Saturday, January 10, 2015
Some of my favorite women
Hollywood's 1st
lady
I thought I'd seen all her photo's. Not this one.
The Queen
How can you not
love this sweet face. She has the same smile as my Granddaughter.
Gale King
Love her on the
CBS news.
Bergman is my
Favorite of all time.
Greer Garson
loved her from
my childhood
Loretta Young
my Mother lover her so much.
Me too. She was so beautiful.
Landsbury,
she look's so pretty .
Her first film I
remember was GasLight.
This Lady had staying power.
Blythe Danner has worked her whole life.
She has such honesty to her face. Love her movies.
Adore that Helen Hunt a good Actress.
This woman is the best of Hollywood.
Bette Davis liked her so much she wrote
her a letter. That's good enough for any Director.
I love this hair cut.
Posted by Yvonne @ La Petite Gallery
Comments are welcome
Master craftsmen in the USA
Where have they gone?
America's
Master craftsmen. Piano at the White House
Entry Hall.
The Steinway Piano takes one year to build.
I have been privileged to see a program on PBS
about Steinway. Try to watch the documentary film
"The making of Steinway # L 1037"
First thing to mind was the Steinway and Broadway
corner in Queens. As a child I remember that corner .
Heinrich Steinweg (Steinway)
Emigrated in 1850
Started Steinway and Sons.
This photo is by Mathew Brady.
Starting in 1855, Steinway pianos
received gold medals
at several U.S. and European exhibitions. The company gained
international recognition in 1867 at the Paris Exhibition when
it was awarded the prestigious "Grand Gold Medal of Honor"
for excellence in manufacturing and engineering.
It was the first time an American company had received this award.
Steinway pianos quickly became the piano of choice for many
members of royalty and won the respect and admiration of the
world's great pianists.
1866 Steinway & Sons
opened the first Steinway Hall
on 14th Street. With a main auditorium of 2,000 seats,
it became New York City's artistic and cultural center,
housing the New York Philharmonic until
Carnegie Hall opened in 1891.
By this time, the company had moved to its current
location in the Astoria section of Queens, New York,
and built Steinway Village. Virtually its own town, WOW!
Astoria used to be that village...Never knew that.
Steinway Village had its own foundries, factory, post office,
parks and housing for employees.
Theodore Steinway,
an accomplished pianist,
was in charge
for the technical aspects
of piano making and personally
earned the company 45 patents,
including one in 1875 for the
modern concert grand piano. In the same year.
There is a book out - 88 Keys the making of a Steinway
The German factory changed its name from C.F. Theodor Steinweg
to Grotrian, Helfferich, Schulz, -- HELLO !!!
Queen Elizabeth ll appointed a ROYAL WARRANT to Steinway.
No artist or ensemble is a paid
endorser of the piano.
That's called standing on your own NAME.
Before commercials- that's the way America was in those day.
Commercials do nothing for me.
Tours of the factory take close to three hours and are extremely informative.
The tour is excellent, and in fact, Forbes magazine voted it one of the top 3
factory tours in the country.
My Grandmother lived in Astoria.
I remember the corner of steinway and Broadway.
There was a store there with furniture, dinettes I remember.
Worldwide Steinway has around 200 authorized dealers.
Posted by Yvonne @ La Petite Gallery
Comments are welcome
America's
Master craftsmen. Piano at the White House
Entry Hall.
The Steinway Piano takes one year to build.
I have been privileged to see a program on PBS
about Steinway. Try to watch the documentary film
"The making of Steinway # L 1037"
First thing to mind was the Steinway and Broadway
corner in Queens. As a child I remember that corner .
Heinrich Steinweg (Steinway)
Emigrated in 1850
Started Steinway and Sons.
This photo is by Mathew Brady.
Starting in 1855, Steinway pianos
received gold medals
at several U.S. and European exhibitions. The company gained
international recognition in 1867 at the Paris Exhibition when
it was awarded the prestigious "Grand Gold Medal of Honor"
for excellence in manufacturing and engineering.
It was the first time an American company had received this award.
Steinway pianos quickly became the piano of choice for many
members of royalty and won the respect and admiration of the
world's great pianists.
1866 Steinway & Sons
opened the first Steinway Hall
on 14th Street. With a main auditorium of 2,000 seats,
it became New York City's artistic and cultural center,
housing the New York Philharmonic until
Carnegie Hall opened in 1891.
By this time, the company had moved to its current
location in the Astoria section of Queens, New York,
and built Steinway Village. Virtually its own town, WOW!
Astoria used to be that village...Never knew that.
Steinway Village had its own foundries, factory, post office,
parks and housing for employees.
Theodore Steinway,
an accomplished pianist,
was in charge
for the technical aspects
of piano making and personally
earned the company 45 patents,
including one in 1875 for the
modern concert grand piano. In the same year.
There is a book out - 88 Keys the making of a Steinway
The German factory changed its name from C.F. Theodor Steinweg
to Grotrian, Helfferich, Schulz, -- HELLO !!!
Queen Elizabeth ll appointed a ROYAL WARRANT to Steinway.
No artist or ensemble is a paid
endorser of the piano.
That's called standing on your own NAME.
