pankow, as recorded by Chicago In early 1974, I would go every Saturday afternoon to Art Levin’s apartment in Northeast Philadelphia for Bar Mitzvah lessons. Art was the son of the rabbi that married my parents in 1955. …
A man is in a strange town and he has to catch a bus. He looks down at his watch and sees that the crystal has cracked and his watch has stopped. He’s upset and he frantically scans the street for some help. Up ahead, he notices a storefront with a giant clock hanging outside …
In 1973, I was in 6th grade and I thought I was hot shit. When I entered Watson T. Comly Elementary School as a lowly first grader, I was scared and intimidated by the upperclassmen. They were cool and, to my tiny, impressionable eyes, they were so… so… grown up. Some of the 6th grade …
In an effort to save a little time, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future decided to just beat the Christmas spirit into Ebenezer Scrooge. * * * * * My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time. 27 unusual holiday songs and a custom full-color cover …
Trying to stay modern and relevant, Santa reviews some new patterns for his suit. The word “pattern” was suggested by Illustration Friday in September 2009. I did two illustrations then… here and here. * * * * * My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time. 27 unusual …
“Are there any requests?” “Yes, how about ‘the refrain from singing’?” Florence Foster took music lessons and expressed an interest in singing opera. Her father refused to subsidize his daughter’s dream, so she ran off at the age of 22 and eloped with physician Frank Thornton Jenkins. The marriage lasted seven years, ending in divorce in …
As far as Dr. Carl Tanzler was concerned, Elena Hoyos stepped out of a dream… and he never wanted that dream to end. Ever. In 1930, Elena Hoyos was brought into Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida by her mother. Dr. Tanzler was immediately struck by her beauty – her dark hair, her dark eyes. …
