WAG’s Oscar Recap
Some random thoughts about last night’s Oscar telecast: 1. Seth MacFarlane is a multitalented guy, but his sometimes inappropriate jokes – John Wilkes Booth…
Blond ambition
Is coffee having a moment? Or are its makers just getting more aggressive at marketing it? Disney just announced a “long-term strategic alliance” that…
Golden, indeed
Not since Luise Rainer parlayed a tearful phone conversation in “The Great Ziegfeld” into an Oscar has an actor done so much with so…
Art Imitates Life
So there was Alex Karpovsky, a star of the HBO hit “Girls,” talking to the Emelin Film Club about his production, “Red Flag.” The…
EDITORS LETTER: February 2013
Welcome to boobs and butts. That’s what our sassy side calls this issue. Our classy side calls it Voluptuaries. But you get the idea….
The long road to Bali
Photographs by Gina Gouveia In the final scene of “The Joy Luck Club,” a moment that never fails to move me, a young American…
A tale of two cities
By Georgette Gouveia Just as New York City is known as the Big Apple, the Indonesian capital of Jakarta is “the Big Durian,” after…
Ahoy, mateys
Sadly, lots of people in our area lost boats during Hurricane Sandy and many others find that their beloved vessels are no longer seaworthy….
Upgrade your Super Bowl spread
Interested in having a Super Bowl party with a spin? Mediterranean-flavored Douro Restaurant Bar in Greenwich – profiled in WAG’s December “Bedazzled” issue –…
Brothers in arms
With brothers Jim and John Harbaugh pitted against each other this Super Bowl Sunday – Who will the parents root for? (Just kidding. They…
Marilyn, c’est nous
What could there possibly be left to say about Marilyn Monroe? Perhaps no other movie star has been so idolized and dissected by popular…
Babes, broads, bombshells and Hitchcock blondes
Nowhere has the poignant complexity of blondness been more tantalizingly embodied than by the screen sirens of the 20th century. But the Hollywood blonde…
A sensuous woman
Photographs by Bob Rozycki If you’re not familiar with Judith Economos’ sensuous work, that may be because she’s more interested in making art than…
Indian art: Danger, curves ahead
By Georgette Gouveia For sheer voluptuousness, it’s hard to beat Indian art. Curvaceous goddesses and temple celebrants, sensuous queens, strapping gods, ripped bodhisattvas: They…
Marilyn as muse
Prolific novelist and short story writer Joyce Carol Oates still finds inspiration in Marilyn Monroe. The author conjured her 12 years ago in the…
Home (abroad) for the holidays
During the Christmas holidays, I had the pleasure of visiting Indonesia, specifically the capital of Jakarta and the provincial island of Bali. And though…
Booty call
There’s no butts about it: People notice a shapely caboose, and that goes for the male as well as the female of the species….
Still having fun?
WAG’s February “Voluptuaries” issue features a piece on blond bombshells of the silver screen. But why stop there? The small screen has had some…
Warmth, times two
Who doesn’t love a cup of cocoa on a cold day? And if it should to contain a wee drop to guard doubly against…
WWRLD?
“What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” We don’t think it’s the first question the world would ask. But then, it’s the one viewers will be…