My fascination with Nara and the Nara Hotel continues. Reception Room Reception Room Sitting Room Smoking Room Suite Room Sitting Room in Suite Dining Room Golf Course And finally, the view from the veranda.
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The Nara Hotel
Posted in Golf, Japan, Postcards on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Varieties of Golf Art
Posted in Advertising, Art, Golf on November 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Unknown artist, circa 1903 Cigarette card, circa 1940 “Le Golf” by Norman Parkinson, shot at Le Touquet in 1939 Jessie Willcox Smith, cover for Good Housekeeping, 1928 From Golf in Art (1996) written by Michael Hobbs, with images chosen by Sarah Fabian Baddiel.
Fore!
Posted in Advertising, Art, Golf on July 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
J.E. Muller, 1925 Ludwig Holwein, 1931 Artist unknown, circa 1915, magazine advertisement Graham Simmons, 1924, for the London North Eastern Railway of Britain Artist unknown, circa 1925, for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The “Kittle Kink” or tricky bend, is the 7th hole on the King’s Course at Gleneagles. “The Bogey Man” was a [...]
Add Yards to Your Drive
Posted in Art, Golf on September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Art
Posted in Art, Golf, Literature on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive — the white ball sailing up into the blue sky, growing smaller and smaller, then suddenly reaching its apex, curving, falling and finally dropping to the turf to roll some more, just the way I planned [...]
