View larger image All of us here at Dakota are dying to land a big cybersmack on Judge Jed Rakoff's white whiskers because he ruled today that a mere $33 million settlement between the SEC and the Bank of...
Posted in Dakota on September 14, 2009 03:54 PM
Devoted readers have noticed that all of us here at Dakota have taken extended leave which we genuinely hope is almost over stay tuned Photo note: the bakery View larger image...
Posted in Dakota on September 2, 2009 09:18 AM
View larger image as the glories of the season unfold before our very eyes almost everyone here at Dakota is segwaying back into creative expression however lame the Big Baby shot nine hundred flower pictures just in case Photo...
Posted in Dakota on April 15, 2009 06:29 PM
View larger image Okay, we're ready, the popcorn is popped and we're all decked out in our endangered species four inch spikes, which we only wear when reclining these days, Bring 'er on. According to Metafilter, Mrs. Pee's Alaskan...
Posted in Dakota on October 1, 2008 09:59 PM
View larger than life image As most of our friends of the flesh would tell you, were they to be asked, all of us here at Dakota are not much for jewelry (though we do love a good pastel)....
Posted in Dakota on May 20, 2008 06:42 PM
View larger image All us here at Dakota are finding it hard to relax, even though it looks like a sensible man with a moral center might have a crack at the presidency. Let us not forget that the...
Posted in Dakota on May 15, 2008 06:30 AM
View image Lots of juicy news flowing from the Department of Justice. Thanks to the persistant efforts of the ACLU doing the job of Congress for the American people, the Yoo torture memos were released. Yoo who, you ask?...
Posted in Dakota on April 2, 2008 10:20 PM
View larger image If one does not glue oneself to the Wedding Section of the New York Times of a Sunday morn, one can sometimes find the leisure to view creative projects of another sort. All of us here...
Posted in Dakota on January 27, 2008 07:37 AM
View larger image Pardon our absence. All of us here at Dakota have been recovering from the festival. Rather than publish a list of things for which we are thankful, we will begin with a narcissistic display of table...
Posted in Dakota on November 24, 2007 08:31 AM
View larger image those of you who are sickened by Hallmark sentiments simply must bookmark someecards which will enable you express feelings to others that you didn't even know you had like "I have lost interest in my weight...
Posted in Dakota on September 26, 2007 09:06 AM
View larger image A woman once told me that she felt that having a big wedding was like buying a BMW, cruising around in it for a week and then driving it off a cliff. I would agree. Even...
Posted in Dakota on June 14, 2007 04:53 PM
View larger image in greater context We know what you're thinking, has the Bird Flu Babe let drug resistant TB pass unnoticed? Has she ignored the subject of Andrew Speaker's bacteria sluffing honeymoon entirely? Of course not. One need...
Posted in Dakota on June 6, 2007 05:13 PM
View larger image see the frog Okay guys, I know this will be a challenge because it's Sunday morning and you have Frank Rich and the entire wedding section to read too, but you probably won't stumble upon this...
Posted in Dakota on May 20, 2007 06:56 AM
View image All of us here at Dakota are mindless movie viewers, so it's a pleasure to discover the blog "Daily Film Dose" created by Canadian filmmaker and critic Alan Bacchus which will undoubtedly make us a more appreciative...
Posted in Dakota on May 10, 2007 04:15 PM
View larger image All of us here at Dakota think it's time for a bit of frivolity, given that the House is doing their job, and Dennis Kuchinich is doing ours. Subject: Fw: The Chain Letter You've Been Waiting...
Posted in Dakota on April 26, 2007 06:09 AM
View larger image more upclose Hong Kong is a city of contrasts. I bet that there are more Armani stores in the glitzy malls of Hong Kong than there are in Rome. Right around the corner from Armani, the...
Posted in Dakota on March 16, 2007 02:21 PM
View larger image All of us here at Dakota want to wish you a very Happy Valentine's Day In honor of the occasion we have a movie series.#1, #2, and #3. (North) Dakota got into the holiday spirit too....
Posted in Dakota on February 14, 2007 09:17 AM
View image Up close and out of focus Highly scattered. Spent yesterday getting my ducks in a row because, when I tried to apply for a visa, I discovered that I had only three months left before my passport...
Posted in Dakota on January 28, 2007 05:55 PM
View larger image Ah, an out-of-season white flower. What could that mean? I know, I know, long ago I vowed to give up wedding commentary in favor of the more urgent issues of the day like edgy French philosophy,...
Posted in Dakota on September 20, 2006 08:01 PM
View the shoes I know I know I gave up weddings long ago but she was such a beachy bride I couldn't resist although I tried had a thought that's not worth sharing that there are other thongs she's...
