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Arts and Culture

A Wedding Cake You Could Take Home: Claes Oldenburg’s Wedding Souvenir

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claes oldenburg wedding souvenir photo by gail worley
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I’ve seen some pretty unusual works of art in my life, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this: an entire wedding cake made out of pieces of a Claes Oldenburg sculpture.

I spotted this wonderful object while on a tour of  the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation in Beverly Hills, and admit it does look like an elaborate, slightly lumpy white wedding cake. Look closer though, and you can see the obvious seams. This isn’t one sculpture carved to look like a cake — it is a cake assembled from individual slices of one of Oldenburg’s most delightfully unconventional works, Wedding Souvenir, created in 1966.

And yes, there is an actual wedding story behind it.
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Arts and Culture

Yes, It Exists: Wonder Woman Day of The Dead Picture Frame

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Souvenir shopping in San Diego’s historic Old Town presents an unmatched opportunity to score treasures that perfectly blend Mexican folk art with pop culture. Case in point: an eye-popping picture frame that reimagines DC’s  Wonder Woman — with supporting appearances by Superman, and Batman — in bold, colorful Day of the Dead style, with intricate sugar skull makeup, vibrant detailing, creating a playful twist on the heroes we all know and love. Continue reading Yes, It Exists: Wonder Woman Day of The Dead Picture Frame →

Humor and Cuteness, Lifestyle

Yes, It Exists: The Original Bag of Poo

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bag of poo photo by gail worley
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Confession: While the Poo emoji may be a convenient way to express the feeling that something or someone is Shit (as opposed to The Shit), I am not really down with this whole ‘making poo seem cute’ thing.  I don’t need to see a smiling Poo made into a pillow or a purse or a keychain. Leave me out of the Poo Renaissance, please. That goes also for the Original Bag of Poo that I spotted in a port shop in Ketchikan, Alaska. It’s just a cutesy way to market expensive  Brown Cotton Candy. PASS!

Arts and Culture

Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Gemstone Souvenir Pens

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These very fancy Pink Faceted Gemstone Souvenir Pens are currently on sale in the gift shop a the Bowers Museum  in Santa Ana, California in conjunction with their exhibit, All That Glitters, The Crown Jewels of the Walt Disney Archives.

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Design and Innovation

Pink Thing of The Day: “God Save Queens” Tote Bag

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God Save Queens Tote Bag
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Photographed in the Gift Shop at the Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, New York.