Fashion | Beth Byrnes

Running on ‘fumes

Posted on April 1, 2016 31 Comments

You may recall I said I would share about my latest obsession and here I am. This past two weeks has been frenzied as usual. Lots of family obligations, late nights, up early, house cleaning to get ready for some guests next week and trying to work a little so I can pay for it all! […]

Newsance

Posted on June 11, 2015 12 Comments

You have probably had your June quota of ‘heavy’ already. So, I thought this week, I would update a few of the personal threads that have been running through this blog from the beginning. Some of you know the characters and issues, others of you who have joined my community of friends here more recently […]

Power posing

Posted on November 12, 2013 8 Comments

I spotted this article this morning: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131111000517-5670386-a-secret-to-successful-interviews?trk=tod-home-art-list-large_0 In the wild, higher status animals often take expansive, open postures. To assert their rank, chimpanzees puff themselves up to seem larger. Peacocks fan their tail feathers to attract mates. We see the same displays in the human kingdom. The confident speaker strides across the stage, voice booming. […]

Doggone rubberment

Posted on October 12, 2013 11 Comments

I was sorting through copies of the New York Times that were to be put out with the trash this week and ran into a full page ad, from Christie’s showing this picture: Here is the ad copy: Christie’s Announces Jeff Koons’s Balloon Dog (Orange) THE STAGE IS SET TO MAKE HISTORY Be part of this […]