Category Archives: Beauty

THE BIRTH OF THE BOUFFANT by Peter Nolan Smith

November 22, 2023 – 10:59 am

In the late-18th Century Marie Antoinette’ coiffeur sought to camouflage the queen’s baldness by upsweeping her thinning tresses to cascade over her ears. The femme fatales of the ancien regime imitated ‘le bouffant, until the royal coif lost its popularity with the Marie’s final haircut by the guillotine. Two centuries later Jackie Kennedy, JFK’s wife, […]

By Peter | Also posted in 60s | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Memory Loss

August 16, 2023 – 9:07 pm

Written Nov 4, 2010 The Catholic Church and other derivatives of the Judeo-Christian faith extol monogamy as the true state of man and woman, then explain sex with the mystery of the birds and bees. Actually I don’t ever recall getting that lecture from my parents, although the stork was mentioned whenever a new brother […]

By Peter | Also posted in myth, NEW YORK, Relationships, semi-fiction, youth | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

POLE DANCING TO THE END by Peter Nolan Smith

July 22, 2023 – 2:10 am

Back in the day Pattaya was a paradise for middle-aged western men with money. Food, accommodation, cheap beer and beautiful girls calling old men sexy. None of these seductive women were blind, yet the men forget about the truth of the mirrored reflection, for as Frederick Engels the co-writer of THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO said, “Money […]

By Peter | Also posted in Magic, music, Pattaya, semi-fiction | Tagged | Comments (0)

July 20, 1978 – Provincetown – Journal Entry

July 16, 2023 – 2:35 pm

Provincetown is packed with cruising homos and hippies retired from the world. P-Town is the end of the world. Thankfully beyond the end of US6 and a ferry ride away from Boston. Ann suffers from motion sickness after a morning session of sit-ups and yoga. I feel free her, fresh sea air, a morning fuck, […]

By Peter | Also posted in 70s, Nature, New England | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

AT FIRST SIGHT by Peter Nolan Smith

June 26, 2023 – 7:30 am

1979 was a great year to live in New York. I wrote poems about the Bowery and worked at the city’s #1 punk disco. My girlfriend was a beautiful blonde model from Buffalo. Lisa preferred to hang out at Studio 54 than my club Hurrah, saying, “Being seen there is good for my career.” She […]

By Peter | Also posted in Drugs, East Village, fashion, NEW YORK, semi-fiction, youth | Tagged , , | Comments (0)