• Shark!

    Sharks are certainly newsworthy these days.  Shark Week is in full swing on Discovery, JAWS  just celebrated the 40th anniversary of its release, and on a less inviting note, Carcharhinus have made the Outer Banks their summer vacation destination.  Yikes!  Surprising as it may seem, I am loving every minute of it.  Despite my lifelong fear of sharks, I am obsessed with the movie Jaws.  I admit this seems a bit odd for a land lover, professional aesthete and enthusiast of all things cute and fuzzy.  First, I love a good thriller.  Second, the cast is perfection.  Third, the cinematography (Spielberg, of course) is inventive yet convincing.  And fourth, the…

  • Mad About Macabre

     Although it may not be very “PC”, the creepy, scary side of life can be pretty titillating at times.  CSI and Twilight have millions of fans for a reason – the macabre is fascinating.  It's fun to  dive into the dark side of life, especially for the straight-laced among us.  Sure, we like our  structured, polished lives.  But something about the morbid and sinister gets the skin tingling.  So here’s to being a little naughty at least once a year.  Go ahead, get your freak on!         Blackman Cruz is an L.A. based firm that specializes in eccentric objects and furniture.  The Bronze Skull lamp is one of their original and most…