Category Archives: Happiness in objects

O of the month club

While in Paris this January, I picked up (okay, I obsessively cruised the Seine for) this copy of Story of O with stunning illustrations by Leonor Fini, which I’d read about but never actually *seen.* Now they live in my … Continue reading

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The antique sex toy collection, she grows

Acquired the metallic beauty on the right from the Alameda Flea Market last week: 1902-ish, Hamilton Beach, product name “Try-New-Life.” Try it. It tastes like vibration. The blue one on the left — circa 1960 — came from an antique … Continue reading

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