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hollyreads: 06 : Kiss Me Like a Stranger by Gene WilderSuppose you’re walking out of the Plaza Hotel in New York City on a warm spring day.  You breathe in the lovely fresh air as you step outside and walk down the red-carpeted stairs, saying a quick, “Hi, again!” to the uniformed doorman. You want to go directly across the street to Bergdorf’s Men’s Shop on Fifth Avenue, but the Plaza fountain is directly in your path, with people from all walks of life sitting on the ledge of the fountain, eating sandwiches in what’s left of their lunch hour, talking to their friends from the office, maybe flirting with some new acquaintance and whispering arrangements for a love tryst that night.  Perhaps some are taking a short sunbath on this first beautiful day of the year or even sneaking in a quick snooze as they lean their backs on the famous fountain where Zelda Fitzgerald once jumped in fully clothed. You can get to the shop on Fifth Avenue by walking around the fountain on the path to your left, or by taking the path to your right.  I believe that whichever choice you make could change your life.  I’m sure everyone has had these mysterious brushes with irony, perhaps referring to them years later as “almost fate”.  Here are a few of mine. Today is Gene Wilder’s 80th birthday. His biography is one of my all time favorite books. He’s one of my all time favorites, period. Also, it’s a little weird that I’m reblogging myself. This post is from my other blog. Follow me there if you have any interest in seeing what I read all year.  http://hollyreads.tumblr.com/
Happy 124th birthday, Mr. Chaplin.
beatonna: Really into this painting, Mellicent Stood Motionless, Like a Wild Thing at Gaze, by the great Howard Pyle
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