Peter: Your subject here made me think of a small book of photographs by Jacques-Henri Lartigue entitled Les Femmes Aux Cigarettes. It's filled with portraits of Paris dance-hall women smoking. All of the women were famous at the time (the 20s), women like Josephine Baker et al. The portraits of the women are playful & humorous, and Lartigue states in his introduction that he thought it "funny" to see women smoke. I like your photo. It makes one wonder if the smoker's speakeasy is just around the bend. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 10:47 PM Subject: PESO -- The Owl Shop > Last PESO of the year; in a thearaultian vein. > > There's a story. Of course there is, there's always a story. > <Sarcasm>In it's infinite wisdom</sarcasm> the State of Connecticut, (in > the minds of the Governor, Legislature, and bureaucracy, an organization > second only to God in grandeur and responsibility). Decided to outlaw > smoking in any public establishment, but left a loophole, if a Smoke > shop had a liquor licensee prior to 1995, then smoking was permitted on > premises. Strangely only one establishment in the State qualified. > Here you can enjoy a fine cigar, and a cognac or fine whiskey in > convivial company without fear of officious intrusion on your pleasure. > Though I'm not one to smoke cigars all that often. thank God at least > one such place exists. Interestingly enough though it's perfectly legal > and permitted to smoke in this establishment, there were still patrons > outside the front door indulging in smoking cigarettes, (the sheep are > becoming well trained and that's as close to a political statement as I > wish to make this close to the end of the year) > > Happy New Year Everyone. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20theownshop.html > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax 43mm Limited f1.9 > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > -- > I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. > A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. > When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world > -- Anonymous > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