Posted in Dakota on July 26, 2006 09:29 AM
View image View image Unlike most of my cohort (I have later learned), I never heard of The Panopticon before I listened to a novel called "The Traveler" by John Twelve Hawks. I was drawn to it, because I...
Posted in Dakota on April 27, 2006 04:18 PM
View larger image Cynical Self: Lordy Dakota, this matrix thing is getting a l.. i.. T..T.. l.. e boring. Big Baby: But look, look, they're everywhere, even in nature. Cynical Self: Uh huh. (Oh God, I fear that we...
Posted in Dakota on April 6, 2006 06:15 AM
View larger image Stuff has been accumulating in the What-Dakota-Readers-Just-Have-To-Know Box, so coherence isn't the operating principle today. You will forgive us for departing from our usual logical flow. First (from Wired Magazine, of course) is a self administered...
Posted in Dakota on April 5, 2006 06:19 AM
View larger image My dear college roommate came to visit, and, in her mercy, helped me begin to deep clean and divest. In about seven hours, we purged the butler's pantry -- the tiniest space in the house. She...
Posted in Dakota on March 26, 2006 06:49 AM
View larger image but it's certainly not necessary The universe just taught me a lesson. When I hit my web server statistics this morning, they reported that over 9000 people (and other computer literate beings) came to my party...
Posted in Dakota on March 19, 2006 06:43 AM
she's the only kind of kitty I can have at my house since the third dimension makes me sneeze Photo note: Taken today outside my Ladies Group. All of us at Dakota think she matches the curtains extremely well....
Posted in Dakota on March 17, 2006 07:27 PM
View image Okay. Let's see what steamed me this (now yesterday, a girl has to work for a living, after all) morning. 1. The public outcry about US ports being turned over to a company in Dubai, has caused...
Posted in Dakota on March 10, 2006 01:29 PM
View larger image I am thankful to have so many dear friends that surround me with warmth and enthusiasm I am thankful for having many great teachers -- not the least of whom are those that I think I...
Posted in Dakota on November 24, 2005 06:06 AM
View larger image I found my Halloween costume in a shop window the other day -- trouble is, it's a little small. You cannot see the American flag sewn across its heart, since I opted instead, for metaphorophotographic reasons,...
Posted in Dakota on October 16, 2005 07:02 AM
Viewlarger image When George W. Bush nominated Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, it was an obvious opportunity to discuss the philosophy of Martin Buber, however briefly. Actually, I've had this entry on the bench for a number of...
Posted in Dakota on October 3, 2005 09:12 PM
View larger image The grapes are lush this season where displaced vintners built arbors making shady oases on asphalt tucking cool retreats in between View larger image View larger image Photo note: In the city for a wedding this...
Posted in Dakota on July 26, 2005 03:12 PM
View image Uh oh, it looks like Jane Roberts is not in favor of Roe v. Wade and we know how controlling those trial lawyer wives can be, just look at Hillary. Jane is very active in an organization...
Posted in Dakota on July 26, 2005 06:24 AM
This is taken on Sunday morning on the stairway in front of the hotel. I inadvertently attended two weddings, sadly, sans camera, simply by sitting on the beach at 4PM (avoiding the ultraviolent while basking in the breeze, which...
Posted in Dakota on June 30, 2005 08:50 PM
View larger image resurfacing from immersion in the gene pool of in laws great grandma was deaf and tiny great grandpa was deaf and albino an arranged and unhappy marriage that produced three beautiful redheads who knew how to...
Posted in Dakota on June 7, 2005 06:35 AM
View larger image Off to a wedding at the Vanderbilt Estate not a Vanderbilt Wedding, however a marvelous excuse to publish spring flowers in white, of course lovely, if a bit past their prime as are the bride and...
Posted in Dakota on June 3, 2005 07:21 PM
View image Good Enough Self: Oh god, spring is here. Are we about to be subjected to a barrage of flower photos again? Can we skip the mundane? This isn't the Westchester Garden Club site, you know. Big Baby:...
Posted in Dakota on March 31, 2005 06:13 AM
View larger image This morning, my friend told me about a conference she attended Saturday entitled "The Neurobiology of Love". In honor of Valentine's Day, for which I was in a black hole , (and not the dismal kind)...
Posted in Dakota on February 15, 2005 06:13 AM
View image This morning I can barely push my door open because of drifted snow. It's a big blizzard , and a photogenic one at that. It's a day to sip hot chai, write, and read the adorable correspondence...
