The Present and The Future

*30779

Follow that sign.

(Source: paletteofcolours, via la-belle-vie)

*1748

pbsthisdayinhistory:

APRIL 10, 1925: The Great Gatsby is Published
The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published 87 years ago today.
It’s a lyrical portrait of American values in the 1920s, the personal and moral corruption of a culture based on the social and moral prerogatives of wealth. The novel depicts the “Roaring Twenties” as an era of greed, cynicism, and the mindless quest for pleasure.
Navigate through 200 years of the American Novel with American Masters’ “The American Novel” interactive timeline.
Watch actress Carey Mulligan talk with Tavis Smiley about her character Daisy in the upcoming 3-D Great Gatsby film, directed by Baz Luhrmann.

Happy Birthday to my favorite book!

APRIL 10, 1925: The Great Gatsby is Published

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published 87 years ago today.

It’s a lyrical portrait of American values in the 1920s, the personal and moral corruption of a culture based on the social and moral prerogatives of wealth. The novel depicts the “Roaring Twenties” as an era of greed, cynicism, and the mindless quest for pleasure.

Navigate through 200 years of the American Novel with American Masters’ “The American Novel” interactive timeline.

Watch actress Carey Mulligan talk with Tavis Smiley about her character Daisy in the upcoming 3-D Great Gatsby film, directed by Baz Luhrmann.

Happy Birthday to my favorite book!

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Meanwhile, Over at The Hairpin

megsokay:

This is the most fantastic, smart, honest and balanced article about choosing to have kids that I may have ever read. I <3 Nicole Cliffe’s stuff.

Honest women writers - can’t get enough of ‘em.

(Source: lazybookreviews)

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explore-blog:

I Love People – Benjamin Jenks hitchhiked 5,000 miles across America and compressed the 930 people he met into 162 seconds. Best thing since the Holstee LifeCycle film.

This is amazing.

"Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90…time is a concept that humans created."

Yoko Ono

I never watched The Rosie Show (because I don’t have OWN) and don’t have an opinion on its cancellation. I do think, however, that this is a pretty classy way to bow out.

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Can’t. Freaking. Wait.

(via matchbookmag)

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May I have a few with you?

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385 Madison Avenue
Room 610
New York
Eldorado 5-6024

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