Anti-Asian racism
It’s this weird thing that my thoroughly continental childhood had a slight Asian flavor to it, although it’s not something I generally...
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Sam Darling
- Mar 14, 2016
- 1 min
Maria looking 60s glam
I do enjoy pulling the celebrity-style vintage photos from my family vault to share with you guys. These are from a photo shoot my mother...
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Sam Darling
- May 29, 2015
- 1 min
Vintage French theatrical posters of Daniel Crouet
The items my performer parents accumulated in their long careers sometimes travel down to me in the form of mysterious poster tubes. I...
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Sam Darling
- Apr 13, 2015
- 3 min
Boys & genetic destiny
I grew up in a talented family that holds the idea that talent runs in a family as a form of destiny. My grandfather, Roger, was a cold...
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Sam Darling
- Mar 27, 2015
- 1 min
The Merry Widow
One of my fellow opera nerds made a joke by saying, “Meet you at Maxim’s” and I was transported to Art Nouveau Paris. Only, I could hear...
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Sam Darling
- Dec 19, 2014
- 1 min
Great Grandfather Gustave Arents
My paternal great-grandfather was a rakish fellow from near Brussels, Belgium. The bit of family lore we do know about him is that he was...
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Sam Darling
- Aug 14, 2014
- 1 min
Early 1900s – photos around France
The paternal grandfather and his family owned a factory outside of Paris and he and his siblings traveled the world selling their...
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Sam Darling
- Apr 18, 2014
- 1 min
Easter, Paris c. 1979
#Easterbunny #Paris #SamanthaChardin #Easter #creepyEasterbunny #SamChardin #1970sfashion #1970s
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Sam Darling
- Sep 16, 2013
- 1 min
French carousel
Governor’s Island, New York City hosted a vintage French carnival this summer. I rode a Vélocipèdes and took in the sights and sounds...
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Sam Darling
- Jul 9, 2013
- 3 min
Great aunt Marthe
Great aunt Marthe and the thoroughly modern controversy As part of the research for my memoir I’ve been in contact with family members...
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Sam Darling
- Jun 27, 2013
- 3 min
Josephine Baker
The French embraced jazz music very early. It may have been that there was a direct pipeline from the cradle of New Orleans to the...
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Sam Darling
- Jun 18, 2013
- 1 min
La vie parisienne
My diva mother cavorting around Paris in the 1970s. You can hear her singing a duet with Jean-Claude Calon in the link below. The images...
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