Posted in Dakota on January 23, 2005 08:01 AM
sweet and sour circle wrapped in white pity to toss without shooting View larger image...
Posted in Dakota on December 5, 2004 10:32 PM
View larger image Did you notice a reference to thought forms in the email from the dedensified yesterday? Unbeknownst to me, I have been riding one with the person who writes Veiled Conceit , a snappy blog devoted entirely...
Posted in Dakota on November 11, 2004 12:05 PM
View larger image The bachelorettes became wife and wife last night, in a very moving ceremony. The service began with a reading excerpted from the The Goodridge Decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. It set the stage for the...
Posted in Dakota on October 24, 2004 06:57 AM
Using a grip perfected in Little League A child takes his responsibility seriously Photo note: A shot taken at the wedding I attended Sunday. The wedding party carved pumpkins and smashed plates the night before. There was only one...
Posted in Dakota on October 12, 2004 06:35 AM
View larger image Out galavanting last night (crone for partying). The occasion was a double bachlorette party in honor of two brides who are getting married this month - to one another. The original plan was to have high...
Posted in Dakota on October 9, 2004 08:02 AM
View larger image For some reason I am manifesting bagpipers, perhaps they are just in season. This, however is my primo bagpiper shot, a piper dining. I did not ask permission, I am sorry to say, but since a...
Posted in Dakota on September 19, 2004 07:55 PM
View larger image Just after my vitriolic commentary on the media, look what popped up in the Section! Ruth Shalit married Henry Robertson Barrett IV , who converted for the occasion. Rabbi Kenneth J. Chasin officiated. Those of us...
Posted in Dakota on September 6, 2004 06:29 PM
View larger image How does a lie float? If you are interested in that question, there is a documentary film at your local art house that illuminates the process. It was chilling. "The Hunting of the President" does something...
Posted in Dakota on September 5, 2004 10:46 PM
View image Although I have only had time to skim the Wedding Section, and I am trying to keep my vow to refocus on the profound, I did gleen a few mentionable tidbits. Deborah Hull and Nathaniel Koren, son...
Posted in Dakota on September 1, 2004 06:54 AM
View larger image It's been a long time since I have discussed a wedding . I am prompted to do so because there was a wedding right across my bicycle path the other day. The wind was blowing forty...
Posted in Dakota on September 1, 2004 06:21 AM
View larger image I couldn't get close enough to this monument to absurdity to take a really great shot, since I was busy being ware. Just in case you cannot see it clearly, the figure in blue, above the...
Posted in Dakota on August 25, 2004 07:53 AM
View larger image This wedding was just too sweet to ignore, although I think I had promised to focus elsewhere. Florenz Greenberg, 74, and Hy Eisman, 77, are the featured couple in the New York Times Wedding Section this...
Posted in Dakota on July 12, 2004 10:12 PM
View image I have a little button that I push occasionally called Web Server Statistics . Actually, if I were to be honest, I push it at least once a day. The thought that someone is reading this thing...
Posted in Dakota on June 29, 2004 05:43 AM
View larger image Let's see, I have a little updating to do, for those of you who have been following Herman van Bon's merry correspondence from Klaas Voogds. Herman sent me, via yahoo, a fascinating self portrait of and...
Posted in Dakota on June 27, 2004 05:13 PM
View larger image The large photograph of the featured wedding in the New York Times this week is confusing, to say the least. At first glance, I thought it a double gay marriage, two couples, and an official, or...
Posted in Dakota on June 21, 2004 08:36 PM
I can't believe it! Another six paragraphs sucked down the Great Pit of Lost Entries. Hit the control button, instead of the caps lock, and whoosh . I was going on about manifestation at the time (myself manifesting weddings)...
Posted in Dakota on June 20, 2004 07:05 PM
View larger image With all the complaining and folderol , regarding transport, weddings and angels, I have, as I often do, left to last, the most breathtaking visual part of my excursion. The setting for this wonderful birthday party...
Posted in Dakota on June 16, 2004 07:04 AM
View larger image Krista Smith founder of Visible Theater married Michael Quattrone in the New York Times featured wedding this week. The inside story is that she unknowingly struck it rich by loving him for all the right reasons,...
Posted in Dakota on June 14, 2004 03:02 PM
View larger image I am watching a scene from the soundless movie on the Limoliner on my way home. An attractive young couple are squashed in the bathroom of an airplane where she has her foot stuck in the...
Posted in Dakota on June 13, 2004 07:46 PM
View larger image Oh how I loved this wedding. Linda Tobin, the program director for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee remarried Stephen V. , Dr. Pepper , a research physicist. (We are told he is not amused by...
