A(nother) Great Leap Forward?
photo ©Emilio Naranja Like much of the world, I was riveted to the television for 3 1/2 hours last night as the opening ceremonies of the Olympics unfolded. The cynic in me noted the overt...
View ArticleThe News That Fits
Yesterday on the streets of New York pedestrians were surprised to receive a special edition of The New York Times, free of charge. The news on its pages seemed almost too good to be true. . . and it...
View ArticleWhy We Love (Kae-Sa-Luk) Watermelon
Kalaya Tonghcareon Paragas, “Thai-Styled Watermelon Carving” (photo © Saveur Magazine) A few months ago the September issue of Saveur arrived on my doorstep. On its cover was emblazoned the confident...
View ArticleHow to Loose It
“How to Loose It,” Digital Illustration (©2008 Liz Hager) As I fanned the Oxford pink sections of the weekend Financial Times across the breakfast island, I unexpectedly discovered an edition of the...
View ArticleCreative Food Play: Adventures With Buddha’s Hand
By LIZ HAGER Buddha’s Hand. Photo ©2008 Liz Hager Over the weekend, while in the process of hunting and gathering in the gargantuan fruit section of my favorite market, I had noticed a middle-aged...
View ArticleRinging Out the Old Year
No doubt we’d all agree that this year has been an exceedingly difficult one. (Well why not say the last eight?) At Venetian Red we’re looking forward to the Year of Obama with much anticipation....
View ArticleInauguration Fever: The Pre-Game Show
With this post Venetian Red begins coverage of the Inauguration. Shot Rings Out (photo ©Liz Hager) It’s Sunday mid-afternoon in our nation’s capital. The temperature is warming. As our afternoon...
View ArticleInauguration Fever: Martin Luther King/National Day of Service
Moving in a Straight Line ©2009 Liz Hager We brave Massachusetts Avenue and the traffic jams at Union Station (hoards of people arriving today), then head SE down Pennsylvania Avenue and cross the...
View ArticleInauguration Fever: Proud to Be an American (Again)
“. . . On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. . . “ photo ©2009 Liz Hager As shots appear on the Jumbotrons, the enormity of the...
View ArticleThe Still Life Examined: Asparagus in Art
by Christine Cariati Édouard Manet, Asparagus, 1880 Oil on canvas Musée d’Orsay, Paris In honor of the arrival of spring, I thought I’d continue my exploration of the art of the still life by...
View ArticleHope and Despair (and Géricault) in 2012
By LIZ HAGER © Liz Hager, 2012. All Rights Reserved. Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1819 Oil on canvas, approximately 16 x 23.5 feet (Louvre, Paris) Over most of my adult...
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