Tag: Lady

  As women become older, they entertain a wider set of choices about when and how they are seen ~ Akiko Busch Don’t hate me, but there is something to be said for being invisible at 72. Unobtrusively lurking on the outskirts of life, observing without being observed. Seemin...

Known for her mesmerizing patterns and eye-catching color palate, Yayoi Kusama has been a prominent figure in the avant-garde art scene since the beginning of her career in the 1950’s. Kusama’s work has been drastically influenced by the vivid hallucinations that have affected the artist...

Two hooks on an expanse of purple plush. I circled the room with growing unease — are we too late, has she been withdrawn? The grey captions stencilled either side recording her history seem like an epitaph. So I enquired. “Don’t worry, she’ll be back in a few mi...

Our Lady (The Virgin) of Guadalupe I’m writing a book, Niños Héroes: The Fascinating Stores Behind Mexican Street Names. Here’s a short selection: She is “La Morenita,” the brown lady. According to Catholic lore, the Virgin Mary first appeared to a...

The thing about the Full House houses, is that they’re not. Or, at least most people are confused. Sure, the Tanner family picnicked in Alamo Square park, but their supposed house was actually over on Broderick. This little fact, of course, does nothing to stop “Every...

As a 31 year old woman, I often think about retirement, it’s far away but the current state of the world has done no favours to me and forced me to think about the world. For married couples, the thought of retirement may evoke images of leisurely days spent traveling together, indulging in ho...

When she died, the Ivory Lady was between 17 and 25 years old. Her descendants revered her enough to continue to place precious objects in her memorial tomb for several generations. She was buried in a funeral complex called a tholos. Following her death, another twenty people were also bu...

Gladiators were the ultimate entertainers of ancient Rome. They fought in brutal and bloody battles for the amusement of the masses, who packed the colossal arenas to witness the spectacle of life and death. Gladiatorial combat was a symbol of Roman power and glory, but also a reflection of its crue...

In the end, William “Billy” Dixon cared far less about being a legend or hero than he did about the vibrancy of life he had experienced on the Great Plains. Death flirted with the famed frontier scout and buffalo hunter on more than one occasion, but it was in those harrowing moments tha...