Category: Inspiration

  • When Slips Fly

    So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” —Norman Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth  This week I gave a speech. I think it possibly went quite well. Judge for yourself, said the White Queen. ——————————— *The time has come, the speaker said To talk of many things: Of shoes—and socks—and…

  • Permission Slips

    Although slips may have fallen out of fashion in some circles, at the Half Century Mark they are celebrated. Prized as the thinking woman’s magic cloak, slips grant their owners permission to be layered, powerful, storied, elusive, beautiful or whatever state of grace you require. We suggest you acquire one or twelve. Please note that…

  • Her Shoes, Pedestrian

    Last week I took a walk in another’s shoes. It wasn’t easy. Prompted by a workshop at Maine Media Workshops and College called Creativity and the Photographer, your concierge tried her hand at fiction. Real fiction, not the Imaginary Hotel kind.

  • How Things Work

    Typical hotel particulars–King or Queen, side chair or sofa bed, garden view or cityscape–are of little consequence here. The Hotel exists purely as figments of the imagination, mine and yours. That is why when we are asked to provide accommodation photos, we gently remind inquirers that at the Half Century Mark everyone needs to be the creator and fluff-ers of their…