Lyrad's Occasional Image

Poster for the great 1927 film The Unknown starring Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford (in her first major role) and directed by the always lurid Tod Browning.

Lyrad's Occasional Image

In my experience, the world's finest gin. Hints of orange and lavender make Damrak an everyday drinking kind of gin. Try it poured over ice with a slice of orange. That's summertime heaven.

Lyrad's Occasional Image

The Lone Star Troubadour, Dale Watson, at the Continental Club in Austin, his natural habitat.

Lyrad's Occasional Image

In anticipation of our first vacation as a family in many years...if only we could be so white.

Lyrad's Occasional Image

Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg on the set of Sabotage, June 1968.

Lyrad's Occasional Image

The premier edition of Lyrad's Occasional Image, which is a much more realistic title for me than any "...of the day."

Chairs designed by H.R. Geiger...comfy