Before commercials- that's the way America was in those day.
Commercials do nothing for me.
Tours of the factory take close to three hours and are extremely informative.
The tour is excellent, and in fact, Forbes magazine voted it one of the top 3
factory tours in the country.
My Grandmother lived in Astoria.
I remember the corner of steinway and Broadway.
There was a store there with furniture, dinettes I remember.
Worldwide Steinway has around 200 authorized dealers.
Posted by Yvonne @ La Petite Gallery
Comments are welcome
Friday, January 9, 2015
Ghost town?
Could this happen
to your Town?
I hope The State of Maine's
Gov. La page will do
something to make our seaside
town of Rocklane,Maine, a little
more inviting for Film companies, and other big business. Maine has such
Terrible High Taxes. They Taxed me out of a home,in 2003. I built a smaller home
and now the tax is the same as the big home. Where does an old woman go now? A tent?
Remember
The Music Man
I was just singing this
and the news came on.
Said it was a ghost town.
Gary, Indiana, Gary,
Indiana, Gary, Indiana,
That's the town that
"knew me when."
If you'd like to have a logical
explanation How I happened
on this elegant syncopation,
I will say without a moment of hesitation
There is just one place
That can light my face.
Gary, Indiana
The song has ended,
Take a look at Gary now.
After this image who could sing.
This building is beautiful, so sad. What happened?
**********************************
Over building areas where developments where municipal
services have left. There is not much buying activity.
The banks made money on the loans to contractors and
they over built. CRASH!!!
In California the BANKS instead of paying taxes on three
$300,000 new dwellings just bulldozed them, while neighbors
watched in horror.
Take a look at Fort Meyers Fl. a 32 story Condo building is empty,
except for one family. The only lights at night is his.
A heated pool and no one uses it.
Old village in Maine
Perkins township
Some of the buildings date to the 1750s. The district was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
Posted by Yvonne @ La Petite Gallery
Comments are welcome
to your Town?
I hope The State of Maine's
Gov. La page will do
something to make our seaside
town of Rocklane,Maine, a little
more inviting for Film companies, and other big business. Maine has such
Terrible High Taxes. They Taxed me out of a home,in 2003. I built a smaller home
and now the tax is the same as the big home. Where does an old woman go now? A tent?
Remember
The Music Man
I was just singing this
and the news came on.
Said it was a ghost town.
Gary, Indiana, Gary,
Indiana, Gary, Indiana,
That's the town that
"knew me when."
If you'd like to have a logical
explanation How I happened
on this elegant syncopation,
I will say without a moment of hesitation
There is just one place
That can light my face.
Gary, Indiana
The song has ended,
Take a look at Gary now.
After this image who could sing.
This building is beautiful, so sad. What happened?
**********************************
Over building areas where developments where municipal
services have left. There is not much buying activity.
The banks made money on the loans to contractors and
they over built. CRASH!!!
In California the BANKS instead of paying taxes on three
$300,000 new dwellings just bulldozed them, while neighbors
watched in horror.
Take a look at Fort Meyers Fl. a 32 story Condo building is empty,
except for one family. The only lights at night is his.
A heated pool and no one uses it.
Old village in Maine
Perkins township
Some of the buildings date to the 1750s. The district was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
Posted by Yvonne @ La Petite Gallery
Comments are welcome
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Treat yourself, relax and watch Selleck in Blue Bloods
CBS has a winner here.
I watch it on Saturday
I was lucky and found it
on ION on Thursday.
Tom Selleck is still
some Hunk of a man.
I love the whole family,
it is a wonderful cast. Donnie Wahlberg sure looks Irish. His wife Amy Carlson is pretty
and a wise wife. The Grandfather Len Cariou is adorable. The youngest son is will Estes,
can't help but love him. At last an Irish Actress Moynahan, what a beautiful woman.
The Serices started in 2012, I am a day late and a dollar short again. I hope it stays on till
I see all the episodes. Dec 12 was it's 100th episode.
He still has it.
with Royalty,
so much better looking
than Charles.
Hope you get
to watch the show.
The Blond is his wife.
She is an English Actress.
They were married in Vegas in 1987,
I think. Their Daughter is so cute.
God Bless that Selleck and Family.
Posted by Yvonne @ La Petite Gallery
Comments are welcome
I watch it on Saturday
I was lucky and found it
on ION on Thursday.
Tom Selleck is still
some Hunk of a man.
I love the whole family,
it is a wonderful cast. Donnie Wahlberg sure looks Irish. His wife Amy Carlson is pretty
and a wise wife. The Grandfather Len Cariou is adorable. The youngest son is will Estes,
can't help but love him. At last an Irish Actress Moynahan, what a beautiful woman.
The Serices started in 2012, I am a day late and a dollar short again. I hope it stays on till
I see all the episodes. Dec 12 was it's 100th episode.
He still has it.
with Royalty,
so much better looking
than Charles.
Hope you get
to watch the show.
The Blond is his wife.
She is an English Actress.
They were married in Vegas in 1987,
I think. Their Daughter is so cute.
God Bless that Selleck and Family.
Posted by Yvonne @ La Petite Gallery
Comments are welcome
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