Weekend Links

 Happy almost Mardi Gras, everyone!  That means winter is creeping toward the finish line (I hope) and flowers and sunshine are ahead.  My day job ( I work part time at a botanical garden) will soon burst back into life again after being buried under snow, and I can get out my summer dresses and sandals.  In the meantime, here are a few reads to distract you...

Poets' dress code

National Trust showcases recycled fashion

February 16--birth of Princess (later Queen) Mary Tudor

Meet the oldest dog!  (a 30 year old Very Good Boy!)

Notre Dame restoration reveals lost medieval burials

Most transportive historical dramas to watch for Valentine's Day (a bit late, but still some great movies for anytime!)

A look back at Harlem Renaissance Fashions

On writing desire in the Regency years

42 best things to do in Paris

Shakespeare's best and worst couples (according to Folger Shakespeare Library)

Everything I know about sex I learned from Edna St. Vincent Millay

Why is Marie Antoinette everywhere again?

Airbnb offers "Phantom of the Opera" theme stay at the Palais Gardinier