Trust me to find this when they're about to close for over a year

NMAH's Hispanic Designers collection, featuring a Fortuny dress and jacket !

[swoon] If I could go back in time, it would be to 1920s Venice to grill Fortuny about his pleating method. Until then, I think it might be time to consult my collections guide and contact someone about some behind-the-scenes....

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.. in a galaxy far, far away

D., expert of extended-universe Star Wars trivia of all kinds, has enlightened me to the existence of Tag and Bink, two Rebel scum who can't ever quite seem to get it together. Just the existence of these characters relieves me that the Lucas empire still has a bit of humor left in it, given that the creator of the fan film "Troops" created them.

Their full adventures - have not read any yet, but rather expect to...