MAY
2010
07

In Jedem Klaren Bach

Manolo says, if you were to compile the list of things that make the Manolo exceedingly happy… Fritz Wunderlich singing Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin would be very near the top. One of the great tenor voices, so filled with robust vitality, singing one of the most beautiful songs ever written. And Wilhelm Müller’s poem is heartfelt simplicity itself. Ich hört ein Bächlein rauschen Wohl aus dem Felsenquell, Hinab zum Tale rauschen So frisch und wunderhell. Ich weiß nicht, wie mir wurde, Nicht, wer den Rat mir gab, Ich mußte auch hinunter Mit meinem Wanderstab. Hinunter und immer weiter Und immer…

MAY
2010
07

And the Bride Wore…

Manolo says, red tights!

MAY
2010
07

The Web Snob

Manolo says, here is the best blogging of this week from the Manolo’s Web Snob friends… Stiletto Jungle shops the Met Costume Institute-inspired Gap American Woman Tees. Did Kim Kardashian get plastic surgery? Allie is Wired has the details. Bag Snob has the perfect summer messenger bag! Ever think of taking a bath in champagne? Beauty Snob has a close second. Coquette thinks it’s always best to invest in a LBD but Donna Karan’s new Infinity Dress is like having so many dresses in one! After testing them out this week, Fashion Pulse Daily refuses to leave home without wearingKushyfoot…

MAY
2010
07

Manolo the Columnist: Better Than Gold from Lilly Pulitzer

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, My husband has concocted what he thinks is the perfect Mother’s Day scheme, a plan that involves packing me off to a fancy brunch with his mother and his best friend’s wife and mother, while he and his pal stay at home “taking care of the kids” and watching baseball on television. While I admit that the thought of a champagne brunch with friends and no kids is appealing, doesn’t my being sent away with his mother constitute some sort of shirking of…