Posted in Dakota on June 6, 2004 05:25 PM
View larger image Well, finally. You've been very patient - it's actually Wednesday. Featured this week was the renewal-of-vows ceremony between Kirk Douglas and Anne Douglas . They have been married for fifty years, Since they had had a...
Posted in Dakota on June 1, 2004 06:29 AM
View larger image Apologies to the Section. When I had to leisure read it with a fine tooth comb , in the bottom corner of the last page, without a photo , was the wedding of Hillary Goodridge and...
Posted in Dakota on May 25, 2004 06:50 AM
View larger image Speaking of Mitt Romney's underwear , I am entering Brian McGrory's column in full here, because newspaper clickies have a way of vaporizing over time. This clarifies my confusion over the threat that gay marriages pose...
Posted in Dakota on May 25, 2004 06:09 AM
View larger image As I ripped open my Times this morning, in haste, as I have ladies coming for luncheon, and much to cover beforehand, I was thrilled that the Section was featuring a gay union today, given the...
Posted in Dakota on May 23, 2004 07:24 AM
View larger image Eeks -- Lauren Slater, psychologist , journalist, author, mother and mental health consumer has written a new book, "Opening Skinner's Box" . It seems to have enraged the psychological community. I almost missed the whole hubbub...
Posted in Dakota on May 20, 2004 10:33 PM
View larger image It's not fair, I haven't even had a comment in what seems like weeks. This entry started out as a whine, and it's still a pretty good one. In my parenthood excursion, I came across a...
Posted in Dakota on May 19, 2004 05:40 AM
View larger image Someone who was searching on the web for "les foufous man" landed here yesterday. Goodness. When I googled "les foufous man" many French sites appeared, but I couldn't find a translation for "foufous" in the French-English...
Posted in Dakota on May 16, 2004 07:36 AM
View larger image Here are the highlights from the New York Times Wedding Section this Sunday, so that you can follow the war, the economy and the Bush administration's deceit and arrogance, rather than waste Sunday morning with your...
Posted in Dakota on May 9, 2004 07:31 AM
View larger image I know you're wondering about this week's wedding. Miriam Longchamp and Chris Rowley are the featured couple. She is an ivy-educated, New York corporate lawyer and he is the road manager for Roxy Music based in...
Posted in Dakota on May 2, 2004 10:40 PM
View larger image Woke this morning to vastly improved Web Server Statistics . The last time my readership jumped like this was the introduction of the Dakota Digital Disposable Camera . This time folks were searching for the triple...
Posted in Dakota on April 27, 2004 02:13 PM
View larger image Why I feel compelled to write about this, we will never know. Avoiding sadistic rage, no doubt. Today's New York Times Wedding Section had one or two interesting foufous, which, as it's chronicler, I must reponsibly...
Posted in Dakota on April 25, 2004 10:59 AM
View larger image With a welcome nudge from Underlying Reality, I remembered that I was going to write about the bride with the tatoo. I just threw away her New York Times Wedding Section yesterday, and thought I would...
Posted in Dakota on April 23, 2004 06:23 AM
View image The pineapple is the symbol for hospitality. This particular pineapple adorns an arch at the entrance to the Federal Hill Section of Providence, a yummy neighborhood filled with great Italian restaurants, piercing and tatoo parlors (3 in...
Posted in Dakota on April 23, 2004 06:01 AM
Today I will spend blogtime preparing for the celebration. Guess what? You probably have already. I belong to a group established for the purpose of celebrating the Jewish holidays. I call it the Havari, but I know the spelling...
Posted in Dakota on April 2, 2004 06:41 AM
Listened to the birds (wood pecker, cardinal, bob white), breathed the air, watered the plants, tossed the corpse of a neglected cyclamen, put in a load of laundry, made coffee, bumped my chi machine and made it growl (you...
Posted in Dakota on March 14, 2004 08:20 AM
View larger image Today is Sunday. I will read the Wedding section of the New York Times, which I have been compelled to do every Sunday of my adult life. It won't take that long, since it's March. May...
Posted in Dakota on March 14, 2004 06:48 AM
View larger image So, I will be going to a few weddings on May 17 when all of my gay friends are stepping through the narrow window of legitimacy that has been provided by the legislature, onto the altar---...
Posted in Dakota on March 13, 2004 05:07 AM
Unearthed: A flyer for The Transformation Game . It was developed by the Findhorn Foundation. According to their website, "The Findhorn Foundation is the educational and organisational cornerstone of the Findhorn Community, and its work is based on the...
Posted in Dakota on January 16, 2004 06:05 PM