fyodorpavlov:

I have been sitting on this one for a while now, and I’m so excited to finally share this. A few months ago, I had the honor and pleasure of being photographed by Rose Callahan for her amazing Dandy Portraits: The Lives of Exquisite Gentlemen Today project (also on Tumblr). Well, the blog has blossomed into this stunning coffee table book, I Am Dandy: The Return of the Elegant Gentleman, and it just became available for pre-order on Amazon. The book will be officially released in September in Europe and October internationally (including the US), and will feature some real treasures from Rose’s beautiful project. As well as, I’m humbled to say, me. I haven’t even seen the pictures yet, but I’m so incredibly thrilled!

On the cover is the incomparable Massimiliano Mocchia di Coggiola.

ilitchpeters:

Midnight Trail Chasing Adventures - Belt Parkway & Verrazano Bridge New York

deadbishop:

marthajefferson:

“Tom… Thomas, the … ball. We are missing the wh… whole… re—ception…”
“What reception?” he muttered against her, the vibration inflamming her low belly.
“The one my…” she gasped suddenly, grabbing his hair with greedy fingers, “the one… my father is giving for… the… the anouncement of our—ohmygodjesus!”
And from far away, a nice Scarletti’s sonata echoed in his ears while he drank her.

[PG-13, because we see nothing] so here the inappropriate drawing i promised with a young lawyer, Thomas Jefferson and a pretty widow, Martha Wayles Skelton + one dialogue for fun … is this too much? *AS USUAL FEEL FREE TO IGNORE THIS POST* deviantart LINK

“is it what lords do to their ladies, down in the south?” :D

Founding Fathers porn.

(via ladycashasatiger)

voxsart:

Knits For The Chill 60.

Bicycle polo with Prince Philip, 1967.

From here, light and sacred draughts turned 1 today!

Man… how a year flies by. I started this blog a year ago today to document my time at Cambridge. Today I officially submitted my thesis/dissertation, marking, at least in some ways, the conclusion of my time here. It’s been a crazy ride. I’ll keep this up next year from the Grad Center, CUNY and the wilds of New York City. In the meantime, I’m off, rather fittingly, to Formal Hall.

(Source: assets)

amnhnyc:

Epic Encounter: Giant Squid and Sperm Whale

In what is one of the most dramatic dioramas in the Museum, a giant squid is caught in the sperm whale’s mouth, its tentacles grasping at the whale’s head, which is actually an oversized snout. 

The sperm whale and giant squid diorama in the Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life is now celebrating the 10th anniversary of a masterful renovation.

Learn more about this scene.

There was always something about this particular diorama that both scared and fascinated me when I was a kid. Even today I get chills when I see it. It’s a superb demonstration of the power of a good exhibit. Click the “learn more” link to see how its lit when someone isn’t restoring it.